Is there a fast way to remove these? I put a piece of driftwood in my tank after soaking it but it still stained my water...
Removing Tannins
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I think I remember hearing that carbon will remove some of the tannins. Also, lots of water changes and the wood should eventually stop leaching tannins. I personally like the natural blackwater look (to a point, I once used a cork background and couldn't see the fish much for about a month lol) and don't do much of anything to "fix" it
As WyldFya said, purigenworks great but it`s quite expensive. I f your lfs stocks API Biochem zorb then i`d get that. If you put it in your filter then go to bed by the time you get up the water will be as clear as it`s ever going to get. It`s really really amazing stuff and it`s rechargable aswell. I think it`s 2 tablespoons of aquarium salt in the tub that the chem zorb came in with water upto the top when the bag is in there and soak it for 24hrs then take it out and give it a rinse and off you go...
I use humic, tannic, or blackwater extract with every one of my water changes in my amazon tank. when tetra came out with these new pads that you cannot take the carbon out of, the brown/yellow tint of the water was gone in a matter of minutes.