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19-05-2011, 03:33 PM | #51 |
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did you soak the drift wood with boiling hot water before putting in to your tank? it will help will the tannins
btw, when cycling the tank, you do not need to add any fish inside to kill them... |
19-05-2011, 03:39 PM | #52 |
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just bought purigen to try also...
must say that they are really tiny!! looks like brine shrimp eggs size. I have just bought those white cloth for putting over tap to collect impuritis hope that it will work out well... bought those fine filter bag from 328 and the hole is still too big for purigen... maybe use those cloth coffee filter like the ones use in coffee shop will do the job.. |
19-05-2011, 04:41 PM | #53 | |
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Do update us on your experience with using Purigen! As bro Psych mentioned, putting in a bag will only use up the outer layers of beads first. Prob have to keep cycling around the media inside the bag. I am hesitating to buy, coz I still have quite a few bags of AC unused. Will swap the old ones out after 3 weeks. If all the AC is used and the tannins are still present, then I'll prob have to go for the Purigen. Thanks for visiting! |
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19-05-2011, 08:35 PM | #54 | |
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Its a good idea to remove that rock. It does not look natural in my opinion. Get more wood and other kind of rocks to fill up that space. |
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19-05-2011, 11:49 PM | #55 | |
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And if you think using a very thick coffee bag could produce a better result, it won't. That's because I'm already using a a proper micron bag now, with not very good water contact results with the Purigen. So using a thick coffee bag will further more decrease the effectiveness of using Purigen as water will not be able to swiftly flow through it. |
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21-05-2011, 04:46 PM | #57 |
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Prob can try with coarse japanese mat to cover the inlet and outlet? Though you might have to unclog often if the Purigen begins to block up the outlet portion.
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23-05-2011, 09:23 AM | #59 |
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I hate aquarium shops that sell plants that are not aquatic. At the very least, they should have warned buyers that these plants are not suitable for an aquatic environment. IMO, its cheating.
Looking forward to your pictures. You could use activated carbon to clear up the tannins. |
23-05-2011, 10:50 AM | #60 |
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That would be practically every shop in Singapore. I don't know who is the cheater that came up with this idea. I once asked the plant farm owner, why do they sell it. 'Got demand'. Since most of the buyers are not serious planted tank keepers, they don't care if the plant dies or not. They just want something to beautify the tank. These terrestrial plants can last a couple of months before they die as compared with aquatic plants that will die shortly if conditions are not right.
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