yo: yep, 100% peat.
errors: nope. I do a WC once every 2 weeks (I test every other day) and no carbon to be found in my filter.
errors: nope. I do a WC once every 2 weeks (I test every other day) and no carbon to be found in my filter.
can I use teabags to add tannins to the water?
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Oh, those peat pellets...you know, I really believe that those must lose a lot in the manufacturing process, as I have never seen tannins come off of one (when using them for starting plants)...try putting some regular, fresh garden peat (try to find the not so ground-up sort) in a filter media bag.
Alternatively, make some peat 'tea' in a pot of boiling water, cool it, and pour it in your tank.
Alternatively, make some peat 'tea' in a pot of boiling water, cool it, and pour it in your tank.
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As good as the same type of product bought anywhere else...just not aquarium-grade peat is all.
They do, usually in pelleted form (Fluval makes some:
http://www.hagen.com/canada/english/aquatic/product.cfm?CAT=1&SUBCAT=114&PROD_ID=01014650010101 )
...but you can use a good grade garden peat, which is a bit messier, but works just as well, and a lot more cheaply.
i'll se oif I can find one. I want water as soft and brown as I can get.
so... I guess i'd have to go to a specialty garden store for this?
Well, a garden store, anyway...I would imagine that nice fresh bog peat should be pretty available to you up there, as it is screamingly common here in Alberta and BC.
If the peat you have is loewring your ph as you like..why not buy a bottle of blackwater extract to turn the water the color you like instead of buying more peat?
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