Bog Wood

[flemmyemmy]

Hey All,

I bought some bog wood the other week and followed advice from this forum, i soaked it in boiling water for 24 hours, then soaked it in normal water for over a week, changing the water when it gets too dark.......My problem is that after well over a week the water still isn't becoming clear, how much longer do you rekon its going to take? i want to put it in my tank for my fish to enjoy rather than it sitting in my kitchen taking up loads of space!!!

Any ideas?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

just give it time. all pieces of wood differ, I've some that I've put into the tank straight away and it's not leeched a drop of tannine, i've also had a piece in the past that even after months of soaking it just wouldn't stop coming so I gave up soaking it!

The tannine won't damamge your fish/plants so if you want to put it in the tank now it's fine, but the water may go a bit yellowy brown. Apparently adding carbon to the filter should clear it but I've no experience of it myself.

If you don't want brown water then just stick with it. Most pieces of wood will clear up after a few weeks.

 

[scubadoo]

Dead right miss wiggle - I soaked mine for 2-3 weeks before adding it to the tank, but even now some 6-8 weeks after adding it the water still takes on a bit of a yellowish tinge the day or so before my weekly maintenance / water change.

Still a few buckets of clean water and its all good as new.

 

[dave_m13]

I have one piece of bogwood that was still leaching tannines for about a year or more.I had been using a polyfilter that removes the tannines but this got to expensive to keep replacing evry month. So I just put up with it, after water changes looks better though

 

[Saint Cuthbert]

I bought some specialised stuff - can't remember the name - but it was sandblasted. It said that the tannine is found naturally and is harmless. I put three peices in a bucket and poured boiling water on them, then two bucket loads from the hot tap - then ran cold water on them. They only soaked for four hours in total.....and the water was clear. Went in my aquarium two nights ago and not a sign of any dyed water!!!!

The only problem was that one chunk wanted to float so I had to part bury it in stones.

 

[i_ganjaman]

I bought some specialised stuff - can't remember the name - but it was sandblasted. It said that the tannine is found naturally and is harmless. I put three peices in a bucket and poured boiling water on them, then two bucket loads from the hot tap - then ran cold water on them. They only soaked for four hours in total.....and the water was clear. Went in my aquarium two nights ago and not a sign of any dyed water!!!!

The only problem was that one chunk wanted to float so I had to part bury it in stones.

was it mopani wood....think thats how you spell it.

I'm in the same boat i got 2 pieces of exta extra exta large bogwood for my tank,its been soaking for 3 months and i got to change the water every few days,i think its going to take years for me.

 

[TigerIssey]

I had more leached tannins with mopani than I did with regular aquarium bogwood. However the mopani does look good, there a different tones to the colouring, works really well with sand.

It took 10 days in the tank after soaking for a week for tannins to be not visible. Persevere or go for it. I have carbon in my filter and it has took it away.

 

[wendywc]

Go ahead and put it in your tank with some rocks on it (if it won't sink). I agree that the tannins from the wood won't harm your tank. Plus it'll go away with the water changes you do for your tank's maintanence. By the way, it took one on my pieces of wood a month to sink.

 

[flemmyemmy]

Thanks guys,

The wood i have is a nice big peice and has sunk in the bucket its in at the mo, so hopefully should sink in the tank. I will add it tomorrow i think.

Thanks again
Emx

 

[Nevergone815]

yea, jsut came across this postsorry

but anyways i got a peice of bogwood in my tank and my water is always a yellow brown. i never bothered soaking it as i learned on thsi forum that even though you do the whole process you still have a chance of tannins and to me it as a waste of time.

*note* don't worry guys i did do the boiling water and scrubbed it to make sure there was no contaminantson it. i jsut never let it soak for weeks to get rid of the tannins.

but anyways, all my fish are fine and even with carbon the water still gets tannins leached into it. it's nothing bad, i actually prefer it as fish don't always come fro mthe clearest of waters. especially the ones that live in more "stagnant" areas with things rotting in the water (i.e. logs and leaves and such). by stagnat i mean with less water flow where the water isn't naturally filtered as well, but still clean. if that makes sense...?