Re: NANFA-L-- plants and soil


Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- plants and soil
From: Irate Mormon (archimedes at bayspringstel.net)
Date: Fri Oct 01 2004 - 22:38:00 CDT


Quoting "Crail, Todd" <farmertodd at buckeye-express.com>:

> There are tannins in my system. Is the source the wood? Is the source
> 80lbs of potting soil?

The anwer is, both. I have used soil in a tank without driftwood, and got
tannins. In fact, potting soil contains bark chips and other bits of wood which
leach tannins. And of course, the ability of uncured/uncoated driftwood to do
the same is legendary. Regardless of what kind of light you have, it is obvious
if you have tannin stained water. I live with it, others buy it in a bottle
called "blackwater extract". Most of the streams in south Mississippi are what
I would call blackwater streams. Not muddy, but tannin stained.

--Irate
Where am I going? And why am I in this handbasket?
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