shadowfax Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 have had my new tank set up for about 3 months now & the water is still tea coloured, which i dont mind. but there is alot of "stuff" just floating around in the tank & fine dust on everything. my filter does 1000/ph but just wont clear the dusty stuff & i need to clean the sponges every week. ive been pulling the tank apart to shift today & have found alot of black muck coming from 1 bit of wood, ive scrubbed it but the more i scrub the more crap comes of it. it came from the lsf only a couple of months ago but im sure its the reason for the problems. what annoys me is its new & i think it needs to be chucked already. ( its a big picece of wood too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Black muck you can scrub off sounds like it may be a rotten bit. Can you cut that bit off and make sure it is at the back or has a plant in front to hide the cut? If you have flakey bits of wood drifting around there is definitely a rotten bit of log somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Hi you can try cleaning driftwood with a waterblaster, leaves a natural appearance have had trouble with dark wood in the past releasing colouration into the tank, after a year in a bathtub outside it was good white woods tend to rot pretty fast mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Buy some purigen. That will take the colour out of the water. I had a lot of tannins in my discus tank, threw some purigen in the filter, now clear as a bell. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoaster Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 heyheyfishie...what is purigen and where do you get it? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 http://www.petplanet.co.nz/shopping/pgm ... d=313&=SID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoaster Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Thanks Davidb....appeciate that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 thats allright. Anytime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 worked a treat in my tank aswell/ pretty cool stuf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 I have had mine lot for a year easy. Still going strong. Just have to clean in bleach every so often. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfax Posted August 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 thanks guys, 4 days with no phone or net was a killer! ive tried scrubbing it but the black muck comes off the whole thing, i dont mind the tea colour to much but the black stuff in my filter is a worry so i haven't put it back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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