Getting Rid Of Tannins With Wood

[mnew]

I read somewhere that a simple activated carbon filter added to your filter whould remove the brown water dicolouration caused by wood when its added to a tank.

Is this true? or does it still leave some brown?

I love wood in a tank but also like crystal clear water, Fussy me

 

[diet]

I read somewhere that a simple activated carbon filter added to your filter whould remove the brown water dicolouration caused by wood when its added to a tank.

Is this true? or does it still leave some brown?

I love wood in a tank but also like crystal clear water, Fussy me

i only thought more frequent water changes got the tannin out and a good soak fot he wood before it went in helps

 

[Darkstar]

Carbon is honestly rubbish stuff. It's over-rated.

If you want to get your water clear, then try using Purigen instead. It's a bit more expensive Purigen but unlike carbon is rechargeable and is awesome at creating crystal clear water.

 

[dizzied]

To answer the original question, carbon does work.

 

[smmetz]

I soaked by wood for 4 days, then added it to my tank. 3 weeks later (with 25% weekly water changes) the water was very dark. I pouch of carbon cleared it up in less than a day for me. I removed the carbon a few days later. It has been three days since I removed it, and I don't notice much of the brown color returning to the water yet, although I'm sure it is still leaching in. just slower now.

 

[DarkEntity]

A Year on with sime large pieces of wood and i still get tannin leeching, but the activiated carbon has certainly helped.

 

[thegnu]

my water has lots of tannin in it but i only notice this when i do a water change and can see the yellow color against the white color of the bucket. i didnt realize it could be seen in a tank

 

[vinylman]

I have three large pieces of Bogwood in my 4ft freshwater. When I added each piece, I bought them on my way to work while on nights. In my office, there's a kitchen with a fair sized sink. I cleaned out the sink each time with boiling hot water, then covered the wood with boiling water, changing it every couple of hours. At the end of my twelve hour shift I take out the wood, dry it off as best I can, then put it into newspaper to take home. That's all I've ever needed to do, as there's barely been any sign of it colouring the water once it's in my tank. I've never used carbon and never needed to.

 

[mnew]

I have three large pieces of Bogwood in my 4ft freshwater. When I added each piece, I bought them on my way to work while on nights. In my office, there's a kitchen with a fair sized sink. I cleaned out the sink each time with boiling hot water, then covered the wood with boiling water, changing it every couple of hours. At the end of my twelve hour shift I take out the wood, dry it off as best I can, then put it into newspaper to take home. That's all I've ever needed to do, as there's barely been any sign of it colouring the water once it's in my tank. I've never used carbon and never needed to.

It seems there are varying views on this. I think I will avoid wood for the time being. I have seen some nice artificial wood pieces that should do the trick.

Thanks for all the input

 

[Darkstar]

To answer the original question, carbon does work.

That very much depends on the quality of the carbon and how much tannin needs removing. Purigen is far more effective.

 

[crazie.eddie]

Carbon does work, but needs to replaced. Purigen is also effective, but can easily be recharged with bleach.

Boiling wood does remove most of the tannins, but there's a possibility of the wood leaching more tannins.

There are some woods that do not leach allot of tannins, such as malaysian driftwood.

 

[Darkstar]

Carbon does work, but needs to replaced. Purigen is also effective, but can easily be recharged with bleach.

You make it sound like they're as effective as each other with the only difference being Purigen in rechargable. Purigen blows away carbon in every aspect.

 

[crazie.eddie]

That's becuase Purigen can easily be recharged with normal household bleach. Carbon can also be recharged, but it needs to be very high heat, which the normal home cannot provide. Therefore, Purigen, though expensive, in the long run, it is low cost to use.

So, in regards to the original question, there are 4 good methods to remove tannins in the water due to wood...
1. Boiling wood, which could still leach tannins
2. Perform water changes, which can be too tedious.
3. Carbon, which can be costly, since it must be replaced often
4. Purigen, most cost effective since it can be reused, by recharging with bleach.

 

[Darkstar]

That's becuase Purigen can easily be recharged with normal household bleach. Carbon can also be recharged, but it needs to be very high heat, which the normal home cannot provide. Therefore, Purigen, though expensive, in the long run, it is low cost to use.

Apart from completley missing my point, you're not telling me anything I don't already know.

 

[crazie.eddie]

Sorry, but the original poster asked the question. I'm sure many of us already know what Purigen, Carbon, etc. purpose is. We are trying to help the original poster here. If you already know the benefits of Purigen, maybe you should start your own article and heave it stickied.

In regards to my post, my answer was to the original poster. If anyone already knows other information that does not pertain to the original posters question, please create an article for it, so not to steal the original posters thread.