my tank water in yellow

[shelbyzman]

I put a piece of driftwood in my tank about a month ago and my water is kinda yellow too. It's normal

 

[barishlee]

I love yellow water in aquarium tanks.Because it's to seen more natural.

 

[shelbyzman]

I love yellow water in aquarium tanks.Because it's to seen more natural.

Yeah, it doesn't bother me at all.

 

[fishman61]

It adds more to their natural environment makes it look more realistic

 

[njackson]

so that is good and i like it too,

 

[MadRussian79]

I use peat to brew my water change water for that effect. The real plants will absorb the tannins quite quickly.

 

[nyinfamous2k2]

if you wanted to help get all the tannins out of the wood and shorten the yellow water time period , then boil the driftwood for a few hrs sometimes longer, soaking can take months. but if you like it like alot of us do then then u can still boil it before you put it in just to kill any thing on or in the wood but just long enough to kill everything or it will extract the tannins.. also remember it will lower ur ph. so just keep an eye on that. pics would be cool!!!!!

 

[njackson]

pics - http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242835
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242832

 

[packer43064]

I like the yellow look.

 

[BigCountry]

Yeah in the plastic tub setup (I use one of those for a turtle tank) that color actually looks good.