Brown water from driftwood. HELP!
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Fastest method I have found for removing tannins but it only works on pieces small enough to boil.
I boil the piece for ten minutes, change the water, boil again for 5 minutes, change the water, boil again, and so on until after 5 minutes the water is only weekly turning brown. Then I let the wood cool and add it to the tank. The tannins that do leech into the tank are easily removed with water changes or carbon/purigen.
I boil the piece for ten minutes, change the water, boil again for 5 minutes, change the water, boil again, and so on until after 5 minutes the water is only weekly turning brown. Then I let the wood cool and add it to the tank. The tannins that do leech into the tank are easily removed with water changes or carbon/purigen.
On the dark side, if you like tannic water as much as I do, Alder cones are perfect. It only a takes a few cones to darken a tank. Just lightly bake them first or put them in a dehydrator and you can store them for a long time.
I Am Nt Too Good With This But Some People Actually Bleach It Right..?? I Read It On Some Articles.. Hw Do U Go About Doing That..??
Great responses. Thanks so much. I am so glad a friend turned me on to this site. I have marbled angels BTW.
Angles are amazonian their native water is tea colored or darker. I add peat to my water to keep it nice and dark. Plants grow great with it.
Getting a little tan colored water from the drift wood is a form of what is called humic acid this is when plants drift wood are starting to decay and forms humic acid. This humic acid is good with South American Cyclids but allso beware cause humic acid can cause a rapid drop in pH. Humic acid can allso be created by filtering water thru peat moss. Not say that it is but could very well be.PlantedAngels;4326026; said:
