I've read a bit on homemade blackwater extract from peat moss and oak leaves. Are there any leaves to watch out for, or you you use some from the front yard? And does it help with plant growth or just with the fish environment?
Blackwater extract
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Here is a product sold in LFS, sounds like it is more for the fish than the plants.
Blackwater Extract contains trace elements, vitamins and extract of peat. It replicates blackwater conditions by creating clear, "natural", Amazon-biotope conditions in the aquarium. Blackwater Extract promotes fish activity levels and is an excellent conditioner for all soft-water fish including Discus, Angelfish, Tetras and Killifish.
Principal ingredients include vitamins B2, B6, B12, nicotinic amide, panthenol, biotin, and peat extract.
Add 2 teaspoons (10 ml) for every 10 gallons (38 liters) of water. Replenish monthly or with every water change. In areas with very hard water, double the amount used.
8.45 oz. (250 ml) treats up to 250 gallons (945 liters).
Blackwater Extract contains trace elements, vitamins and extract of peat. It replicates blackwater conditions by creating clear, "natural", Amazon-biotope conditions in the aquarium. Blackwater Extract promotes fish activity levels and is an excellent conditioner for all soft-water fish including Discus, Angelfish, Tetras and Killifish.
Principal ingredients include vitamins B2, B6, B12, nicotinic amide, panthenol, biotin, and peat extract.
Add 2 teaspoons (10 ml) for every 10 gallons (38 liters) of water. Replenish monthly or with every water change. In areas with very hard water, double the amount used.
8.45 oz. (250 ml) treats up to 250 gallons (945 liters).
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Blackwater extract is the big waste of money inspired by the simple, far less expensive, and far more effective method of replicating certain native conditions by use of filtering a tank with peat.
the driftwood and peat in my tank brings my pH down to 6.4
the tap water is 7.2, i use the extract in the new water to match conditions before adding
the tap water is 7.2, i use the extract in the new water to match conditions before adding
If I filter peat in my tank, should I remove the carbon filter? I read that you should to maintain the tanins. Also, how much of an effect does the carbon filter in a hagen aqua-clear have on micronutrients such as iron? I read somewhere that it will remove some but only one article so I'd like some more info before removing it.