Does Driftwood turn your water brownish?

[Pankakes]

I have 2 large pieces of driftwood in my tank. Will it turn my water a little brown?

 

[Noto]

Depends. If it drifted long enough all the tannins may have leached out already; usually wood in this state is gray and bone-like in appearance. If your water is very hard this may also prevent the water from changing color, by causing the tannins to precipitate out.

 

[FISHY FINGAZ]

yes its called tannin theyre good for your water, lowers your pH.

 

[Arturo]

Just change the water frequently and the brown water should go away.

 

[spaulding]

carbon also helps to remove it

 

[Sab_Fan]

I think it also matters what type of wood it is . . . IME, some woods leach more than others . . . generally speaking, I have found those that are self-sinking (malaysian in particular) leach more than those that need to be weighted down

 

[JohnnyBlaze808]

Just change the water frequently and the brown water should go away.

x2

 

[peewee]

in my case, yes it does. and i like it that way since i have a majority of amazonian fish in my tank.

 

[TangoWRX]

Yep, as others have said tannins. It is good for fish and can be removed by carbon or water changes.

 

[Biggfeast]

boil the wood and soak it for a while, it worked for me