Collecting Wood and Rocks for your Aquarium

[@honorscott18]

My friends make fun of me when I collect stuff at the lake but tbh finding it your own and not having to spend any money on it is wayyy better

[@SteenfottAquatics]

+Honor Scott I always get strange looks when I carry wood off the mountain lol

[@kerrypitt9789]

It's all about the hunt right? I love it. I found a 600lb fossil, a bit big for my tank LOL

[@antantelope]

@@SteenfottAquatics so true

[@wolfhound2]

@@SteenfottAquatics I was catching minnnows with my net and people kept looking at me

[@SugarMapleForge]

I literally have no friends in the hobby 😂 mine all think Im weird for it too. Except my brother. Hes been keeping fish for 25 years

[@davidrahlf3007]

I have never cleaned my wood or my rocks either and I have never had a problem this is how we beautify our aquariums and not going broke in the process and we always find some of the most beautiful pieces ever good job.

[@samhoffman4318]

Pls do more of these type of videos!

[@KGcichlids]

Beautiful place to go hunting for rocks and wood, ice caves are epic!

[@nightowl4121]

Once a while, it is good to give us a breath of fresh air outside instead of just indoor stuff.

[@rurutuM]

next week on Bob vs wild, Bob wrestles a black bear for the last piece of apple pie

[@SteenfottAquatics]

I'd win then throw the pie in the bears face.

[@CypressPhotoStudio]

🤠

[@Shayna-jy2vc]

Bob you are lucky to live in such a beautiful area

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Yea i love it here =)

[@antantelope]

@@SteenfottAquatics where is it? north west?

[@junghyunyoo]

Looks like home. ❤️

[@laurentoevs2320]

The fireweed reminds me of Alaska

[@kerrypitt9789]

I have to echo some of the other followers here. I would like to see more of these videos. For me it has always been the hunt. Antiques, moose, deer, fossils fish, always the hunt. I used to live near a place that I could boat to in the Spring and collect fossils. I need to go back because I would love to have fossils in a tank. My Son still has a complete Starfish, we used to have a lot of big shells etc. But when my wife left me she even took those. Just a fun video, thank you!

[@CreativePetKeeping]

This is so fun to watch.. something different. I might be going to the Upper Penninsula of Michigan in early sept.. so I will be looking for scaping materials as well!

[@carolekveen4606]

Yay! I love the UP! Leave some wood for me, please. :)

[@LRBaquatics]

So beautiful out there! Looked like fun!

[@JS-gk9et]

This was a fun video to watch. Nice to see your natural collection, and 'cleaning' methods. Agree with the others: friggin beautiful up there.

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Glad you enjoyed it =)

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

Thanks f9r bringing us alomg.. ❤

[@BrianS420]

I went there when I was in Washington in June. What an awesome place! The glacier was huge when I was there, and there weren't any caves yet. Thanks for sharing Bob.

[@RyoWatanabee]

Nice video! Something different than usual :) enjoyed it!

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Glad you enjoyed it =)

[@UncannySense]

Neature nuggets, that's neat.

[@aquaticma]

Wow nice adventure! I only have swamp area to "hike" lol murder needles EVERYWHERE! I love this view! Never knew how beautiful the places you hike look. I'd be there every weekend.

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Thats why i quit Saturday live streams =D

[@MissChelle]

Awesome location! ❤️🇦🇺

[@rusticnashville]

LOVE this! It’s my life. ✌🏻

[@SteenfottAquatics]

One of my favorite spots.

[@damonghanayem9982]

Great vid thanks Bob. Suggestions on how to handle hardscape from not so pure of source? Boiling? Thanks!

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Boil wood, never boil rocks, they can explode =O I just clean rocks with hydrogen peroxide

[@Coronakenify]

Wow, beautiful. Thanks for taking me along.

[@gordonyork6638]

Luckily I live in Oregon. We have some of the best rocks. Huge chunks of green, red, yellow and black jasper. Columnar basalt, miles of obsidian, more Agates than you could shake a stick at. I've been cleaning my rocks in hydrochloric acid followed by a few months of a water soak. Various minerals create the great colors (copper creates green usually, other minerals create other colors) and I want to make sure there is no "water soluble mineral content" left. Haven't had a problem so far. Nice vid.

[@mingbritson]

Fantastic topic, Bob! Thanks as always for the great, useful info!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Ya, well I'ver got the flat ground of Chicagoland to look at when I eat lunch. Haha Awesome video - I so wish I could stroll into the mountains and eat lunch. Ice caves would be nice this time of year too. : -)

[@travishemming3783]

One of my favorites of all your videos. Ice in August...I wish we had that in SW Oklahoma. Excuse me while I go take a nap in the freezer.

