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Daily water change
I have a 220 gallon native tank, I am changing 4 gallons a day which
works out to about 50 percent monthly. Is this Ok? 2 emperor 400s and air lifts. I dont add any chemicle, just tap water and a teaspoon of noniodine salt per gallon. 2 months and everyone is happy. Tom |
Daily water change
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Daily water change
"tom" wrote in message
m... I have a 220 gallon native tank, I am changing 4 gallons a day which works out to about 50 percent monthly. Is this Ok? 2 emperor 400s and air lifts. I dont add any chemicle, just tap water and a teaspoon of noniodine salt per gallon. 2 months and everyone is happy. Tom The daily dose of chlorine is shortening their lives and stressing them out. Larger, less frequent water changes with properly treated water would be better for the fish. -- billy -- Need tech help? news://news.winextra.com |
Daily water change
"Dinky" wrote in message ink.net... "tom" wrote in message m... I have a 220 gallon native tank, I am changing 4 gallons a day which works out to about 50 percent monthly. Is this Ok? 2 emperor 400s and air lifts. I dont add any chemicle, just tap water and a teaspoon of noniodine salt per gallon. 2 months and everyone is happy. Tom The daily dose of chlorine is shortening their lives and stressing them out. Larger, less frequent water changes with properly treated water would be better for the fish. -- billy -- Need tech help? news://news.winextra.com He might be lucky like me, our town adds nothing to the water other than lime. Just a little alkaline so my guppies like it. Larry |
Daily water change
Check to see what has been added to the tap water.
My tap water just has chlorine added to it. For my small aquariums, I don't add any chemicals either. When I have finished changing the water, I fill up my container ready for the next change. By the time I use it, all of the chlorine has disappeared. This method will work for you too, since 24 hours is long enough for the chlorine to dissapear. Jim Make sure lonerider wrote in message ... "Dinky" wrote in message ink.net... "tom" wrote in message m... I have a 220 gallon native tank, I am changing 4 gallons a day which works out to about 50 percent monthly. Is this Ok? 2 emperor 400s and air lifts. I dont add any chemicle, just tap water and a teaspoon of noniodine salt per gallon. 2 months and everyone is happy. Tom The daily dose of chlorine is shortening their lives and stressing them out. Larger, less frequent water changes with properly treated water would be better for the fish. -- billy -- Need tech help? news://news.winextra.com He might be lucky like me, our town adds nothing to the water other than lime. Just a little alkaline so my guppies like it. Larry |
Daily water change
i would be surprised if 4 gallons of chlorinated tap in a 220 gallon
would even be noticeable. thats only 2 percent of the water, and by the next day that 4 gallons has dissipated the chlorine. tom "Jim Morcombe" wrote in message ... Check to see what has been added to the tap water. My tap water just has chlorine added to it. For my small aquariums, I don't add any chemicals either. When I have finished changing the water, I fill up my container ready for the next change. By the time I use it, all of the chlorine has disappeared. This method will work for you too, since 24 hours is long enough for the chlorine to dissapear. Jim Make sure lonerider wrote in message ... "Dinky" wrote in message ink.net... "tom" wrote in message m... I have a 220 gallon native tank, I am changing 4 gallons a day which works out to about 50 percent monthly. Is this Ok? 2 emperor 400s and air lifts. I dont add any chemicle, just tap water and a teaspoon of noniodine salt per gallon. 2 months and everyone is happy. Tom The daily dose of chlorine is shortening their lives and stressing them out. Larger, less frequent water changes with properly treated water would be better for the fish. -- billy -- Need tech help? news://news.winextra.com He might be lucky like me, our town adds nothing to the water other than lime. Just a little alkaline so my guppies like it. Larry |
Daily water change
"tom" wrote in message
om... i would be surprised if 4 gallons of chlorinated tap in a 220 gallon would even be noticeable. thats only 2 percent of the water, and by the next day that 4 gallons has dissipated the chlorine. It's like a small amount of poison gas being released into your home every day. One day's worth isn't enough to kill you, and it dissipates, but over time it WILL make you sick and cause health problems. A bottle of ammo-chlor is cheap, or, take the other poster's suggestion to let a large container sit, at least overnight. That will at least take care of the chlorine. -- billy -- Need tech help? news://news.winextra.com |
Daily water change
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Daily water change
It's like a small amount of poison gas being released into your home every day. One day's worth isn't enough to kill you, and it dissipates, but over time it WILL make you sick and cause health problems. A bottle of ammo-chlor is cheap, or, take the other poster's suggestion to let a large container sit, at least overnight. That will at least take care of the chlorine. What about chloramine though? Does it dissipate at the same rate as chlorine or does it take longer? You might still need to treat the water if chloramines are present too. Jacqui |
Daily water change
Depends. If regular ol' chlorine, that'll work. However, lots of
municipalities (at least in the U.S.) add chloramines to the water, and *those* won't dissipate in just a day. "Jim Morcombe" wrote: Check to see what has been added to the tap water. My tap water just has chlorine added to it. For my small aquariums, I don't add any chemicals either. When I have finished changing the water, I fill up my container ready for the next change. By the time I use it, all of the chlorine has disappeared. This method will work for you too, since 24 hours is long enough for the chlorine to dissapear. Jim Make sure lonerider wrote in message ... "Dinky" wrote in message ink.net... "tom" wrote in message m... I have a 220 gallon native tank, I am changing 4 gallons a day which works out to about 50 percent monthly. Is this Ok? 2 emperor 400s and air lifts. I dont add any chemicle, just tap water and a teaspoon of noniodine salt per gallon. 2 months and everyone is happy. Tom The daily dose of chlorine is shortening their lives and stressing them out. Larger, less frequent water changes with properly treated water would be better for the fish. -- billy -- Need tech help? news://news.winextra.com He might be lucky like me, our town adds nothing to the water other than lime. Just a little alkaline so my guppies like it. Larry |
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