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hotbullet
01-21-2006, 11:30 AM
wat is blackwater and is it essential for arowana ?
redtailfool
01-21-2006, 12:04 PM
Its not essential but it somewhat helps an arowana feel more comfortable in the water since blackwater replicates the water quality (bit on the acidic side) found in the rivers where amazons are native to ,be it in the amazon or the rivers of southeast asia.
Its not essential but it somewhat helps an arowana feel more comfortable
Yup, there is many fish wich feels more comfortable in blackwater. Blackwater is in the nature really clean because of the acidic water.
http://www.mongabay.com/fish/biotope_rio_sucasari.htm
About blackwater tank setup.
werdna
01-21-2006, 1:31 PM
black water is very good, but not mandatory.. here is another forum with pics of black water extract
http://www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/index.php?showtopic=109654
paulosborne
03-15-2006, 5:30 PM
Black water is water that has lots of tanin. The tanin is leached into the water from leaves and other organic matter (peat).
werdna
03-15-2006, 5:37 PM
Black water is water that has lots of tanin. The tanin is leached into the water from leaves and other organic matter (peat).
beuatifully said
dirteeboy808
03-15-2006, 8:24 PM
the only think I really don't like is when people come over and say "EWWWW!!, why don't you clean your tank......" It turns the water a tinge of yellow....=)
dangitseric
03-15-2006, 8:25 PM
when i use blackwater it only lasts for like a couple days then the tan goes away y is this?????
dovii88
03-15-2006, 9:11 PM
yeah blackwater is sweet and it adds a nice color to the tank...i use it with all my s.a cichlids........and they go crazy...
Do Jardini arrowanas like black water?
Taboojen
03-16-2006, 2:50 AM
when i use blackwater it only lasts for like a couple days then the tan goes away y is this?????
are ya using carbon? would that remove some the stuff?
AlaskaJammin
03-16-2006, 8:18 AM
Carbon will remove it, and just about everything else. I use discus trace elements in my arowana tanks. I noticed one of my large blacks and two of my large juropari geophagus developing hole in the head a few years ago and treid a million different ways to fix it. What I found was south american tanks do better with lots of biological filtration and no carbon at all. It actually cleans the water to much and deprives sensitve fish of essential minerals and vitamins which leads to hole in head. If you have to use something use seachems purigen, its a miracle product that you never have to replace.
Carbon will remove it, and just about everything else. I use discus trace elements in my arowana tanks. I noticed one of my large blacks and two of my large juropari geophagus developing hole in the head a few years ago and treid a million different ways to fix it. What I found was south american tanks do better with lots of biological filtration and no carbon at all. It actually cleans the water to much and deprives sensitve fish of essential minerals and vitamins which leads to hole in head. If you have to use something use seachems purigen, its a miracle product that you never have to replace.
Is that true what you said about the carbon. And does it effect Jardini's in the same way? What is this seachems pruigen. I only ask because I have two mech. filters that I fill with carbon and then I have three power heads for underground and two bio wheels.