What wood leaks most tannins?

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leleupi

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Hi,

I was just wondering which type of "bogwood" or "driftwood" leaks the most tannins into the water consistenetly for the longest possible time. I want to lower my PH and create a blackwater tank. The best solution seems to be the use of wood for this purpose. Any ideas? If so, where can purchase this wood for a reasonable price?

Thanks,
Lelelupi
 
Yeah...but Cedar floats I think. The best woods seem to be hard woods that sink immediately without much of a need for soaking. Anyone had any experiences with Mopani wood or welaby wood (which is also Mopani) I think. I have a perfect piece of wood that I collected from the Arizona desert myself...sinds immediately, looks great and leaches humic and tannic acids into the water nicely. But it's kind of expensive to fly to arizona constantly to look for wood...;).
 
driftwood floats

Matak said:
Tell me about it. My specimen didn't sink for more than 18 months. Sheeesh.
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I had trouble getting a piece of driftwood to stay down...I used 2 strips of plastic (like plexiglass) attached with stainless screws. The plastic pieces are buried under the substrate.
 
That's a new way I haven't heard here yet. You should post that as a thread in the DIY forum.

I bought a 1" thick, 7lb slab of iron, epoxied it twice and screwed it to my driftwood with stainless screws for the first year. After that I let it float until it sank just recently.
 
oak leaves

You can add oak leaves to the water and they will stain it a deep tea color if you add enough -- the y sure stain the pond in the courtyard. Perhaps packing a spare canister filter with oak leaves would work, or adding to the basket of a HOB if it can hold much.
 
OxyBomb said:
why would you want to stain the color of the water and leech tanins inot the water?
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it makes the water more amazonlike, helps with breeding and i think it looks nice in biotope setups.
 
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