using driftwood

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