Masha
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Leave it in the filter
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Activated charcoal also removes tannins, maybe a bit cheaper?
Good point about the price comparison - although it suppose it depends on how long tannins would be leaching, how long you'd need to use the charcoalActivated carbon is actually more expensive because it has a much shorter lifespan and can not be recharged. Purigen lasts 3-4 times longer and can easily be "re-charged" up to six times.
Plus carbon has the potential nasty habits of messing with ph and if not changed soon enough, re-releasing stuff back into the water, and if allowed to get "muck" on it, it loses it's effectiveness.
Purigen suffers from none of those issues.
At first my tank was so saturated with tannins you could not see from one end to the other, and it's only 10 gallons!
200ml of Purigen cleared it in less than 12 hours to crystal clarity.
Will the purigen help my tank cycle faster?
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For your tank what one are you talking about your 5 gal from Santa with all the Molly's or your 20 gal? With such small amounts of water you could just do more pwcs during the week and not allow your tannins to build up as much or you could just remove that wood and find another piece.
Well I'm happy it worked and guess what I learned something! I've never looked into things to remove tannins before. I'm happy you had a success with it honestly! And in like 22 hours! How much does it cost? If I have an issue I will keep that in mind. As I said I don't read the labels on my dw. Sometimes it just comes from the beach and I just bake it to cure it.