[@melissas4358]

I really enjoyed this. I'm getting back into the hobby after taking a break for about fifteen years and am checking out some stuff online and happened upon this. You live in such a cool area, thanks for sharing your hike and showing us the stuff you were able to find! Makes me even more excited to get back into keeping fish.

[@binomb101]

Beautiful tour Bob, thanks for taking us along in the gorgeous countryside.

[@aprilpeterson7436]

Omg i am so in love with ever bit of this!!! Where are you? AMAZING!!! also I must say if you have one ... Your significant other is one absolutley lucky one!!!

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Mother nature is my significant other =)

[@kilrkitty0818]

Those Ice Caves are awesome looking I've never seen anything like that before. Loved the video very informative

[@richardhuff8201]

Awesome hike and great vid. Love the scenery.👍👍👍

[@angiemiller188]

That was really a cool walk a a very beautiful place. Thanks for taking us along with you.

[@TheFishNerd]

Awesome views!! Crazy that there's so much ice when it's so hot out

[@MrBananazombie]

Where is this?

[@SimplyBetta]

I think I saw a 'squatch

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Simply Betta was it me?

[@cc3kidsl8ter78]

Beautiful views! I wish I had a trail like that near me!

[@jpshawcross]

Super cool! The landscape in the mountains there is gorgeous. I've thinking about doing a video like this too. Can't wait to see you use these rocks and wood in your tanks!

[@thefishfactory115]

Nice video! You had that Les Stroud shot going on. Personally, I'd love to see more videos like this.

[@SteenfottAquatics]

The Fish Factory haha hoping someone would catch that. Only reason I did it. Love Les Stroud

[@TheTurtleGirl]

Awesome video, Bob! Can I ask where in washington you were hiking? Seems like a really nice walk.

[@SteenfottAquatics]

+The Turtle Girl the name of the hike is "Big Four Ice Caves"

[@AprilShaw]

Thank you for taking us along on your hike and gathering trip !! Loved it :-)

[@SugarMapleForge]

It's so beautiful there! Reminds me of when I lived in idaho!

[@damionmarkham9835]

Thanks Bob I have a guppy tub full of rocks and driftwood on my deck. The birds and bees love it

[@MasterAquatics]

awesome video bob!

[@ALLDAYEVERYDAYKIM]

Makes me wanna go hike n search right now. Good video

[@dollyllama69420]

Bob, thank you soooo much for this video. Loved seeing ya outta the house and all up in those gorgeous mountains. I forget how different the mountains are in the Pacific Northwest compared to the Colorado Rockies I gaze at every day. So different. Your hiking trails just miiiiiight be a lil more gorgeous than mine. (; wish we could trade mountains from time to time!

[@vicaroo001]

Love that you think about your dog!

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Always thinking about her =)

[@jlathem56]

Cool video. Always like nature walks. It was nice of you to bring us along.

[@stephanies.7044]

Great video. Absolutely beautiful there!

[@Eddie.Gonzalez]

Wow that was a great video. Great scenery!

[@richardschneeberg112]

Thanks for the break...... enjoyed your video

[@upserlivinthedream]

That is an absolutely beautiful area!!

[@dakotabrowning5286]

This is a gem!

[@bluerthanindigo55]

Great video, Bob! Already got my location picked out for my own collecting trip this summer!

[@silviacastro4684]

Awesome! I am going to have to go out to rivers around here and see if I find anything for my aquariums! Thanks for the video!

[@Deon0026yickadee]

I was going ask you was you going to go in 😅😅😅😅 very nice video. I would love to visit this place! Man that water fall is beautiful!!!

[@annashobbies4350]

I really enjoyed the scenery. Thanks 💚

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Cecelia Odle Thanks for watching :)

[@Feighlogh]

Glad to see other people doing the footwork for their rocks and wood. I get some crazy looks hauling packs full of rocks and sticks down out of these mountains sometimes. Fewer from rockhounds.

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Yea, when i hauled down that 4 foot piece i got all kinds of strange looks lol

[@Feighlogh]

It's worse when you're 5'4" and look like a reverse sherpa, lol

[@charenethornton6430]

That was great with beautiful scenery.

[@breanna6257]

found a root from a tree that washed up on the beach, is this okay to use? its got bark that i intend to get rid of

[@michaelmitchell5909]

gods country brother... your a lucky man to live in such a beautiful place!...

[@winterstormd9527]

What type of glass aquariums are the two at 11:30?

[@SteenfottAquatics]

The one on the left is a 30 gallon aqueon and a 75g aqueon on the right.

[@sagsdown]

I love nature. I live in the woods.Do more like this.

