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Thanksgiving morning. Besides God, family, friends, a job, abundant delicious food (anticipated), and everything else, I'm thankful to be able to walk outside and collect dead Manzanita tree branches for my aquaria. #ThanksgivingDinnerForPlecos #MyOwnStumpery
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That looks great, and certainly well weathered.

Is it to add wood to existing aquariums or do you have something new in mind?

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Thanks Marc. The wood is just for saving as needed. I do need more wood in a couple of existing tanks, and I'm converting one 20 gallon long cory tank to a pleco tank.

But most of these pieces are 6-8 feet long, so I'll need to cut them to fit. :-D

Cheers, Eric

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Eric, don't cut that wood, get bigger tanks for it ......... :d
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TwoTankAmin wrote: ↑24 Nov 2017, 15:33Eric, don't cut that wood, get bigger tanks for it ......... :d
If only... :))

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I put together a collage of the photos and video I made while collecting. In the end, I had to leave some of the branches behind, but I got a LOT of good pieces to work with. ;-)

Cheers, Eric

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Great video Eric. It kills me to think how much manzanita I chopped up and burned in brush piles in my youth.
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