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

(tom) wrote:
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.

Daily changes sound like a lot of extra work, but there's certainly unlikely to
be any harm with 2% water changes per day. If your tap water is chlorinated,
you probably should be adding some dechlor, 'tho, otherwise you're added a
source of stress to your fish. Probably should be vaccing the gravel on
occasion, too.

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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.



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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.



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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

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



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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.



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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

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



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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.



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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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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.


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Subject: Daily water change
From: "Dinky"
Date: 2/18/2004 6:36 AM Central Standard Time
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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.

Exactly!

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

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



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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.



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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