Zoo Med Mopani Wood Aquarium Decor
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About This Item
- Naturally grown hardwood features a smooth surface, textured detail, and unique mottled color.
- Exotic and all natural accent piece sinks in aquariums and looks great with other enclosure décor.
- Adds interest and appeal and makes for an enriching environment for aquarium or terrarium pals.
- Perfect accessory for aquariums or terrariums to complement any naturalistic look.
- It contains no artificial colors or synthetic resins and is available in two sizes to meet your needs.
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| Price | $10.37Chewy Price | $12.99Chewy Price | $7.99Chewy Price | $7.64Chewy Price | $5.99Chewy Price |
| Fish Type | Tropical Freshwater, Betta, Cichlid, Goldfish, Marine Fish | Tropical Freshwater | Tropical Freshwater, Betta, Cichlid, Goldfish, Marine Fish | Betta | Betta |
| Aquarium Type | Freshwater, Saltwater | Freshwater | Freshwater, Saltwater | Freshwater, Saltwater | Freshwater, Saltwater |
| Material | Wood | N/A | Wood | Ceramic | Wood |
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Pretty cool
I bought this for my red eared slider’s aquarium. I recommend completely submerging the piece in a bucket of water and replacing the water every day for AT LEAST one week before putting in your aquarium. Which is kind of annoying but worth it! You don’t want it to dirty your water and when you go to replace the bucket water, you’ll see what I mean. Anyway, this thing is pretty cool my turtle loves it!
Not sure what’s wrong with it
It looks beautiful BUT I’m not sure what I did wrong. I put it in a bucket and rinsed it and put it in new water like it says till the waters clear, but I bought it a month ago and the water still isn’t clear and leaks color and it’s starting to smell like rotten eggs
Great pieces of wood
I ordered 2 pieces of the medium size. I am happy with both. One is almost like a wooden person. Lol. The other is like a wood crab. Lol. I have them in my 120 gallon ciclid tank. The clown loaches have not left them alone since I put them in the tank. It has made them very very happy. I did soak them in a 5 gallon bucket for 1 week and kept changing out the water everyday. I highly recommend you do that as well. There was tannins for sure! I will be buying more pieces for my other tanks soon. Definitely take a chance and grab these. The price is so reasonable.
Aquarium wood
The wood is gorgeous, I loved the way it looked. I got a size medium for my 30 gallon tank and it was bigger than the tank!! I had to cut a piece off of it. I looked to find some type of recommendation on what size for what tank and couldn’t find any, so this is mine. The medium is huge!
Chunks of mopani
The measurement process online made it seem like you would get small pieces, but I got some cool, larger pieces. I bought a random pile of 5 because I like giving my plecos lots of places to swim in and hide. And because I know it’s a natural product, I expected a random grab bag of wood pieces, which is what I got. Mopani wood pretty much always is light on one side and smooth, but then the other side is dark and craggy. And it’s not super soft or twiggy so you’ll have your driftwood for many years. It does release tannins, which I find to be a bonus since the fish really seem to love it. It will continue to release tannins for pretty much forever. Boiling it will just soften your wood. Highly recommend just rinsing the travel dust off and then using it as-is. A lot of the local fish stores seem to be having trouble getting wood in stock right now, and Chewy came through for me.
Still up in the air
So far I’ve submerged the pieces in water 5 times for 24 hours. Water is still dark brown. Going to give it a couple more times before I toss them in the trash. On a side note, they are very nice pieces. Just don’t have the time to continue soaking them. Other driftwood I’ve dealt with in the past only took 3 times in the process before adding them to my tank.
Perfectly Beautiful
I couldn't be happier with the piece I received if I had picked it out myself! I boiled it for 2 hours (only half would fit in the pot at a time) to help leach some of the tannins. It sank immediately when placed in the tank. It is still leaching some tannins which was expected and will not harm the inhabitants. I'm sure if one wanted to soak for several days or more with daily water changes it would eliminate most of the leaching but I was too excited to place it in my tank. I'm planning on setting up a new tank soon and will be ordering 1 or more pieces and hope to receive similar shaped pieces.
lots of tannins
its a nice looking piece of wood. there are some holes in the one i got so i hope no fish get stuck in it. however i've been soaking it for over a week while changing the water everyday and the water is still very brown, so i dont know when or if i'll get to use it in my tank.
Too hard to clean for first use.
I have scrubbed and scrubbed this piece of wood. I’ve also soaked it. It turns the water red/brown when I’ve soaked so I am not going to put this in my aquarium.
Mopani Wood
I purchased the large Mopani wood and it is really beautiful, but the piece I received is mostly black not much brown in it and I have been soaking it for a month to get most of the tannin out of it.... I change the big container of water its in 4 times a day and it still leaches out so much tannin I can't even see the piece in the bottom of the container.... needless to say I am very unhappy with my purchase, when you order online you can't see what piece you are getting you are at the mercy of the picker. I suggest if you want this wood that you go to a store and visually pick it yourself so you know what you are getting.... I will keep soaking mine just to see if it is ever going to stop but I won't be putting it in my tank : (