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Posted by Big Dummy on December 24, 2005, 2:35 am
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I just shelled out $20 at the LPS for a smallish piece of driftwood, in the
forlorn idiots hopes that such an expensive piece would not give me the sort
of problems that found driftwood potentially usually has, namely
contamination, floating, and discoloration of the water. Well I guess two
out of three (as far as I know) aint bad, the fish are still alive and the
wood sunk down to the bottom just fine, but after a week the water is
already turning a kind of amber color, well on it's way to tea colored,
thanks to the tannin leaking in from the wood.
What is the quickest and / or most efficient way I can "fix" or treat this
wood, and some other wood I bought from Ebay, so that it will stop seeping
tannin into the water and turning my tank brown? I know you can soak it but
it seemed like last time I tried that it soaked for weeks and still leeched
plenty of tanin. Any help would be appreciated.
DB
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Posted by CanadianCray on December 24, 2005, 9:17 am
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There are two ways. Boil the wood over & over until the water stops chnage
color. Or seal the wood with expoxy.
>I just shelled out $20 at the LPS for a smallish piece of driftwood, in the
> forlorn idiots hopes that such an expensive piece would not give me the
> sort
> of problems that found driftwood potentially usually has, namely
> contamination, floating, and discoloration of the water. Well I guess two
> out of three (as far as I know) aint bad, the fish are still alive and the
> wood sunk down to the bottom just fine, but after a week the water is
> already turning a kind of amber color, well on it's way to tea colored,
> thanks to the tannin leaking in from the wood.
>
> What is the quickest and / or most efficient way I can "fix" or treat this
> wood, and some other wood I bought from Ebay, so that it will stop seeping
> tannin into the water and turning my tank brown? I know you can soak it
> but
> it seemed like last time I tried that it soaked for weeks and still
> leeched
> plenty of tanin. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> DB
>
>
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Posted by NetMax on December 24, 2005, 8:14 pm
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Add fresh carbon to your filter, but should you bother? It's cosmetic
and will go away by itself. Some people want the effect and purchase
bottles of black-water extract to add to their tanks. ymmv
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www.NetMax.tk
> There are two ways. Boil the wood over & over until the water stops
> chnage color. Or seal the wood with expoxy.
>
>
>>I just shelled out $20 at the LPS for a smallish piece of driftwood, in
>>the
>> forlorn idiots hopes that such an expensive piece would not give me
>> the sort
>> of problems that found driftwood potentially usually has, namely
>> contamination, floating, and discoloration of the water. Well I guess
>> two
>> out of three (as far as I know) aint bad, the fish are still alive and
>> the
>> wood sunk down to the bottom just fine, but after a week the water is
>> already turning a kind of amber color, well on it's way to tea
>> colored,
>> thanks to the tannin leaking in from the wood.
>>
>> What is the quickest and / or most efficient way I can "fix" or treat
>> this
>> wood, and some other wood I bought from Ebay, so that it will stop
>> seeping
>> tannin into the water and turning my tank brown? I know you can soak
>> it but
>> it seemed like last time I tried that it soaked for weeks and still
>> leeched
>> plenty of tanin. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> DB
>>
>>
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Posted by Big Dummy on December 24, 2005, 9:40 pm
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I find my fish inevitably get a case of ich when the water gets saturated
enough to color the tank brownish as opposed to just yello, maybe its the
wood I'm using and / or other chemicals seep in besides just tannin...
I guess I'll try boiling.
J
> Add fresh carbon to your filter, but should you bother? It's cosmetic
> and will go away by itself. Some people want the effect and purchase
> bottles of black-water extract to add to their tanks. ymmv
> --
> www.NetMax.tk
>
> > There are two ways. Boil the wood over & over until the water stops
> > chnage color. Or seal the wood with expoxy.
> >
> >
> >>I just shelled out $20 at the LPS for a smallish piece of driftwood, in
> >>the
> >> forlorn idiots hopes that such an expensive piece would not give me
> >> the sort
> >> of problems that found driftwood potentially usually has, namely
> >> contamination, floating, and discoloration of the water. Well I guess
> >> two
> >> out of three (as far as I know) aint bad, the fish are still alive and
> >> the
> >> wood sunk down to the bottom just fine, but after a week the water is
> >> already turning a kind of amber color, well on it's way to tea
> >> colored,
> >> thanks to the tannin leaking in from the wood.
> >>
> >> What is the quickest and / or most efficient way I can "fix" or treat
> >> this
> >> wood, and some other wood I bought from Ebay, so that it will stop
> >> seeping
> >> tannin into the water and turning my tank brown? I know you can soak
> >> it but
> >> it seemed like last time I tried that it soaked for weeks and still
> >> leeched
> >> plenty of tanin. Any help would be appreciated.
> >>
> >> DB
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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Posted by CanadianCray on December 25, 2005, 3:01 pm
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Carbon is good but is only temporary & boiling is free.
> Add fresh carbon to your filter, but should you bother? It's cosmetic and
> will go away by itself. Some people want the effect and purchase bottles
> of black-water extract to add to their tanks. ymmv
> --
> www.NetMax.tk
>
>> There are two ways. Boil the wood over & over until the water stops
>> chnage color. Or seal the wood with expoxy.
>>
>>
>>>I just shelled out $20 at the LPS for a smallish piece of driftwood, in
>>>the
>>> forlorn idiots hopes that such an expensive piece would not give me the
>>> sort
>>> of problems that found driftwood potentially usually has, namely
>>> contamination, floating, and discoloration of the water. Well I guess
>>> two
>>> out of three (as far as I know) aint bad, the fish are still alive and
>>> the
>>> wood sunk down to the bottom just fine, but after a week the water is
>>> already turning a kind of amber color, well on it's way to tea colored,
>>> thanks to the tannin leaking in from the wood.
>>>
>>> What is the quickest and / or most efficient way I can "fix" or treat
>>> this
>>> wood, and some other wood I bought from Ebay, so that it will stop
>>> seeping
>>> tannin into the water and turning my tank brown? I know you can soak it
>>> but
>>> it seemed like last time I tried that it soaked for weeks and still
>>> leeched
>>> plenty of tanin. Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> DB
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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> forlorn idiots hopes that such an expensive piece would not give me the
> sort
> of problems that found driftwood potentially usually has, namely
> contamination, floating, and discoloration of the water. Well I guess two
> out of three (as far as I know) aint bad, the fish are still alive and the
> wood sunk down to the bottom just fine, but after a week the water is
> already turning a kind of amber color, well on it's way to tea colored,
> thanks to the tannin leaking in from the wood.
>
> What is the quickest and / or most efficient way I can "fix" or treat this
> wood, and some other wood I bought from Ebay, so that it will stop seeping
> tannin into the water and turning my tank brown? I know you can soak it
> but
> it seemed like last time I tried that it soaked for weeks and still
> leeched
> plenty of tanin. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> DB
>
>