stressed fish

[troy tucker]

My way works every time. No chem or carbon

[LordBarron7692]

My way works every time. No chem or carbon

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[troy tucker]

I age my water. I have a tank that has a pump to transfer water. I fill the tank and let the water set 24 to 48 hour. The chlorine will airate out and cloramines will fall to the bottom. Making all but the bottom water good to use. I have been doing it this way for years.

[suicune]

We learn new things everyday!!

[mistahoo]

Re: stressed fish

I age my water. I have a tank that has a pump to transfer water. I fill the tank and let the water set 24 to 48 hour. The chlorine will airate out and cloramines will fall to the bottom. Making all but the bottom water good to use. I have been doing it this way for years.

Just curious... If you say chloramines fall to the bottom, how does that make the bottom water good to use? I've known about aging water. I knew the chlorine will eventually be aerated and chloramine won't. Am I wrong? How do you get rid of the chloramines without chemicals? pH or kh (can't remember off the top of my head) also drops this way, so I'd imagine higher ph fish wouldn't like it unless you get them acclimated to it.

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[suicune]

He said all but the bottom so you can use like half of the water you age except for what at the bottom. I'm a bit skeptical about this though because as a soluable chemical i dont think chloramine can actually go to the bottom.... I haven't had fish death eversince I stop worry about doing tons of water change and just keep it frequent, on schedule, and small. I had 1 goldfish dead ever since and it was because of something else rather than water chemistry. I do test the water once a month now and haven't seen any sign of nitrate, nitrite or ammonia. It's common in heavily planted tank.. I've been trying to bring the nitrate up a bit as some algae do thrive in the absent of nitrate

[troy tucker]

Aging water is the oldest way to make water safe to use for fish. There was a time befor chem. to make water safe. What do you think they did back then?
I don't want anyone to try it. It works for me and I do 6 water changes in 6 aquariums every week...I haven't lost a fish to bad water in years.

[troy tucker]

I knew the chlorine will eventually be aerated and chloramine won't. Am I wrong? How do you get rid of the chloramines without chemicals? pH or kh (can't remember off the top of my head) also drops this way,

Mista: Chloramines do not airate out but most are heavy. After a month of filling and using is starts to look like sand but a lot lighter. Ones a month I clean the bottom. If I did not it would start picking up the cloramines and stress the fish. Aged water can loss PH. but not in 48 hours.

[mistahoo]

Re: stressed fish

Makes sense now. I was thinking that you kept the water without changing it out. I've aged water before for 24-48 hours with no ill effects, but where I'm at, there's usually no chloramine in the water.

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