Tannins

[gregswimm]

I removed the carbon from one of my filters. MORE TANNINS!

 

[moochy13]

i miss my tannins

 

[Jay-93]

I hate tannins! How long does it take to wear off?

 

[phoenix2081]

At least you got the colour you wanted. You could of had my bog wood which I have been soaking for a day.
Got the tannins down and then gave it me back it could of been a deal lol

taken earlier.

 

[Squidward]

Black Water treatment will also give your water a tea colour.

 

[Torred1771]

Id give you my tannins if I could!!!

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Catappa (Indian Almond) leaves and alder cones are your best best. The catappa work way better than oak .

Catappa or Ketapang leaves (Terminalia catappa) are Indian Almond Leaves.

These are much stronger than oak when it comes to providing benefical acids, phenols, and other biosurfactants to the water than oak.

I also used oak years back but boiling a large amount of leaves to get a bit of blackwater color and they never give the result of catappa (leaf for leaf). But there free in many places.

May I let you in on a little secret, guys.

In South Africa, there are two herbal teas that were used by the San people before the place was colonized. These are called Rooibostee and Heuningbostee, or in English red bush tea and honey bush tea. Both are high in polyphenols, but both do not contain caffeine. There is a lot of research that is currently being done to actually establish what their active ingredients are, but they have a calming effect on the user, and are also good for women in menopause. Having said that they definitely do not contain any steroids! Rooibos tea has been available in the UK and in the USA for a number of years and is the latest amoungst all the health gurus.

Well, the killifish people started using Rooibos tea for keeping their fishes if they needed water high in humic acids and it works very well apparently and you get quite difficult fishes to breed if you add this stuff. It can be brewed like a normal tea with boiling water and once cooled off, I would add it directly to the tank water. I have done this with good effect and this reminds me to do this as I want to get my discus to breed again.

Try it yourself, it tastes very different to normal tea, but I find it very pleasant and I am sure that your fishes would as well!

Both quotes are from the wild angel site i frequent. Unfortunately one must join to even read the forums. If you are really interested and willing to put up with that rule, head over to finarama.com.The 2nd quote is from a professor of biochemistry. He recommends the contents of one tea bag is appropriate. A number of the site members have tried it based on the above post and reported back good results.

 

[gregswimm]

Id give you my tannins if I could!!!

Id take your tannins if i could. lol

I did a water change and my color lightened up
Going to try adding peat to my filter.

Both quotes are from the wild angel site i frequent. Unfortunately one must join to even read the forums. If you are really interested and willing to put up with that rule, head over to finarama.com.The 2nd quote is from a professor of biochemistry. He recommends the contents of one tea bag is appropriate. A number of the site members have tried it based on the above post and reported back good results.

Would decaf regular tea or green tea work?

 

[Mikaila31]

Tea will color the water. I did this a few days ago to one of my tanks and it changed the water color more then I expected. I doubt it will effect pH much at all.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Use

"These are called Rooibostee and Heuningbostee, or in English red bush tea and honey bush tea."

because

"both do not contain caffeine"

Do not use just any old tea.