Dark water from driftwood

gr2 · Mar 7, 2021

Hi everyone I wanted to know if anyone knew how to remove the orange/dark water tint from in the tank from adding driftwood? I wanted to add driftwood and was ok with the orange tint it gives in the water but it made it super dark when I barely put any in. Does anyone know how to make it relatively clear again? I already glued my plants on and put it in the water.
Please let me know thanks!

GoVols · Mar 7, 2021

gr2 said:
Hi everyone I wanted to know if anyone knew how to remove the orange/dark water tint from in the tank from adding driftwood? I wanted to add driftwood and was ok with the orange tint it gives in the water but it made it super dark when I barely put any in. Does anyone know how to make it relatively clear again? I already glued my plants on and put it in the water.
Please let me know thanks!

I would think some good activated carbon or some Poly Filter would clear it up. If keeps leaching that much it may need to be tossed out.

Is it in a freshwater tank?

xxkenny90xx · Mar 7, 2021

How did you clean the wood?

gr2 · Mar 7, 2021

It’s in a Brackish water tank the salinity is currently at 1.008sg. It’s the smallest piece of wood I have in there but it leaked out so much already

LegendaryCG · Mar 7, 2021

Purigen should grab the tannins from the water.

gr2 · Mar 7, 2021

xxkenny90xx said:
How did you clean the wood?

I ran it under hot water for a bit before attaching my plants and putting it in, but I didn’t boil it because I wanted the tint in the water but I didn’t think it was gonna be really dark and so much for such a small piece of wood

GoVols · Mar 7, 2021

gr2 said:
It’s in a Brackish water tank the salinity is currently at 1.008sg. It’s the smallest piece of wood I have in there but it leaked out so much already

Just remember that brackish water's ph should be at 7.5 to 8.4 and driftwood could lower that parameter.

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