Driftwood leaching tannins

[Captain Canuck]

I have a piece of driftwood that is leaching tannins into my tank. Does anyone know when it might stop? Should I take it out and re-boil it?
Here is the background. Before placing the driftwood in my tank, I had boiled it for about 8 hours. For a time my water looked great, now approximately 3 weeks later, the wood appears to be leaching tannins. I am doing frequent water chagnes for appearances sake, because I am sure it bothers me more than my loaches.

 

[RYO]

Tannin wont harm your tank,it might drop your ph slightly. Just add charcoal to your filter to help remove colour(some peeps like the colour, more natural)
Not 100% sure but im sure i rad on forum that boiling the wood makes it soft and rots quicker,better to use an airstone in normal water.

 

[ryan]

The best way to get rid of the Tanins is to soak the bogwood for 2 weeks in constantly changed water, to speed up the process add an air pump for extra agitation.

 

[Lateral Line]

I like the effect. When the wood stops leaching, I tend to add extract to get the colour back!

 

[Captain Canuck]

I have to admit, the color does give it a natural look.
If charcoal will remove the color, then that is why I didn't notice the color immediately. Not too long ago I removed the charcoal from my Aquaclear and replaced it with floss, I guess that is when the tannins started to color the tank. I will wait and see how dark it gets before I consider adding charcoal.
Thanks for the help.