Wood Tannings

[tr0p1cal]

so i got a new bit of wood that wasnt soaked, i cant wait to stick it in my tank, atm i stuck it in my smaller tank and its got alot of tannings in it, is there a way of speeding the process up? the guy in the fish shop tried selling my sum real heavy duty carbon stuff they he said would strip it and all would be removed in 24hours, sounds to good to be true. My tank is 400litres if i did put it in there, will the tannings only leave the water thru water changes, or will chemicals in the filter remove it also?

thanks for reading

 

[angelfishguy]

boiling it for a few hours does help loads to remove them

 

[SchottayB]

Do you just remove the wood from the tank, boil it for a few hours and stick it back in the tank? Or you got to swish it in some tank water or somthing? Or re-add it to the tank while doing a water change? Or leave it to dry out after boiling befor adding it back in the tank?

Can it be as easy as taking it out, boiling for few hours, adding back to the tank?? :\

 

[scobie140]

The tannis never really stop they just get less as time and water changes goes on. if you can't boil it stick it in a pale of hot water and just keep changing the water in the pale every day till its pretty much clear then it should be fine. The tannis don't bother the fish so you could leave it as it is but it will look like a big fishy pot of tea till you've changed the water often enough.

 

[ian]

stick some activated carbon in ya filter, it'll soon take the tannins out of the water.

 

[hamfist]

stick some activated carbon in ya filter, it'll soon take the tannins out of the water.

THis did not work for me, when I tried it. Is this a myth or can anyone actually vouch for this working ?

BTW, I have a nice piece of bogwood that I have owned for 25 years and it still leaches very significant amounts of brown colour into the water. I've given up trying to wait until it doesn't any more.

 

[tr0p1cal]

its to big to boil , ideally i didnt want the brownish water ats its 4x2x2 and in my lounge, didnt want it looking scabby in there lol.

 

[freddybadger]

its to big to boil , ideally i didnt want the brownish water ats its 4x2x2 and in my lounge, didnt want it looking scabby in there lol.

Google `purigen`

 

[raptorrex]

stick some activated carbon in ya filter, it'll soon take the tannins out of the water.

THis did not work for me, when I tried it. Is this a myth or can anyone actually vouch for this working ?

it works 100%. but carbon exhausts quickly, 1-3 days. perhaps that's why it didn't, seem to, work. you need to change it out, regularly.

 

[OldMan47]

Carbon is indeed the accepted way to remove tannins, but why not do a few large water changes instead. That way you remove the tannins along with other things in your tank and don't end up worrying about the tank's water chemistry being affected by the carbon or other media. I have a nasty problem with a bit of bog wood that I got at a fish club auction. By using water changes to give me a bit of relief from the tannins, I have had good results while keeping my tank chemistry in good condition with the water changes. The water in the tank has a distinctive brownish tint to it but is clearly doing fine.

 

[raptorrex]

Carbon is indeed the accepted way to remove tannins, but why not do a few large water changes instead. That way you remove the tannins along with other things in your tank and don't end up worrying about the tank's water chemistry being affected by the carbon or other media. I have a nasty problem with a bit of bog wood that I got at a fish club auction. By using water changes to give me a bit of relief from the tannins, I have had good results while keeping my tank chemistry in good condition with the water changes. The water in the tank has a distinctive brownish tint to it but is clearly doing fine.

couldn't agree more. personally, i don't worry about tannins. apart form a, marginal, increase in acidity. everything else it does, seems, to be good for fish and inverts. its aesthetics we are talking about here. and that is, purely, a personal choice.