hey mfk,
I recently visited a friend I havent seen in a few years.this friend keeps tropical fish. so we started talking about his fish and thefish I have. I gave him a hand with a water change while I was there.
I was shocked to discover that he uses no chemicals what soever. literally just empties half of his tank, and refills using standard tapwater. when I asked him about it he said that he has never used waterconditioners or anything like that. what was more surprising to me is that allof his fish (mostly south American cichlids) are beauties, no fading, all lookperfect.
he also says that a few other people he knows just use waterstraight from the tap. this has now got me thinking, because I use a ton ofchemicals. my philosophy is that id rather go over board to stop any problemsbefore they happen, but it does cost me a fair bit a month. now im thinkingmaybe I should cut back on what I use and see what happens.
the products I use regularly are:
api stress coat
api stress zyme
api quick start
I also use these products in my filter:
api aqua detox
fluval zeo carb (a mix of active carbon and something elseto remove ammonia)
fluval premium ammonia remover
fluval clear max (phosphate remover)
so my questions to all you monster fish keepers are:
im I going over board?
if you do use products what are they??
or do you just use tap water???
thanks for any replies!
I recently visited a friend I havent seen in a few years.this friend keeps tropical fish. so we started talking about his fish and thefish I have. I gave him a hand with a water change while I was there.
I was shocked to discover that he uses no chemicals what soever. literally just empties half of his tank, and refills using standard tapwater. when I asked him about it he said that he has never used waterconditioners or anything like that. what was more surprising to me is that allof his fish (mostly south American cichlids) are beauties, no fading, all lookperfect.
he also says that a few other people he knows just use waterstraight from the tap. this has now got me thinking, because I use a ton ofchemicals. my philosophy is that id rather go over board to stop any problemsbefore they happen, but it does cost me a fair bit a month. now im thinkingmaybe I should cut back on what I use and see what happens.
the products I use regularly are:
api stress coat
api stress zyme
api quick start
I also use these products in my filter:
api aqua detox
fluval zeo carb (a mix of active carbon and something elseto remove ammonia)
fluval premium ammonia remover
fluval clear max (phosphate remover)
so my questions to all you monster fish keepers are:
im I going over board?
if you do use products what are they??
or do you just use tap water???
thanks for any replies!