Getting rid of yellow tinge in water

[CHE47]

Hey all

So I've got a 4ft tank that I've had set up for a while, and recently bought another piece of drift wood for my pleco to hide in. The wood was too big to fit in any sink or bucket that I have so I couldn't soak it in boiling water first and now the water in my tank is all yellow.

I've had this happen before when I had a smaller tank and I bought a bag of Purigen which cleared it up in a day, but doesn't seem to be working in my 4ft tank. I've also just bought a 1500l/hr canister filter with some carbon in it but it hasn't really done anything.

I was wondering what you guys do to keep your water looking crystal clear?

Cheers

Mike

[STONEMAN]

The purigen will do the trick it will just take some time, if the purigen has gone a browny colour it needs recharging follow the instuctions on the box or container. I have a couple of bags of purigen so as one is recharging the other is in the tank and I just swap them around as one gets really brown, keep doing this and your water will become crystal clear. Hope this helps

[jimmy]

hi have you got a bath or shower quickest way take out of tank and give a good wash and scrub

[CHE47]

Thanks guys, will give it a go.
I have recharged the Purigen before but it probably needs doing again.
Might buy a second bag so I can swap them when needed.

[Adzy46]

I put a massive bit of driftwood in my 6ft. I put it in the bath and filled the water and left it until it was really yellow, drained the water and repeated. I done this over 10 times and 1 month before the wood had no Tannins? to release to make the water yellow. Be careful, uncured driftwood lowers the PH in your tank.

There is a product called magic blue that works awesome, getting rid of the yellow in your tank IMMEDIATELY. Only need about 3 drops...

http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/catalogue_products.php?prodID=3026&catID=39

I use it in some of my tanks, takes away the yellowness.

Expensive, but one bottle lasts forever