Yes. Hopefully all of this skepticism is for nothing and I can single handedly incite a blackwater revolution! Today the aquarium hobby, tomorrow the world! I would settle for some brown tank water though.
Dosing tannic acid.
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Funny enough, oak leaves are in short supply here in San Diego. If I could use palm fronds I would be set though. I have to take a trip to the mountains to find oak leaves. Even when I get them, there's the collecting, washing, boiling, straining, cooling, then finally adding the tannin tea to the tank. Couple hours worth of work. I also do lots of water changes which means any tannins I introduce get diluted fairly quickly. I refuse to do leaf litter for the purpose of cleanliness.
Actually dried palm leaves are quite good for fish tanks,including tanks with cherry red shrimp.
The more you know! I'll keep that in mind the next time I seem some downed fronds.
