Skyrmir
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I've been running my 75 gallon planted with some mopani wood, giving it a nice tea color. Letting the tannins color the water was intentional, as I was trying to make a more Angel friendly home, which it did, maybe too well.
Recently I've doubled the lighting to bring it from a low light to a medium light tank. So now the tannin effect has gone from a natural look to an ugly tea effect.
After about a half dozen big water changes, it still has that annoying yellow tinge to it. Would activated carbon or maybe even some co2 help clear it up any faster?
co2 might be a little tricky though. I doubt I could slip the cost of a ph monitor set up past the wife, so it'd have to be a timered system. I'm still kind of wary about that since I have very soft water that could crash if I look at it wrong.
Recently I've doubled the lighting to bring it from a low light to a medium light tank. So now the tannin effect has gone from a natural look to an ugly tea effect.
After about a half dozen big water changes, it still has that annoying yellow tinge to it. Would activated carbon or maybe even some co2 help clear it up any faster?
co2 might be a little tricky though. I doubt I could slip the cost of a ph monitor set up past the wife, so it'd have to be a timered system. I'm still kind of wary about that since I have very soft water that could crash if I look at it wrong.