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LaieTechie wrote:
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:56:42 -0500, Nikki wrote:

When I change their water daily I either change 100% or 50% depending,

You should only rarely do 100% water changes. By replacing all the
water,
you will cause new tank syndrome. Of course, the medications you're
adding might already be killing the good microbes along with the bad.

You may want to add aquarium or sea salt to your tank unless it's
planted.
The added salinity will definitely help against ich.

hth,
Laie Techie

I disagree. Nitrifying bacteria mostly adhere to solid surfaces like
plants glass, and gravel. You're not going to trigger a cycle by leaving
the filter, gravel, and decorations alone and changing all the water.
Have you ever actually changed 100% of the water without touching anything
and tested for ammonia? I have and found none.

There might be a bit of clouding, but that's not "new tank syndrome."
Perhaps that's what confused you. 100% water changes are good for sick
fish as long as water parameters are reasonably close.

Bettas don't particularly like salt either. Nikki and I have posted quite
a bit about this. Have a look at Nikki's earlier threads.


And all the betta's are looking healthy now, I have also checked my water
and have had no problems with it, i leave the filter & rocks in place. and
the red ones are even growing back their fins/tail and they look great, its
only been a few days since i started with the blue one but he is now
swimming around and eating again, so i think this is the right way to do
things. Also with the water being clean i have had no problems at all with
fungus, and both red betta's fins were injured.
I am doing the every third day with the ich treatment for two weeks but i
have not seen it since the second day. so i'm going to stick to this, it has
worked.
thanks Nik

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