using driftwood

I have tea-coloured water even 18 months after having driftwood in the tank -
maybe carbon in the filter might help but I've not tried this.

Same here. About a year or more with tea-colored water. I have a carbon
in the filter too.

It becomes less and less obvious though as the months pass.

"IDzine01" wrote in message
oups.com...
I have tea-coloured water even 18 months after having driftwood in the
tank -
maybe carbon in the filter might help but I've not tried this.

Same here. About a year or more with tea-colored water. I have a carbon
in the filter too.

It becomes less and less obvious though as the months pass.

The tea color in my 30G long finally disappeared after
a year or so. I miss it. Maybe it's time to put in a
new piece of driftwood.

Gail

"Gail Futoran" wrote in news:1ziQf.7369
:

The tea color in my 30G long finally disappeared after
a year or so. I miss it. Maybe it's time to put in a
new piece of driftwood.

There are black water additives you can buy at your LFS too.

"dc" wrote...
"Gail Futoran" wrote in news:1ziQf.7369
:

The tea color in my 30G long finally disappeared after
a year or so. I miss it. Maybe it's time to put in a
new piece of driftwood.

There are black water additives you can buy at your LFS too.


thanks for this thread guys, this is one of the things i've been working on
with my 75 gal. (which, btw, is just about ready for stocking). :-)

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:14:23 -0700, "Tedd Jacobs"
wrote:


"dc" wrote...
"Gail Futoran" wrote in news:1ziQf.7369
:

The tea color in my 30G long finally disappeared after
a year or so. I miss it. Maybe it's time to put in a
new piece of driftwood.

There are black water additives you can buy at your LFS too.


thanks for this thread guys, this is one of the things i've been working on
with my 75 gal. (which, btw, is just about ready for stocking). :-)

If you go with one of the commercial black water additives, let us
know what you try and how it works for you. Some of these products
make some pretty big claims. Some are quite simple. Some are a regular
witch's brew of ingredients. There are claims of improving plant
health as well as Mark Weiss's concoction which claims to prevent the
ich parasite from sticking to the fish's skin.
-- Mister Gardener

Gail Futoran wrote:
"IDzine01" wrote in message
oups.com...

I have tea-coloured water even 18 months after having driftwood in the
tank -
maybe carbon in the filter might help but I've not tried this.

Same here. About a year or more with tea-colored water. I have a carbon
in the filter too.

It becomes less and less obvious though as the months pass.


The tea color in my 30G long finally disappeared after
a year or so. I miss it. Maybe it's time to put in a
new piece of driftwood.

Gail


the only issue I have with it is that it turns the water the same colour
as a positive ammonia reading with my nutrafin test kit - nowadays I add
in the reagent and then compare it to the tank water before looking at
the chart - it isn't exact science I know...I rely more on the
nitrite/nitrate test kits - there is no mistaking pink for yellow....

Apart from that...if the water colour doesn't bother my fish it doesn't
bother me...

Gill Passman wrote:

The tea color in my 30G long finally disappeared after
a year or so. I miss it. Maybe it's time to put in a
new piece of driftwood.

Gail

the only issue I have with it is that it turns the water the same colour
as a positive ammonia reading with my nutrafin test kit - nowadays I add
in the reagent and then compare it to the tank water before looking at
the chart - it isn't exact science I know...I rely more on the
nitrite/nitrate test kits - there is no mistaking pink for yellow....


There isn't much need for testing ammonia in established aquaria, is there?

netDenizen wrote:
Gill Passman wrote:

The tea color in my 30G long finally disappeared after
a year or so. I miss it. Maybe it's time to put in a
new piece of driftwood.

Gail

the only issue I have with it is that it turns the water the same
colour as a positive ammonia reading with my nutrafin test kit -
nowadays I add in the reagent and then compare it to the tank water
before looking at the chart - it isn't exact science I know...I rely
more on the nitrite/nitrate test kits - there is no mistaking pink for
yellow....


There isn't much need for testing ammonia in established aquaria, is there?

You are absolutely correct here...and I don't, unless I have found a
problem with a filter/pump etc....but most of my tanks contain driftwood
so it does come into play when I am setting up a new seeded tank -
however much filter medium and gravel etc I move over I still monitor
it...and at the same time I monitor the donor tank...

Gill

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...
netDenizen wrote:
Gill Passman wrote:

The tea color in my 30G long finally disappeared after
a year or so. I miss it. Maybe it's time to put in a
new piece of driftwood.

Gail

the only issue I have with it is that it turns the water the same
colour as a positive ammonia reading with my nutrafin test kit -
nowadays I add in the reagent and then compare it to the tank water
before looking at the chart - it isn't exact science I know...I rely
more on the nitrite/nitrate test kits - there is no mistaking pink
for yellow....


There isn't much need for testing ammonia in established aquaria, is
there?

You are absolutely correct here...and I don't, unless I have found a
problem with a filter/pump etc....but most of my tanks contain
driftwood so it does come into play when I am setting up a new seeded
tank - however much filter medium and gravel etc I move over I still
monitor it...and at the same time I monitor the donor tank...

Gill

Speaking of which, how is your new tank doing? DC had a good idea. Use
the AP NH3 tester instead of Hagen's NH3/4 tester. Maybe that was
contributing to your problem?
--
www.NetMax.tk

NetMax wrote:
"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...

netDenizen wrote:

Gill Passman wrote:


The tea color in my 30G long finally disappeared after
a year or so. I miss it. Maybe it's time to put in a
new piece of driftwood.

Gail


the only issue I have with it is that it turns the water the same
colour as a positive ammonia reading with my nutrafin test kit -
nowadays I add in the reagent and then compare it to the tank water
before looking at the chart - it isn't exact science I know...I rely
more on the nitrite/nitrate test kits - there is no mistaking pink
for yellow....


There isn't much need for testing ammonia in established aquaria, is
there?

You are absolutely correct here...and I don't, unless I have found a
problem with a filter/pump etc....but most of my tanks contain
driftwood so it does come into play when I am setting up a new seeded
tank - however much filter medium and gravel etc I move over I still
monitor it...and at the same time I monitor the donor tank...

Gill


Speaking of which, how is your new tank doing? DC had a good idea. Use
the AP NH3 tester instead of Hagen's NH3/4 tester. Maybe that was
contributing to your problem?

I tested yesterday lunchtime - the ammonia was 0 and the nitrite was 0.1
- don't know what it is today yet...as soon as it settles to 0 I will
start the big fish and filter move....I can't wait to get my Clowns in
there :-)

I have been suspicious of the Hagen kit but both the ammonia and nitrite
test kits are quite recent purchases and do register 0 on other
tanks...I might try swopping brands - I'll see what is readily available
over here - sure it won't be long before my next shopping trip :-)

Gill