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Day 1 - Set up my new 30 gal. freshwater community tank last night after the wife's utimatum to get it running or lose it (in all fairness it had been sitting unassembled since last Dec!). No fish yet, just letting the tank settle for a few days...
In my haste made my FIRST MISTAKE and please need some help and advice! I put in two large pieces of untreated bogwood. Of course, the tannins are leaching out like crazy and my water has turned into light brown iced tea.
HERE'S MY DILEMMA: Do I take the wood out, boil, soak and treat for a couple of weeks as I have now learned is necessary and empty the water from the tank and start from scratch - OR-
Let nature run it's course and add charcol to my filter to clear the water?
I do not mind the colour too much although clearer water would be better, I am more worried about the effect on PH and if this will limit the fish that I choose to add? I also want to have live plants!
What should I do? Any posts are VERY much appreciated as I am an extreme novice.
In my haste made my FIRST MISTAKE and please need some help and advice! I put in two large pieces of untreated bogwood. Of course, the tannins are leaching out like crazy and my water has turned into light brown iced tea.
HERE'S MY DILEMMA: Do I take the wood out, boil, soak and treat for a couple of weeks as I have now learned is necessary and empty the water from the tank and start from scratch - OR-
Let nature run it's course and add charcol to my filter to clear the water?
I do not mind the colour too much although clearer water would be better, I am more worried about the effect on PH and if this will limit the fish that I choose to add? I also want to have live plants!
What should I do? Any posts are VERY much appreciated as I am an extreme novice.