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What is better for fresh water fish, bog wood or drift wood? Can moss live with fresh water fish? Can black tetra live with bumble bee goby? How ma

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What is better for fresh water fish, bog wood or drift wood?

Can moss live with fresh water fish?

Can black tetra live with bumble bee goby?

How many type of moss there is and which one is the most appropriate for fish?

Can Hyophila involuta live with fish?
 
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What is better for fresh water fish, bog wood or drift wood?

Can moss live with fresh water fish?

Can black tetra live with bumble bee goby?

How many type of moss there is and which one is the most appropriate for fish?

Can Hyophila involuta live with fish?
It is unclear how people are defining bogwood (maybe mopani wood) and drift wood (any other wood). Freshwater fish shouldn't be routinely exposed to sodium so marine driftwood should be soaked for a long while in fresh water with regular water changes to remove the salt.

Do you mean aquatic moss or land moss? Aquarium mosses include java moss, christmas moss (my first choice), flame moss, willow moss, star moss (Google tells me that this is the Hyophila involuta), peacock moss, weeping moss, taiwan moss...etc. These are fine with fish. Some fish species will do well with certain mosses (killies lay eggs on java moss) but I would say choose the one you like or is available to you. Land (terrestrial) moss will rot in an aquarium so is not recommended.

Bumble bee goby are best kept in a species tank. There are a few species referred to as black tetra but most are good community fish.
 
If by bog wood you mean wood exposed to saltwater then I don't recommend using that in a freshwater tanks even after a long soak. If you mean wood that has been sitting in a like Marsh I would attest to the situation regarding the wood is it in decay then no I wouldn't use it in your tank. If you're talking about Mopani wood, then you're good using that in your tank just realized that it will release lots of tannins for a very very long time, meaning that your water will be various shades of sepia for months maybe even years to come.

Agree with above for moss, just be careful algae loves to grow on moss.

In regards to bumblebee goby this is going to depend on which variety you get. There are two varieties one can exist in freshwater and the other one only exists in brackish water. It can live for a short period of time in freshwater it won't be happy and it will wind up dying on you. So you're going to have to research which variety is available.
I have had the brackish ones and they are little spitfires, easily able to handle fish larger than them so long as they are not predatory.

I would recommend them as they mainly inhabit the lower region of your tank, occasionally perching on glass, plants or decor.
 

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