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It sounds like the maintenance issue is OK. Some city water supplies have high nitrate levels, so it could be in your tap water. If that's the case, distilled or reverse osmosis water can be used...
Rather than do a 50 percent water change, you may want to do 20 or 25 percent changes every day for a few days. The smaller water changes are less likely to produce sudden changes in water parameters....
the best way to condition ur water is that u need a plastic packet. after the 25% water change when u give new water keep in this plastic packet and tighten it with a clip then pour it onto ur tank an...
I admit it, I haven't been good about water changes over the last 2 months, but I did change the charcoal and ammonia filters every month. I have a 40 gal tank, and started losing a few fish rec...
...lem. It's a good thing you were aware of the over feeding and started fixing it right away. Partial water changes should remedy the problem, especially if you change about 30 percent of the water...
I don't know too much about that but did you try that stuff that takes the chlorine out of the water? also instead of using tap water look into RO water which mean reverse osmosis i have no clue ...
well the tank that they are in should be half empty for breeding and you just add a few small cups of water each day insted of taking water out or you can sowly take some water out and its easyer to h...
Hi welcome to the forum! Do you have water quality test kit? If not you can take some water from your Beta's permanent tank to your local fish store most will test it for you. At least then you w...
What are your water parameters? Ammonia, nitrate and nitrite? How often do you change the water? How old is your betta? What size tank is he in? What is your water temperature?
with me changing the water so much in one week it wont hurt the fish right. i hope not. i will put 3gal of fresh water into 10gal today and check for ammonia again after i change the water.
Ok thanks for the thoughts. I have to ask though, when you do water changes for your Discus tank, do you use Reverse Osmosis water or just plain dechlorinated tap water?
Driftwood will slowly lower hardness. You can also use distilled or reverse osmosis water for one partial water change. Most common aquarium fish can tolerate hard water, so it's not a big issue.
I think the fish might eat the fry if the water condition is not good enough, or they feel the fry would die off anyway. I think professionals remove the fry, as they manage to have a better survival ...
ok,100% water change is always a better option,but at the same time keep in mind that if you frequently change your water completely then your fish may not always survive with this completely new wate...
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I am glad to hear that your fish is healing quickly.
The best treatment for injured fins is clean water. Perhaps a 20% water change every day will aid in this.
I personally use the drip acc...
The partial water changes suggested by helinova will help the aquarium much more than any chemical treatment. Just use a good water conditioner for the replacement water, and feed no more than the fis...
...erstand right the hatchenspitterouter is running when you take it out and you put it in a bucket of water at the right water level and then put it back in the tank still running. I do clean min...
Any time your ammonia (or nitrite) goes over .5, do a 50-70% water change. Very little good bacteria live in the water, so doing water changes as often as you need to will not harm anything. You nee...
...r a ten gallon tank will probably have two uplift tubes. As the bubbles come up the lift tube, they pull water with them. The water is drawn from under the filter and must, therefore, be pulled throug...
As for using spring water, I think that was a last ditch effort to keep the aquarium going, since the tap water is bad. Plus, with it being a 72 gallon tank, it would cost a fortune to buy bottled wa...
...ot be interested in the algae wafer, but it's good for the other fish.
If the fish seem healthy, water hardness and alkalinity are not major issues. Many areas have hard tap water, and most fi...
I understand what you saying, but what I really need to know is whether I should be doing water changes during the treatments? I know better than to have a charcoal filter in during medicating fish. B...
Because a small aquarium has a small volume of water, any impurity will be a fairly large percentage of the total volume. Big tanks are more forgiving. A five gallon aquarium requires very careful mai...
Sometimes, a hang on the back filter uses a syphon to take in the water. If that's the case, the water level in the filter box needs to be slightly lower than the water level in the aquarium. Als...
If i have a unfiltered fish bowl and I am going to change the water how much do i change? 20% or 50%? Do I take out the water that I'm putting back into the bowl and then dump the rest? And I kno...
...t all the females together in one tank and the males in one and cant wait for the babys to come. Is rain water safe for fish tank bc my water hardness is very high. will rain water soften my water??...
...red eyed sword tails, small bristle nose, 3 corys and a gibby plec. The only thing i can think of is the water. The water is like a murky brown c ur. I have done numourous water changes at different t...
...itrite should be zero. Ammonia will burn a fish's gills, so it is dangerous. You could try a larger water change; it will probably help. Just try to make sure it doesn't cause a rapid change...
Sometimes, aquarium shops will test water for free. Did you use a water conditioner to neutralize the chlorine compounds? Was the aquarium cycled before you added fish? If not, the water will have amm...
You could test for ammonia after three days of partial water changes. If it's not zero, you could do some more daily, partial water changes, check ammonia again, etc., until it's all gone. I...
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