spider wood

I’ve noticed two different things growing on the spider wood in my tank. These little black dots and the light colour stringy bits. I do have black sand which I initially assumed the black bits were but they look slightly smaller and darker than the sand. A lot of it is attached all around the...

On Friday I bought five pieces of azalea root (also known as spider wood) from Maidenhead Aquatics to replace the equivalent amount of three year old 'Sumatran Driftwood' that had become a tad too rotten for my liking. (My aquarium has been running for about eight, features driftwood and a lot...