How long for tannins to clear

[Greenaveli]

Is the tank acrylic or glass?? Sometimes tannins leach into the acrylic and it never goes completely crystal again..

Acrylic! Hey is that claim legit?? Cause if so that cant be good.....

 

[Greenaveli]

wow, i've heard people say it could take a year or more, but figured those were for the worst type of woods for driftwood.

Yea i have maybe close to 60-70 pounds of driftwood. Easy. Its went from brown to pee but its getting a lil annoying. I really like having a very clear tank.

 

[Greenaveli]

If you don't mind replacing and replenishing it all the time.... Buy Purigen.


I'm crystal clear.

What does the purigen do?? I mean like what its it meant for? Is it a polisher?

 

[Greenaveli]

 

[AtomixIGN]

Something I've done that worked.


1. Dry the wood out.

2. Go to work on it with a drill. I used paddlebits and regular bits drilling out every inconspicuous knot and whole I could find. Start small and work your way up. Interconnecting holes as you go where ever possible.

3. I tossed mine into the pond for a week to soak, sink, and color.

4. Bigger than any pot... I bought a foil baking tray, filled it with water, added the wood, wrapped the lot with a roll of foil and I threw it on the grill for hours.

5. A few overnights soaking in the utility sink (I have a stainless utility outside)

 

[jus1time]

diatom filters work great! But the if the tannins are still being released then its going to be a long battle. Maybe if you could take it out and boil it that would slow it down/stop it

 

[vanilla__gorilla__]

carbon works realy well

 

[concord]

Well my 50gal is like weak tea fron Tannins been set up a year and bit.

 

[Tongue33]

Acrylic! Hey is that claim legit?? Cause if so that cant be good.....

My water is CRYSTAL clear The parameters are all stable Though the tannic color is there But you can see through the long way all the way to the end of my back yard crystal clearly

So it's all good.. It's just not asthetically pleasing to some But I love it, My tank has a natural look to it..

 

[Greenaveli]

My water is CRYSTAL clear The parameters are all stable Though the tannic color is there But you can see through the long way all the way to the end of my back yard crystal clearly

So it's all good.. It's just not asthetically pleasing to some But I love it, My tank has a natural look to it..

My tank water is crystal clear is just tan. I want it to look like a bottle of poland spring.