Water Wych

[Lynch1j2]

Has anyone ever heard of the Water Wych. They say it clears the tea color from
the water in the pond. It might, but I kind of doubt it.

[Teresa]

Seems like I've heard of it, but cannot remember details.  I find it hard to believe that it removes tea stain too - that comes from tanins and the only things that I know of that remove them from the water are carbon and water changes.

Do you have a link?

[Lynch1j2]

This is what it says.
http://www.waterwychusa.com/faq.html

[Teresa]

I've not seen that before.  The site says that it has carbon, volcanic rock and silicate and my guess is that they are what makes it work.  If you put carbon in a flow thru type container in the pond, it is bound to help with tanins and will work even better with water flowing thru it.  I imagine the volcanic rock provides a place for bacteria to grow, further helping with water clearing.

The prices are higher than just going and buying carbon, but not so high as to be prohibitive.  If you decide to try it, let us know how it works.

[tinkster]

I was just reading about it in  lillypons book last night.  Caught my eye also but then I read you didnt get very long out of them before you have to dispose of them?? which I thought was pretty high price for a monthy filtering job   I probalby misread in my haste as usual though.  Be interested to know if you try one!

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