Bog-wood

The Moorkienwurzel, also called Moorkienholz, belongs to the classical decoration material in the aquarium. It is used only in fresh water aquariums. For a saltwater aquarium it is all the wood species inappropriate.

In Moorkienholz is the remains of dead tree roots or branches, which were a number of years in the bog. The wood is impregnated by these storage in peat bogs with humic acids. This has inter alia means that the wood in the aquarium in contrast to most other types of wood does not rot. In addition Moorkienwurzeln not swim typically if they do not dry out too long. Moorkienwurzeln put in the aquarium usually tannin -free and dye it the water brownish. In an Amazon aquarium, this effect is quite desirable. It corresponds to the natural living conditions of maintained in such a aquarium fish species. To prevent an excessive release of tannins, watering some aquarists the wood first few days to weeks.