[@SteenfottAquatics]

It was a lot of fun =)

[@mr.smithskitchen3224]

Great video Bob, the wife and I get our hard scape the same way, although the view isn't nearly that spectacular.

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Thanks Brian, glad you enjoyed it =)

[@lelanidixon7941]

Great and unique video. Thanks for sharing!

[@Xxkilluminati91xX]

I use broken up asphalt I find around town for my substrate and wood that I pull out of an urban creek in my tanks. I don't clean any of it. Never had a problem its totally fine.

[@gordonyork6638]

LOL

[@eddyortiz8110]

Cool video That's great you can go to such a beautiful place to collect stuff for your tanks.I live in Miami we don't have those awesome mountains or snow/Ice. Good stuff thanks

[@jenniferdore3617]

What a stunning place

[@MasterPhotographer]

Interesting way to collect aquascraping materials, with the bonus of a workout. 👍

[@dwsdarius]

Beautiful landscape! Where was that?

[@apolloravindran]

i bet this guys a lot of fun to hang with

[@SteenfottAquatics]

I always have fun when i hang out with me.

[@notyourmama7059]

My 2 year old granddaughter and I hit the Nisqually today rock collecting.

[@SteenfottAquatics]

another good spot =)

[@hussainsamah5716]

How long does it take for the wood to sink?

[@joshr4999]

This was a really fun episode and I'd like seeing more adventures like this

[@kenandreiricohermoso4630]

What kinds of stone in that loc

[@rickardrocks2160]

awesome!

[@Shelzbells]

What a stunningly beautiful place to go hiking

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Always a great time =)

[@kc-noice2083]

You got to let me know next time you go up love that area

[@dannywotherspoon3145]

Loved this video. Great nature looks amazing. 😃

[@nicolasbruno829]

1:37 How do you say that casually?

[@fishblade_n]

Yo I did not know this but if u tap ur time stamp the video rewind's to it.

[@kathyl9222]

Wow there are ice caves in summer, is it the elevation?

[@tkrkovska4961]

From the Snowy Mountains Australia, i have never cleaned my hardscape from nature either... have had no problems. All i do is scrub off loose bits but that's about it.

[@FourMileFox]

Thought I was the only crazy one bushwhacking creeks and loading my pack up with wood. Thanks for posting! =)

[@JasonCarpentier]

This was awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@molamola7093]

How high up are you there? Beautiful scenery.

[@JohannesEngstrom]

Damn I'm so jealous of where you live. That is a beautiful place. Where I live in Sweden there's nothing like it. You're very lucky!

[@brianosorio4454]

Steenfott Aquatics Can u use any type of wood because we cut down a dryed up tree on my backyard and there's a lot of good looking pieces?

[@SteenfottAquatics]

If no sap, no bark, id try it out. Maybe boil it first

[@brianosorio4454]

Steenfott Aquatics Great👍thanks Bob.

[@kinnikuzero]

Great video! More of these please

[@noorshakirinbahrinross3806]

Great video as always bob 👍

[@chriswyf2011]

I loved the virtual hike along! I wish you would have caught that snake, he was pretty!

[@Dhanan-J]

awesome....I wana do this

[@shortnanxious6088]

Beautiful place

[@Tom-pe3ur]

Wow I never know that I can take wood peaces like these from the wild

[@rylansaquariums6446]

love this type of video you should do more like this

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Thanks it was a ton of fun =)

[@fuzzwuzzy1]

have you ever tryed volcano rock

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Not yet, but i need to

[@NatureShy]

Southern Washington and Oregon has tons of volcanic rock. Just avoid state parks, national parks, and wilderness areas within national forests to harvest them, as it is illegal and also highly frowned upon in those particular protected areas. Non-protected wilderness/national monument tracts in forest service land or BLM land is where to look.

[@stonemuzza8311]

Am I right in saying that you should avoid collecting soft woods and just get hard woods?

[@PincheMigs]

That was really cool!! I might need to go see the ice caves when I'm in Everett. :)

[@bettascarlosgildemontes9980]

Where is this place ?

[@BH-hk8qm]

So it shouldn't matter what type of ricks or wood you put in as long as they are from a clean source?

[@Geneticlyinsane1]

What an amazing loction to go out and collect , wish i had somewhere like that near me in the UK but you may say unfortunately for that sort of stuff i like in a seaside city

[@andrewderksen3342]

Most of my aquarium needs I have found out in nature 👍 sand, pants , rocks ..fish ?🤷 Well just my little bullhead lol

[@ebperformance8436]

You missed our duel by 2 weeks, and a half……..I was a glorious duel..I won the duel because my rival ran out of rocks, and wood. Thank you for removing some of those……..giving my fish some victory blue warms Raaaaahhhhhhrrrggg!

[@ChallengetheWild]

Awesome!