Bogwood In Cichlid Tank ?

[kiriyama]

Hi , I am planning to set up a tank for small cichlids, they have to be in a high pH , was wanting to put in a small piece of bogwood for a BN to rasp on, I am aware bogwood releases tannins and will lower pH to more acidic, if the tank has aragonite sand, ocean rock, tufa rock , will it lower it enough to make much difference ?
Any correspondence greatly appreciated.....

 

[Josh16v]

Bogwood does contain a lot of tannis but it doesn't effect the water as far as I know.
My tank is full of wood, and the ph has never noticably changed from when it wasn't in.

You can soak the wood in a bucket to get most the tannis out too if you don't want brown water. Just keep changing the bucket water every times it goes merky.

 

[dthoffsett]

With your rock and substrate choices I don't think a small piece of wood will affect anything.