Nor is there any known cause as of right now as to what causes HITH, so all your paragraph is is speculation
Help with HITH in my FH
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LOL...you just repeated my paragraph as being speculative.
In my initial post, I did say there was SOME evidence that SUGGESTS carbon being the cause of HITH. I did NOT say it was the definitive cause.
Insane or not, I'd rather be safe than sorry. I too buy carbon filter media but I remove the carbon before putting it in the filter.
You want to remove polllutants? Try doing a water change. Heavy metals? Use a water conditioner.
Uh bud, whether you do water changes or not, pollutants still build up. Add water conditioner? You want to continually use water condition because you have some stupid huntch that the carbon causes hith?? hith is a bacterial disease and you somehow think that Carbon is causing it?!? LOL. An element.
What can cause the irritation done by carbon is the ULTRA FINE dust which is supposed to be THOUROUGLY RINSED BEFORE USE.
lOL...water conditioner is used in conjunction with water changes to keep your BB alive. It has nothing to do with carbon or HITH.
I suppose I'm not the only one with the stupid hunch since people are paying to have the research done on the relation between carbon and HITH...LOL
I never said don't use water conditioner did I?
Again, you are right except that it's the carbon dust that causes those sores. If it is thoroughly washed it will not happen. Do a bit more research
Again, you are right except that it's the carbon dust that causes those sores. If it is thoroughly washed it will not happen. Do a bit more research
LOL...and I never said you didn't. I was merely stating my reason for "continually" using water conditioner as you put it.
Jay Hemdal states that during their study, they did use both un-rinsed dusty carbon and rinsed pelleted carbon and the results were essentially the same...the latter just not as grossly visible. He goes on to say that if the study had gone on for an additional 4 months, it would have been more evident, as he got to see the fish get worse after the study was officially concluded.
My bottom line is I would not use carbon period. Especially with a fish that's susceptible to HITH such as FH are.
it's an interesting study, there are studies that say exactly the opposite as well. It is a highly debated topic, using carbon, both granulated and dust in canisters. In what I just experienced with my FH i believe it could have been the high nitrate level along with a need for more frequent water changes. Prior to it happening I was only changing about 30-40% water once a week, and from what I've read, flowerhorns more than many other fish, need pretty frequent water changes
