Hey there!

I recently got a piece of driftwood, it's mangrove. I've noticed that it colored the water (yellowish resembles that of a "tea"). I've read that it's non-toxic and not harmful and can be remove with activated carbon. Please confirm if my understanding is right that the "tea-like substance" emitting from the driftwood is safe for my fish even if I don't remove it with activated carbon and just let it color the water.

Thanks a lot and have a nice day ahead!

It is perfectly fine!!!
No harm and will go away in time...
And with water changes it will get more and more diluted!!

Hope this helps!

My understanding of tannins is that they are safe for fish....this might be useful for you....Shaz
driftwood

pretty standard. nothing to worry about.

Nothing to worry about, its perfectly normal. The yellow colouring will eventually go but it can take many months. i personally liked the yellow colour, i wish my bogwood would still produce the yellow

I like it.

It looks especially cool if you have an 'amazonian' theme to the decor. Anyways, it harmless and in certain circumstances can actually be beneficial.

Where did you get the wood from? I think mangrove is a bogwood that is very common to the Philippines so you might have more leeching.

Ye Johnny, it's quite common here in our country. But I do get it from a local fish store. I'm living in a city and don't have the time for now to go to a place inhabited by mangroves (usually in provinces) to just collect one for myself.

nothing to worry... mawawala din yan later on.
have you seen my floating driftwood? that is unique and
i got it in Batangas....it is fully aged and doesn't leach anymore...

yaiba wrote:


I imagine Paul 'lurking' in the swamps amongst the mangroves...

All the people here are really helping a lot. Ye!