stressed fish

[Carkadie]

& girls!!!

[mistahoo]

yeah lesson learn luckly I caught it in time time and just pumped oxygen into the tank

You have an oxygen tank just for fish? Balleeeeerrrrrr!!!

[mistahoo]

prime is strong yup.. you gotta be careful.

And you have to be even more careful with Safe since it's a very concentrated version of Prime.

[mistahoo]

small water change if it rained? why is that?

When it rains, the plant adds more chloramine to the water to kill off pollutants the rain picked up from our atmosphere that goes into their treatment reservoirs. If you were to do a large water change, you're going to be introducing a large amount of chloramines in a short amount of time. Higher chances of your fish dying.

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: stressed fish

& girls!!!

Good save

[mistahoo]

so what could the water source be contaminated with?

It can be contaminated through all sorts of things. Especially depends on where you live. If you live by Lake Houston, you're water is going to come from Lake Houston and if they do something with the water, you'll have dirty water. It's happened to members on here before and wiped out hundreds of money in livestock. They had a boil water order for areas up north before because of those "contaminants". A little mistake of a large water change with contaminated water and you're fish are going to die even if you add dechlorinator.

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: stressed fish

Agreed. Sometimes they let stuff through that water conditioners don't remove. A carbon bottle took care of that problem for me.

[moganman]

If you live close to a river or even a lake, after a rain is normally the worst. The city messes with the chemicals sometimes and the water becomes inconsistent.

[LordBarron7692]

You have an oxygen tank just for fish? Balleeeeerrrrrr!!!

nah its for work I just happened to have it in the house but its part of my oxy acetylene torch

[LordBarron7692]

It can be contaminated through all sorts of things. Especially depends on where you live. If you live by Lake Houston, you're water is going to come from Lake Houston and if they do something with the water, you'll have dirty water. It's happened to members on here before and wiped out hundreds of money in livestock. They had a boil water order for areas up north before because of those "contaminants". A little mistake of a large water change with contaminated water and you're fish are going to die even if you add dechlorinator.

ok great clarifying answer. Personally I test my water coming out of the tap before a water change and compare it to the readings I got when I first moved into my apartment but not everyone that visits the forum would do that or even know what people meant by "contaminated water" thats why I keep pushing the issue. I have noticed that sometimes we give answers to questions without thinking about whether the person asking the questions has any knowledge about the hobby.

[LordBarron7692]

Agreed. Sometimes they let stuff through that water conditioners don't remove. A carbon bottle took care of that problem for me.

wouldn't the carbon soften the water though?

[mistahoo]

Re: stressed fish

If you live in Houston, after a rain is normally the worst. The city messes with the chemicals sometimes and the water becomes inconsistent.

Fixed it for ya. Most areas of Houston will add chlorine on a normal basis and chloramine when it rains.

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[mistahoo]

Re: stressed fish

wouldn't the carbon soften the water though?

Not enough to cause a major change. The water will still come out at around 7 or higher depending on what part of town you live at. Great piece of equipment to invest in especially if you've got expensive livestock like Sunny and his mini Lake Tanganyika.

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[mistahoo]

Re: stressed fish

nah its for work I just happened to have it in the house but its part of my oxy acetylene torch

Sweet. Not the story I had in mind when you mentioned oxygen tank. I thought or rather hoped you were going to say something like "yeah I borrowed my pop's spare oxy tank for a bit"

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[mistahoo]

Re: stressed fish

Agreed. Sometimes they let stuff through that water conditioners don't remove. A carbon bottle took care of that problem for me.

Sometimes the water is so bad that even a carbon bottle won't do you any good. I've only noticed this in areas like Conroe, near Lake Houston, or any place using water from a lake. It'll happen every once in a while when they issue a boil order. Seen brown (poo colored) water come out the faucet. But at that point if you're really desperate to do a water change, then just boil the water and let it cool, or get a water filter that'll catch very fine sediments and cleanse the water. Something like a Berkeley(?) Filter.

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