FLFishChik Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) I have a 5g Betta tank that I make “Tannin Tea” for and add a little at every water change. Today when I did tank maintenance, I added more than usual, making the tank appear very dark ( you can’t tell by the photo because my phone compensates for the lack of light. You’ll have to trust me here). But, it got me wondering if there’s such a thing at “too much” tannin? Edited August 20, 2022 by FLFishChik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) I like reading the blog here whenever I fear too much tannins! Scott Fellman spoke at our fish club several years ago. It was wonderful encouragement to allow loads of tannins There really is a difference between sudden onset tannins via extracts, versus botanicals that naturally release tannins over time. There is also room for some debate over whether a species of fish like tannins in their tanks regardless of whether they’re captive bred/raised or wild-caught. Edited August 20, 2022 by Fish Folk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modified lung Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 3:58 PM, Fish Folk said: There really is a difference between sudden onset tannins via extracts, versus botanicals that naturally release tannins over time. Stuff like this always seems to be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFishChik Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 6:58 PM, Fish Folk said: I like reading the blog here whenever I fear too much tannins! Scott Fellman spoke at our fish club several years ago. It was wonderful encouragement to allow loads of tannins There really is a difference between sudden onset tannins via extracts, versus botanicals that naturally release tannins over time. There is also room for some debate over whether a species of fish like tannins in their tanks regardless of whether they’re captive bred/raised or wild-caught. What is the difference? Is it a bad difference? A big one or small? Should I remove some of the tannins? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 10:12 PM, FLFishChik said: What is the difference? Is it a bad difference? A big one or small? Should I remove some of the tannins? Probably not too big of a deal. Are your fish happy? How do your water parameters measure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFishChik Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 He seems happy. He ate as normal (always begging me to feed him when I walk past the tank) and the parameters this afternoon were 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrites, 10 nitrates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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