Purigen my friend purigen purigen purigen. I use seachem purigen in all my tanks get some of that and your water will be crystal clear.
Nice, I have never heard of this, I just looked it up...so far Seachem has not done me wrong.
From what you are saying and product description I just read online, I think I am going to give this a shot, thank for the tip!
My driftwood never leached any tannins. its now been almost 2 months since I set up the tank.
Is it Malaysian? I don't have any experience with any other types of driftwood but just from looking at them in the store, it seems like Malaysian is the most brownish, "leach-worthy" wood of the ones I have seen at least.
That is just a wild guess though.
This weekend I finally got around to catching the CAE that was like a bull in a china shop basically, uprooting my plants, making tunnels under things until they fell, etc etc....that's not the point...
I finally caught him, bagged him and it wasn't until I got outside in the sunlight that I really got a good look at my tank water and what I had started wondering could may be the start of an algae problem since I could never get my water exactly clear, I saw in the bright sun light in that bag was that it was a brown tea color....very faint, but brown, not green.
I sort of wonder if water temp has anything to do with it. I live in AZ so it is very hot, the ambient temp in the room is usually 80, water is about 76.
Purigen my friend purigen purigen purigen. I use seachem purigen in all my tanks get some of that and your water will be crystal clear.
Hey greaser, I have looked up some videos about purigen and everyone seems to love it, especially people who have driftwood tannins...but one thing I can't figure out, how long do you run it?
The directions says it lasts about 6 months before you need to recharge it or get a new one but do you leave purigen in all the time?...I can't help but wonder if I constantly have something like this in my filter if it would effect my fert dosing somehow?