Instead of building a beach area for my turtle in his new heated indoor pond I thought I'd build a sort of jetty, I'm just concerned about the wood leaching toxins into the pond. As well as the turtle there are some tropical fish which are likely to be more sensitive to water conditions. I had planned to deck the rim of the pond (its raised above ground level) - but I'm also concerned that splashing water and humidity may cause toxins to leach from traditional garden decking.

Anyone know of any types of wood that don't harm aquatic life?

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1.0.1 Bearded Dragons
1.0.0 Mississippi Map turtle
0.0.1 Razorback Musk turtle
1.0.1 Freckled Monitor
2.4.0 Bearded Pygmy Chameleons (Rieppeleon brevicaudatus)
1.1.0 Pitted Pygmy Chameleons (Rhampholeon temporalis)

just soak the water for 2-3 days, totally submerge it though, and that should leach out any toxins

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Is that with any wood? Can I just use untreated timber from wickes or B&Q soaked in water for a few days?

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1.0.1 Bearded Dragons
1.0.0 Mississippi Map turtle
0.0.1 Razorback Musk turtle
1.0.1 Freckled Monitor
2.4.0 Bearded Pygmy Chameleons (Rieppeleon brevicaudatus)
1.1.0 Pitted Pygmy Chameleons (Rhampholeon temporalis)

no I wouldn't then, I thought you ment bogwood from an aquatics shop, not sure about timber though

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soak completly in strong bleach (remember the measure
ment and water for 1 week the soak in a de-chlorinator double the amount is says the treat the amount of bleach you used.....

to simplfy:
1 part bleach to 2 parts water will kill anything.....
then treat the amount of water you have used with a double dose of DE-Clol