Keats Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Now, I know this has been covered 1000 times. But I am truly stuck on this one. I have boiled these pieces for about 10 hours now, as well as sitting in a tub out the back for 2 months... Now today I figure I will give them another little boil, but to my dismay, still BLACK. Have I got the wrong type of wood? Not patient enough? Heeeeelp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneself Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 What's boiling supposed to do? Just add macropore to your filter, gold for soft water, white for hard. Gets rid of tannins super fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3f0rg0t3n Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) I know certain types of wood can contain poison/containments that can affect your fish and or water quality , but yeah as above macropore white/gold purigen will help remove tannin from your tank's water but its still going to take time! Edited May 28, 2014 by th3f0rg0t3n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betta-Cray_z Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 run purigen in a fluidised bed filter, then youll be laughing. dont want tannins, dont get DW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I run Macropore. It's awesome stuff. Cleared my 4 footer of tannins in about 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhysl Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 +1 to macropore. It really is amazing and i wouldnt set a new tank up without it! But yes, depending on what species of wood they can take years to stop releasing a noticeable amount of tannin.... should drop the cash to get $30 worth of the macropore and save the leccy, your nostrils and the miss' good pots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saczel Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 You could also run some granulated carbon in the filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryToucher Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 I actually use IAL to help keep tannins up in my South/Central American tanks. Looks nice and natural =] Plus I use IAL in my fry tanks =] DW will always leach tannins, just something that comes with having DW in your tanks, try macropore and some gold old activated carbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
