Dift/bog Wood Question

[davidblackson]

i have a dead tree ( gum tree ) in my back yard it has been dead for mayb 2 years can i put the wood in my tank? some of it looks a little rotten other stuff dosent. honestly i have no idea thanks heaps.

 

[Corleone]

Probably not. Bogwood is preserved from rotting by the conditions it comes from. Some of the stuff can be centuries old and still not rotten. A standing dead tree will eventually rot, even if only parts of it are currently.

 

[dusky]

Agree with Corleone. Bog wood comes from bogs ,,,,wow clever for me this time of morning lol. but its been there for hundreds of years. As far as I can see a relativly new tree would just rot plus i'm not sure what nasties may come out of it. Better safe than sorry and buy a bit of bogwood if you want wood in the tank.