Where to get the kind of driftwood in the homepage?

rgc588

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I have seen this kind of driftwood in lobby of hotel and company.
I have been thinking using them as aquarium. But, never find a way to get them.
Accidentally, I see this picture in the home page from Google.
I wonder where I can buy them?
Thanks ahead.
 

rgc588

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rgc588

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But, they look quite different. I don't think they belong to the same kind.
 

Tom Barr

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It is western cedar, if you want, you can drive to the Eel river in CA and spend a few days looking.
I doubt this was the same wood you saw in the lobby, it was more likely Redwood root.

Redwood tends to be too large for aquarium use, but I've found a few smaller nice pieces, rarely.

I cannot collect and sell much of that, simply because it's 6 hour drive each way and much less is available and it's much harder to obtain.
If I lived near there, then perhaps.

Manzy is much more suitable to the hobby however.
 

rgc588

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This is what I saw in the lobby.

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Tom Barr

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That could be any number of wood types, hard to say. It's not western or swamp cedar or redwood.