hahahaha! funny you should mention the wood.....
I Have a large pond very close to my house.... maybe 500 feet.... anyway, this time of year it's bursting with life, full of frogs and minnows and insects of all kind, with some trout and catfish and even a type of pleco I believe.... if there is such thing as a cold water pleco... I'm in canada on the east coast, about half way between the equator and the north pole.... (on the 45th) so it gets pretty cold here... but anyway... EVERYTHING, except the water, is from that pond... all of the wood, plants, rocks, sand, everything.... actually there are some nice lillies comming up through the water now... I may go harvest a few....lol!
there are TONS of bog wood down there... and in really nice shapes too.... like trunks with HUGE winding root systems and such... when I get a big oscar tank, thats where I am going for the wood to decorate...