Resin or real wood
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I think none of the resin stuff could ever look better than natural wood.the fungus never lasts that long, won't affect the fish. real wood adds a more porous, surface area for bacteria
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I'll agree with you on the benefits of real wood that you mentioned but just as Chopsteeks has I've thrown away some nice pieces due to the fungus coming back no matter what tactic I tried to stop it.I get that it's harmless to my fish and all but it hurt my eyes to look at it.
Gotta agree with krich ...nothing I did worked to remove the fungus...the price is sitting in my basement now... main concern was the oscar injuring himself thought maube the natural stuff would cause less injuries bit with this fish I doubt anything will make a difference
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I only have real wood, never tried resin.
BTW: algae eaters like Ancistrus will happily devour the fungus. Nature takes care of it for you
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It depends on the application. It's hard to beat well placed natural wood in a tank.
However, some of the artificial stuff has really come along. It weighs very little, lasts forever, and can easily be moved around between tanks or taken out without taking weeks to dry and then not sinking again potentially.
Personally, I use both (but not both in the same tank, my experience is stick with one or the other per tank or it will not look right).
This picture is one of my tanks with two artificial pieces at different stages of algae growth.
From here: http://www.designsbynature.net/products-page/driftwood-categories/tree-stump-003-a/
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However, some of the artificial stuff has really come along. It weighs very little, lasts forever, and can easily be moved around between tanks or taken out without taking weeks to dry and then not sinking again potentially.
Personally, I use both (but not both in the same tank, my experience is stick with one or the other per tank or it will not look right).
This picture is one of my tanks with two artificial pieces at different stages of algae growth.
From here: http://www.designsbynature.net/products-page/driftwood-categories/tree-stump-003-a/
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I only have real wood, never tried resin.
BTW: algae eaters like Ancistrus will happily devour the fungus. Nature takes care of it for you
At that time I was thinking about getting some type of algae eater or pleco and see if they would handle it but I never got around to it.
Nice looking set up,Clockwork.
It depends on the application. It's hard to beat well placed natural wood in a tank.
However, some of the artificial stuff has really come along. It weighs very little, lasts forever, and can easily be moved around between tanks or taken out without taking weeks to dry and then not sinking again potentially.
Personally, I use both (but not both in the same tank, my experience is stick with one or the other per tank or it will not look right).
This picture is one of my tanks with two artificial pieces at different stages of algae growth.
From here: http://www.designsbynature.net/products-page/driftwood-categories/tree-stump-003-a/
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Very nice set up where did you get those peices from
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