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Petrified Wood - PH
I have some petrified wood which I bought years ago and was thinking of
putting it in my planted tank. From what I remember, it should not raise PH. I did a few searches on Google and had some conflicting reports - but most suggested it is PH neutral. Anyone using it in their planted tank? cheers, Boris |
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Petrified Wood - PH
I've been curious about this, too. I used to have some that
discolored the water like my wellaby wood - so it's a possibility. I'm sure there are different qualities of petrified wood, though. You could put it in a bucket with a little water and take a ph reading in a week. Let us know the results! Cris On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:33:11 GMT, "Boris" wrote: I have some petrified wood which I bought years ago and was thinking of putting it in my planted tank. From what I remember, it should not raise PH. I did a few searches on Google and had some conflicting reports - but most suggested it is PH neutral. Anyone using it in their planted tank? cheers, Boris |
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Petrified Wood - PH
well i've heard tanin in the wood seeps into the water discolouring it.....
but ph changes not that i know off.. but u could boil it first before u use it... |
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Petrified Wood - PH
"madhavan " wrote in message ... well i've heard tanin in the wood seeps into the water discolouring it..... Ah, I'm quite sure that once petrified, the tanin is long goneg |
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Petrified Wood - PH
You have to worry about putting pertrified wood in the aqaurium about like
you would if you were using a stone. By the time it's petrified all the organic material in the wood is replaced with minerals (usually silica which is what they make glass with). |
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Petrified Wood - PH
The reason this probably happened is high iron content in the petrified
wood. As the iron oxidized (rusted) it would color the water and also possibly poison the fish. |
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