"The mopani wood is breath-takingly beautiful! I was so enamoured by the look that i bought two at one time (at my local petco)! And at the current price, you can't go wrong!
A word for dislikers of leeched tannins (the stuff that makes your water look brown):
Buy the wood and boil it a few times in an old pot that you don't use to cook in (it took 5 times at 20-30 minutes each for me, but i was doing two at once) until the boiled water is a light tea color. Place it in another container and fill it with water to cool it and test for leeching. Leave it overnight and check it the next day. If the water is clear, you are ready to put it in your tank!
if you like the tannins, boil it anyway to kill any microbes that might be on the wood. Plus if left unboiled, your water could get EXTREMELY dark.
Presto!
The best looking wood you will probably ever own! And if you own a pleco (sucker fish), he will love it even more than you!
BruiserThePleco"