great piece of drift wood i found... had to share...

justplants · #1 (**permalink**) 07-15-2009, 08:59 PM

just had to share with everyone this piece of driftwood that i found... all my friends when i showed it to them were just like... "wow... nice... a piece of wood!?!?!?!?" ( don't really have friends that are into this...)

im really excited about the potential it has for a water feature in my next build... it is like it was made for it... has a hole at the top and it channels down perfectly... ( i did not drill the hole... i swear...)

i am currently building a 29 gal terrarium with out water features, so it has to wait for now... but i thought i would just share this with you guys...

it's the little things in life that make me smile... be it a "stupid" piece of wood...

take care all...

Evilwezal · #2 (**permalink**) 07-15-2009, 10:23 PM

wow thats a nice find!

jpstod · #3 (**permalink**) 07-15-2009, 11:26 PM

I know that feeling...

beckdg · #4 (**permalink**) 07-16-2009, 10:24 AM

tell your friends how much you'd have to pay for it. maybe then they can share your sense of thrift and pride. worse comes to worse we'll be happy to share it with you... nice find. oh and i know that feeling too. i have a kitchen full of wood i'm deciding what to do with... lol.

justplants · #5 (**permalink**) 07-16-2009, 03:29 PM

thanks guys for sharing in my excitement... or at least understanding it... and i do know what im going to do with it... but one project at a time... ha... if i had more arms, money and time... the things i would try and accomplish...

froggsong · #6 (**permalink**) 09-01-2009, 09:19 AM

omg.... THAT is a GREAT piece of wood! I am SO jealous! My husband is getting tired of all of the wood I have lying around, lol. I am just nuts about finding that perfect piece. The branch I have in the CWD tank is my fav so far that is actually usable. I can't get any tanks actually finished until I can find that perfect piece that I'll love for a lifetime.

MtuPup · #7 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 10:36 AM

I'm so glad I found this thread. First off, that piece has major potential-great find.

I'm so glad I'm not the only person in the world that gets excited about finding the perfect piece of wood. I tend to build my tanks around the wood.

froggsong · #8 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 02:09 PM

So do I! It's going to be a major component on the vive, unless you have species that don't climb. I like to go for walk in the woods just to collect wood, and it annoys my husband to no end. He's tired of my stockpiling, lol. Says he doesn't see the point. I guess to him, a piece of wood is a piece of wood. I'll never understand how I ended up married to a man without a creative bone in his body, heh.

It's too bad wood is so heavy and would cost alot to ship. I'd love for us to start a group where we can share some of the great wood we find. Of course, I guess I could just sell some if it on Craigslist or something... (as if I'm not going to keep it for myself, lol).

EARRNHARDT3 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by froggsong

It's too bad wood is so heavy and would cost alot to ship. I'd love for us to start a group where we can share some of the great wood we find. Of course, I guess I could just sell some if it on Craigslist or something... (as if I'm not going to keep it for myself, lol).

Yah that sounds like a great idea but like you said its so darn heavy.

justplants · #10 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 03:44 PM

ha... i started the thread and i havent been back in a while... hahaha... just too darn busy lately...
mtu... i tried to do the same thing with my terr... build it around the wood... i have another thread with pics of it in the construction part... its name is something like 29gal viv build... has pics... isnt done yet... no plants... im still poking at it... ill put up new pics shortly...
frog... that would be a good idea... but darn postal service... maybe they should go back to riding horses... haha... no fuel costs at least...

ken...