driftwood

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mrfootball70

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Oct 22, 2002
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ok..i purchased some "drift wood" from my lfs..
not the standard type mounted to a piece of slate..
but the kind that turns your water into tea(i think its called wallaby wood)..its been in my tank for about a week and now there are a bunch of light colored pinhead sized "lumps" on it...my  question is...does any one now what they could be??
i recently added two new clown loaches(4 total now) and two new silver dollar(3 total now)are they eggs?? are they mold?? is it harmful?? ??? any info would be appreciated
 

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cholula

Large Fish
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Oct 22, 2002
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hey mrfootball.....
I bought one of those big pcs of driftwood
for my 150g tank... and yea now it looks like
a big tea bowl.....
Is yours still colored after all this time....

I figure it will take a year or so before the
water really clears up.
 

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blueconvict2

Medium Fish
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Oct 22, 2002
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i collected my driftwood myself. I was told to boil it, which would be nice if it fit into the pot!! My lfs told me to soak it for two weeks in hot water with baking soda to leach out the tannins faster. I replaced the water every two days, in the bucket. I have my wood in the tank now and its been a few weeks, no tea colored water . I think that activated carbon will help get rid of tea color if your wood is turning the water.
 

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cholula

Large Fish
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Oct 22, 2002
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The asian root wood I have was too big to boil
or soak, so I rinsed it off daily for a week then put
in tank. I've have done 20% change outs every
other weekend and have loaded the extra cartridges
in the emperor 400s with charcoal.....  No real help
yet, but I will keep this routine up for awhile before
worrying about it.
Only fish in tank is asorted catfish and some plecos,
so I am not too concerned.
 

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