Cholla Wood

DoLce N BeLLa · 01-30-2007, 09:54 PM

Anyone know if you can use cholla wood in aquariums?

**Damon** · 01-31-2007, 06:45 AM

You can use any wood in an aquarium provided its prepared correctly. As for how long it will last........thats a different story. Never heard of it personally.

Puffer Pita · 01-31-2007, 08:03 AM

I would not recommend it.

TigerBarb12 · 01-31-2007, 08:03 PM

you could, but i wouldnt

pleco_breeder · 04-04-2007, 03:02 AM

Hello,

For those not familiar with it, cholla is not technically wood. It's the skeleton of a rather nasty southwestern cactus. AKA the scurge of the desert!!! Just walk within a few feet of a live one and find out why it's also called jumping cholla. OK, enough of that.

I personally don't think it would be advisable to use it in a tank for fish, but looks good as decoration for lizards and herps. Once it dries, it's rather brittle, and it's rather common to find pieces that are starting to "unravel/fall apart" in the desert after monsoon season ends.

Hope this helps.

Larry Vires

**Damon** · 04-04-2007, 08:57 AM

Thanks Larry. Good info. And it answers the post in question.

01-30-2007, 09:54 PM	#1
DoLce N BeLLa Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 20 Posts: 16	Cholla Wood Anyone know if you can use cholla wood in aquariums?

01-31-2007, 06:45 AM	#2
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	You can use any wood in an aquarium provided its prepared correctly. As for how long it will last........thats a different story. Never heard of it personally. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

01-31-2007, 08:03 AM	#3
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,677	I would not recommend it. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

01-31-2007, 08:03 PM	#4
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04-04-2007, 03:02 AM	#5
pleco_breeder Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 73	Hello, For those not familiar with it, cholla is not technically wood. It's the skeleton of a rather nasty southwestern cactus. AKA the scurge of the desert!!! Just walk within a few feet of a live one and find out why it's also called jumping cholla. OK, enough of that. I personally don't think it would be advisable to use it in a tank for fish, but looks good as decoration for lizards and herps. Once it dries, it's rather brittle, and it's rather common to find pieces that are starting to "unravel/fall apart" in the desert after monsoon season ends. Hope this helps. Larry Vires __________________ Impossible only means that somebody hasn't done it right Find out what I've been doing

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04-04-2007, 08:57 AM	#6
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	Thanks Larry. Good info. And it answers the post in question. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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