Wow, I haven't been called 'Dude' in quite some time. What you're saying makes perfect sense, and charcoal is not cheap by any means. What about ammonia removal and the like? Is that something I shouldn't be too worried about?
Yellow water (Tannin)
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Ammoina and nitrite removal is done my the bacteria. Yes, you should be worried about it as it can kill your fish.
So as long as I monitor those levels with my handy dandy test kits, things should be fine. I guess the secret is to nip a problem in the bud before it get out of control.
my opinion,,,just use charcoal once,,,,so the tea color goes, then trash the already saturated carbon and just go for bio and mechanical filtration
Unless you are just totally bent on having crystal clear water, tannins won't hurt. If the water is getting really dark, you might want to do carbon, maybe more water changes. My bogwood tints the water a little, and it looks natural. I've actually drunk tannin-heavy water to no ill effect... and I mean, it was brown! (erm, not from my fishtank... on a hiking trip once) A bit of yellow is probably normal habitat anyway.
I put an airstone in the bucket with my bog wood when I was soaking it. I'd read that the agitation would greatly speed the leaching. I don't know if it really did or not, but after two days the water went from yellow to clear.
hmmm so activated carbon is the devil ?? lol !! ummm cant it even be used for polishing water ?? Do u know what Purigen is ?
Wow...you've really dug into the archives, this thread originated even before I became a member here! There are uses for carbon but it quickly becomes ineffective so most people don't use it unless they are taking tannins or medication out of the water. For polishing the water most people use a polishing pad type filter media in their filters.
lol, yes i was googling tannins when i came across this thread. do any of u know about or use purigen by seachem ?
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