Spiderwood AND Driftwood?

I was rooting around for some old stuff and found a couple pieces of driftwood from my old tanks. The reddish/brown looking stuff.
I also have a piece of spiderwood I bought, but then ran into some better looking stuff at another shop that I used. So I have a white-ish/light colored spiderwood branch.

Not that I'm going for a theme tank, but has anyone ever used two dissimilar woods in one tank? I've never seen it if they have. And I never see two kinds of rocks unless it is pebbles around larger stone.

I might not have enough room for my ideas anyway, but I'm curious if this is a hardscaping no-no? Mixing different types of rocks and woods?

 

I use both - i think it looks good. The spiderwood darkens over time so stands out less against the driftwood, if you are worried about that?

 

Same here. After some years it all looks the same anyway.

 

I mix spider wood with talawa wood. Everyone can tell them apart when they are outside of the tank. But inside of the tank, and partly covered with plants, they look incredibly similar. Spider is more curly than talawa; so it really depends on your layout if the two types of wood look natural or artificial.

 

Thanks for the replies.
I'm not sure what direction I'll be going with this tank. But it's good to hear you can mix and match and it's all good in the tank.

Of course it would be nice to see pictures...

 

When I go fishing, I get snagged on many different types of wood in the same body of water.

 

Well yeah.
But a pile of different driftwood looks like a pile of different driftwood.

 

This is my 25+ gallon shallow tank (enjoying the morning sun) that has mainly Talawa wood in it; it sticks out from the water as you can clearly see; between the Talawa branches is some spider wood; it is not many, but it is there, pointing downwards in the same direction as the Talawa wood. Between all the branches is java fern trident, which is pointing upwards, creating a nice opposite effect.

So, again, I believe that is the key; you can combine different woods as long as the whole looks to ones satisfaction. I would not enjoy using more spider wood in this setup.

(yes, there are actual fish in this tank )

 

That's a nice looking setup, ruud

When I Googled talawa wood last night I saw it had similar properties to spiderwood.