alice Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Anyone got any suggestions how to make the process of leaching quicker?? I put some new wood (gold vines) looks like tea. the bits are too big to boil. soaked them in an old bath tub for about 2 weeks before I put em in tank, but still leaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damo83 Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Purigen is excellent for removing tanins from the tank water... it can be regenerated once it gets old too so its last ages. Should be available at most good aquarium shops. http://www.seachem.com/Products/product ... rigen.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad-n-angry Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 bleach or pool chlorine the chlorine is better as once u take the wood from the water the sun will kill the chlorine off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 might be a silly question but can this stuff be used whilst its in the tank? or just in a seperate bucket/tub etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad-n-angry Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 bleach or chlorine is a def no in a tank unless u want to kill what ever is in it the other option is purigen works well and can be recharged once the beads r filthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 bleach or chlorine is a def no in a tank unless u want to kill what ever is in it the other option is purigen works well and can be recharged once the beads r filthy haha yeh sorry should of been more specific, i meant the purigen.. so its ok to use in the tank as is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad-n-angry Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 hell yeah i have a 4 tanked 2 tier system 4x18x18 and 3 2x1x1 on a sump and a ton of wood in it thats still leaching tannins after 6 months and 2 diff chlorine soaks i recharged it last week after having it in another tank for 2 weeks and i could hardly see thru the 4ft tank now its a light yellow coloured water after 2 days just put it in the bag in your filter or sump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 awesome.. so it doesnt take long to work either.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad-n-angry Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 yeah works well very well despite the initial cost its a great product and a 50-50 solution of a unscented bleach and water it recharges and is ready to go again once washed in clean water over n over to remove any nasty bleach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 oh yeh forgot about cost, whats it cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad-n-angry Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 depends on how much u want a 100ml pkt is around $20 in most pet stores but if u see russ at redlands and say u from here its cheaper than that 100ml will do a 3-400 ltrs tank easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 oh ok thats a fair price.. will get some this weekend.. mines not over the top bad, put new log in and its keeping it looking a bit murky.. ive got a spare space in my filter too. Cheers for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad-n-angry Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 pet barn etc etc have it and its only a small pkt around 8-10cm long and 5-6 cm wide so will fit in any media space easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 sweet, done ill get some.. thanks heaps for the help.. appreciate it. Cheers, Corey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noyakfat Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 i quite like the tannins in my tank and it doesn't bother the fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
