Not buying this study on water changes

[Kevin@TUIC]

Sooo I can stop changing all 10,950 gallons of water in my facility? Excellent! lol.

 

[esoxlucius]

After reading through that drivel I've got a sudden desire to submerge Mr Kumar in a large tank full of his own piss, and gleefully observe the behaviour that he exhibits!

 

[newworld]

More “experts” haha keep on listening

 

[FJB]

Bollocks. Pure and simple.

 

[FINWIN]

Yep, just more evidence for the premise that common sense is actually so rare that it qualifies for super-power status.

But I'll bet that lazy aquarists everywhere read that and felt their hearts palpitate a little, thinking "I knew it! Changing water is baaaaad!"

I see the author of that fluff piece is a college senior "pursuing a career in ecology- and environment-oriented reporting". I wonder if he works part-time at Father Fish's LFS?

Yee dawgy, yes.

 

[SalviniCichlidFan]

I personally go for 50% water changes instead of 80-90% because if you do a 80-90% water change the potential damage that could be done by something wrong in your tap water is more dramatic. Or in case I forget to add dechlorinator to the new water.

 

[jjohnwm]

I personally go for 50% water changes instead of 80-90% because if you do a 80-90% water change the potential damage that could be done by something wrong in your tap water is more dramatic. Or in case I forget to add dechlorinator to the new water.

So, by doing it like that, you must do about twice as many changes to achieve the same net effect...which thus doubles the number of opportunities for you to forget the dechlorinator one of those times...? Gotcha!

I feed my dog 8 times per day; that way, each portion is smaller, so if I have a senior moment while preparing one of his meals and dose it with chocolate, he might not die.

 

[esoxlucius]

feed my dog 8 times per day; that way, each portion is smaller, so if I have a senior moment while preparing one of his meals and dose it with chocolate, he might not die.

I believe only a small portion of chocolate, depending on what type of chocolate it is, can be very bad for dogs.

Given the fact that you are getting on in years your day must be full of senior moments!!

Therefore, the chances of you doing harm to your dog are multiplied many times. Tut tut tut. Lol.

I am also getting on in years and senior moments do creep in to my daily existence too....but my cat loves chocolate, lol.

 

[neutrino]

I personally go for 50% water changes instead of 80-90% because if you do a 80-90% water change the potential damage that could be done by something wrong in your tap water is more dramatic. Or in case I forget to add dechlorinator to the new water.

A number of factors go into water changes. In some places with locally unreliable water treatment that might be true, but in my last two places (over 25 years) with consistent quality well water, high volume water changes haven't once caused an issue. I did have a problem once about 35 years ago when the local water treatment plant messed things up-- at the time I was doing twice weekly 50% water changes... it didn't help, lol, I still had a disaster on my hands, the only way I saved some fish was to put them into a tank or two I hadn't changed yet. I've always said there isn't a cosmic, one-size-fits-all water change theory and to do what works for you to keep your fish healthy.