Carbon and driftwood

[Jared T]

Hello my fish store said that if I put this carbon in a carbon bag and then in my filter it will catch a lot of the tannins from a piece of driftwood I would like to put in I have already cleaned the wood a lot but there is always going to be tannins so is this true?


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[Eli173]

I really dont think carbon will do that the only thing i can say is put the wood in tank and evey week do a big wc and the tannings will come out faster with big wc.....


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[Jared T]

My tank is 50 gallons and I normally do 10 gallons every weekend how many gallons should I do now until the tannins are gone


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[Eli173]

Depending on ur fish in ur 50 i would do atleast 50% every weekend even after the tannings go away i would always do a 50% wc only because u do it once a week...


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[Jared T]

Ok thank you very much


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[mikec707]

Just boil it for an hour an soak it over night should be fine. If the water is clear in the morning you're good to go


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[Jay88]

I am having this same problem. My 55 gallon is cycling...and the water got cloudy...I did a water change today before adding a few zebra danios...to realize the water is actually brown... I guess its from the drift wood which I newly purchased? Im sure it does not harm the fish?

 

[Squirtle919]

It does work but not for long I found you have to replace it too often... I tried purigen works a better but the water still has a slight tea stain, I had large wood So I couldn't boil it but many people seem to suggest that, even then to my understand large pieces will release tannins still.

 

[haynchinook334]

If you don't want the tannins, then boil, boil and then boil it. But it doesn't effect the fish. But, it does effect the PH. If you want to keep the PH in check, the boil in till all the tannins is out. But, you can add the drift wood and slowly remove it with a weekly water change. I personally don't use carbon in a established tank. Week/daily water changes would compensate for the carbon. But it is your call.

 

[Jay88]

I heard it takes tannin AGES to go.... so can someone suggest a good product to keep the water clear (As long as i do regular water tests and my results are good, i dont mind what product you suggest)... anyone?