Difference between driffwood & bogwood

[uklau]

Hi, anyone care to help me on this? I bought 2 pieces of wood from 2 different LFS few months ago. After keeping it for few months under the water, both are sinking now but one is like getting rotten. When I scrub on this piece, I'll get something like mud coming out. It also breaks into small pieces, which make the water dirty (initially, it releases tannins but has stopped). I also noticed some soft substance like algae forming on the surface. The other piece is perfectly fine without any of these problems. Both are on the same tank (where I store aged water) & is not exposed to sunlight.

Did I get the wrong wood or did I not treating it correctly ? How do I tell whether a wood is suitable for planted tank or not?

[grey_fox]

If possible you can maybe take a photo of it? Anyways, momentarily, bogwood is of a lighter coloration and takes almost forever to sink (read: 2 weeks or more). Driftwood normally heavier and darker in color (I believe its the one where you scrub and find the "mud" coming out of it.)

[uklau]

Thanks Greyfox. The tank where the wood is soaked is in the store. I'll see if I can make it bright enough to take a photo of it.

[uklau]

I just couldn't get enough light to capture a clear picture of what I'm having. Thus, I spend some time scrubing the wood again. Hope it will not turn bad again.

BTW, anyone else would like to share your experience on the subject matter? Thanks.

[sheng]

Bogwoods are those branchy type.
You can take reference from this thread :

Belongs to Natural

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=25248


Driftwoods are more bulky

Belongs to Fei Miao

You can take reference from this thread :

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=24249.

Hope the owner dont mind.

[XnSdVd]

Hmm... so the difference is that bogwood looks to be the root system of softwood trees. Whereas driftwood is any part of a hardwood tree

[danfoo]

soo... just a question.. which of these 2 types of wood actually leech tannins? I read tannins are good for angelfish, so i am planning to add some aquarium wood that produces tannins.

[fisbike]

Me also curious how to tell the difference.

[Shadow]

both should leech tannin