Re: NANFA-L-- plants and soil


Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- plants and soil
From: James Smith (jbosmith at gmail.com)
Date: Mon Oct 04 2004 - 21:47:19 CDT


I'm 95% sure it's the wood. Only dirt I've ever had turn water that
color is dirt with peat in it. I have two tanks that are finally
calming down from new driftwood that I didnt take the time to boil,
however.

Jim

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 22:22:06 -0400, Todd Crail
<farmertodd at buckeye-express.com> wrote:
> I appologize in advance for beating this horse completely dead.... However,
> I find myself breaking into uncontrollable snicker when I view this picture,
> and it did come from a native fish tank. There could be people who aren't
> sure what "tannins" are, and I felt this illustrates the point quite well...
> With those rationalizations and that said...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "njz" <njz at clevelandmetroparks.com>
> > I think we got to this point because I was suggesting that your yellow
> > color
> > was exacerbated by the 55K's because of the yellow orange spike. Maybe I
> > didn't explain myself well enough or maybe we just disagree, whichever is
> > fine. Let's get on to fun stuff again ;)
>
> http://www.farmertodd.com/nanfa/misc/buckets_o_tannins.jpg
>
> Exacerbate? Even if you put a completely blue light like a 20k lamp over
> it, it wouldn't change anything.
>
> Well, 'cepting it might look green then ;)
>
> No, it's not cider, apple juice or morning nitrogenous waste. No, it's not
> been enhanced in Photoshop. Perhaps now you understand why spectrum of
> light was the smallest portion of this issue? :)
>
> When I get time this week or next, I'm going to set up a 10 gallon with the
> good ol' mud and see what happens. I'm still quite sure it's the wood
> piece, but I'd like to be sure. Believe it or not, this is pretty toned
> down compared to the last water change 3 weeks ago. I think the first wave
> was going to be the worst (it was like orange looking almost), and it'll
> subside over time. If not... Oh well. Worst case scenario is I do a 50%
> water change before someone comes over and then it looks crystal (like it
> does right now :).
>
> Todd
> The Muddy Maumee Madness, Toledo, OH
> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
> http://www.farmertodd.com
>
>
>
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: Fri Dec 31 2004 - 11:27:38 CST