Ideas? I boiled this piece for an hour. The next time I boiled it for two hours and the third time for 3 hours. I have then soaked it in this bucket and changed the water multiple times and yet it is still turning the water orange. Any advice? Do I just give up at this point?
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I had one in water for a month and still leaking
It’s just leeching tannins. They aren’t harmful and it can be added to your tank whenever. They can be highly beneficial for your fish.
Manny good tannins. No issue here.
r/Poopfromabutt
tannins. May look dirty, but some people actually dig the natural look.
You actually would want that in your tank. it stabilizes water, can slightly lower pH and has a slightly antibactierial and antifungal effect.
it also helps grow microorganisms and biofilm. Hell it can even bind some toxins.
I’d actually put this in the fishtank with the water. (depending on current and desired pH)
Perfectly normal, don’t worry. It’s just tannins, and are harmless. They’re actually really good for your fish, with the con of making the tank look less appealing. As long as you boiled it, you’re good.
I have a tank like this with fresh driftwood in it that turn the water this color and I find it extremely beneficial to the fish
Just get active carbon for your filter and it’ll eliminate all tannins.
I have a piece that’s still giving off heavy tannins many months later. It soaked for a month before being used. It’s not a big piece either, probably similar to yours, but that’s now my unintentional black water tank. It’s only happened with that one piece. That may be what you’re dealing with here. If you don’t mind a tint to the water, it’s safe to use. Fish like it. If you don’t want that, might need to find a different piece.
Boiling it is just making it disintegrate faster. Tannins are perfectly normal in driftwood, if you don’t like them, you can remove them by adding purigen to your filter and refreshing every so often.
It takes a couple of days for most of the tannins to leach out.
I don’t boil my driftwood but i put my driftwood in a 5 gallon bucket of hot water. Twice a day I’ll replace the water.
Usually by the 3rd day, the water is mostly clear and the wood is waterlogged enough to sink.
If your driftwood is still leaching tannins, if you add activated carbon or purigen to your filter, that should filter out the tannins and keep your water clear.
And I’m over here disappointed my 2 new pieces don’t seem to be leeching many tannins 😅
No need to boil it. Like everyone else said. It’s just leaching tannins. It’s called a dark tank. Some people actually prefer the tannin look. If you don’t want the tannins just keep soaking it till they are gone. Just change the water daily till it clears.
Nearly a year later my drift wood is still turning my water brown! fish and shrimp love it.
Join the dark side. Embrace the tannins. r/BlackwaterAquarium
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Thanks everyone for replying. I will do a few more water changes and then try it in the tank then.
Lord help me o thought this was a turd in a toilet
I boiled a few times for 6 hours. But what seemed to work was put it in big sink with hot water and replace water when it gets dark. Kept doing that for half a day and then left over night and was good.
This wood is used for aquariums because it puts these nice tannins in the water. So yea. You would be upset if your tea bag did this?
Definitely thought this was poop.
Just add a Purigen filter to your tank. They work like a charm to get rid of this
Lol, I thought this was one of my tea subs for a second.