My 450 gallon tank has a huge piece of drift wood in it. The wood came from the Adirondacks and has been in a fish tank in my living room now for 2 almost 3 years. The wood is probably hemlock, but I don't know for sure. It releases enough tanins that if I don't do a 50% water change every 4-5 days the water looks like tea. I kinda thought that after a year or so that would stop, but it hasn't.
I bought a used tank that came with the water polisher pictured below. I have never used one and still haven't bothered to set it up, but I was wondering, would it help remove the tanins and allow me to go to a normal water change routine of 50% once every 8-10 days.
The drift wood was in a 210 for most of the time and I didn't mind the constant 50% changes, but on the 450.... man that is a LOT of water!
Would it work, does anyone know?
I bought a used tank that came with the water polisher pictured below. I have never used one and still haven't bothered to set it up, but I was wondering, would it help remove the tanins and allow me to go to a normal water change routine of 50% once every 8-10 days.
The drift wood was in a 210 for most of the time and I didn't mind the constant 50% changes, but on the 450.... man that is a LOT of water!
Would it work, does anyone know?
