It's the Wood bud, I have lots of driftwood and lots of tannins! I use a bit of carbon after its in the tank( takes a few days and it clears) but for the smaller pieces, I did boil them and soak and boil, but the tannins aren't harmful at all to ur fish. The tannins actualluy soften and lower the PH( if that's what you need/want) hope this helps.
Water Clarity Issue :(
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The gravel has always been there, but I've been adding more driftwood from time to time
Purigen goes into one of the cannister filters, correct?
I just recently did a media-change/filter clean-up, so it would have to wait a good couple of weeks
I've just read the product info now & it definitely seems worth a try
On another note lol, after the comments some of you guys left here, I went to re-look my water.
Well I'll be damned lol, it IS actually crystal clear, just with the obvious tinge.
Funny how I never really looked at it that way before
Is there maybe a more in-depth thread regarding tannins, or should I just google it?
i had the same issue and i put some activated carbon in the sump and it cleared right up. I think by the time my carbon was used up, the driftwood stopped leaching tannins and i am once again happy i added the driftwood.
