Does anybody have experience with Sera Morena "blackwater conditioner" or similar products from Kent and Tetra? I have read that it is a nice way to get that blackwater stream look/feel, but I'd like to know more about it before I start dumping it in the tank! I'm looking at the water conditioner route because a couple people have told me that peat filtering will wreak havoc with the pH in my relatively soft water.
(This would be for a new 30-gallon planted tank I'm setting up, rather than the 10g in my specs.)
I don't recognize the brand that you describe, but I used some kind of blackwater extract in the distant past (when I thought I was going to do Discus "right" )
It did impart a very nice amber color to the water, and the fish looked cool and acted just as happy as usual.
Potential problems:
It will reduce light penetration. You will have to determine the importance of that factor in your planted tank.
Activated carbon will pull it out overnight, if not sooner. If you routinely use activated carbon, you'll go through a lot of blackwater supplement.
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