shih-tzu mom

HI; Will this wood drop the pH if it is cured and boiled? i heard that if boiled and all the tannins rinsed and gone it would not drop the ph-true or not true. thanks in advance bella

MeGustaUnaPez926

I don't think so, I have it in my tanks and havn't noticed that happening.

Lucy

I've been doing some reading about this. I've seen it suggested that driftwood will lower your ph however I've also read that the tannic acid in drift wood is what causes the ph to drop. Theoretically if you get rid of the tannis it shouldn't effect your ph too much.
Bella, don't take this as fact, I don't have personal experience with it, it's only what I've read recently since I have driftwood soaking now.

TedsTank

Any effects it would have are usually minimal..depending on the amount of driftwood. Since it (the tannins)leach out of the wood slowly, your water changes would make it nearly un-noticable. Don't worry it is slow. PH will not crash or anything close to that. Continue normal water changes and all will be fine.

shih-tzu mom

Hi: i posted this before and it disapeared lol-But if this wood is cured and boiled until all the tannis were gone would it still drop the ph? as i was told it would not. thanks in advance bella

Jonah

Any tannins that leech out will not affect your PH any subtle changes will be more than covered by your water changes so you have no need to worry there.

Just as an FYI Mopani in not driftwood it is actually a tree from the african plains that has been sculpted and inhabited by termites, they eat out the heart wood and what you put in your tank is the bark and outer core that is left.

Lucy

It didn't disappear, it was under the correct sub forum "driftwwod"
At the top of the page, you can click "My Threads" or "My Posts" to find threads you started or threads you posted in.

shih-tzu mom

Yeah, Lucy i finally found it lol, i thought it was lost or deleted lol. thanks very much as always for your advice to all who replied bella