Thanks for the info I messaged didysis. My stock is all adult nothing less than 12 inches. Hopefully I don't need to filter it.
Automatic water changed adjustment question
- Thread starter Torchia32
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A filter is really no big deal. Easy to install, change filter cartridges every 3 months. No reason not to do it if there's chloramine in your water supply.
Can you please send me a link to the filter and or cartridges you Are using? I would like to set it up. Whether my tap water is safe or not a filter can only help right.
im not sure what exactly I need. I know I'm on public water so I'm assuming there is chloramine
Whoops posted too early forgot to add I also have a water softner in the garage my water runs through
Torchia --
Call them. Their phone number is at the very bottom of their web page. Explain to them what you want to do, what kind of tank you have, what kind of fish, what you want to achieve, ask them how your water softener plays into this--is it good or bad for your fish. They're gonna tell you what they recommend. They are good guys, like to talk to customers about aquarium water, they're not trying to "make a big sale". They're hobbyists like us--they just have like decades of experience in filtering aquarium water.
The guy I talked to told me what I needed in about 2 minutes, then we talked another 10-15 minutes about our experiences with disease outbreak in aquarium fish. That's how they are over there.
they sell a chloramine test kit real cheap--just tells you if you do or don't have chlorine/chloramine in your water. Order that, see if it turns pink when you put your tap water in it. that's where I'd start. If it turns pink, you need a chloramine filter.
Can you tee off the water line behind your water softener so you aren't getting softened water? How hard is the water? They may advise you to buy some test kits so you have some idea what you're dealing with, and what kinda filtration you need.
Call them. Their phone number is at the very bottom of their web page. Explain to them what you want to do, what kind of tank you have, what kind of fish, what you want to achieve, ask them how your water softener plays into this--is it good or bad for your fish. They're gonna tell you what they recommend. They are good guys, like to talk to customers about aquarium water, they're not trying to "make a big sale". They're hobbyists like us--they just have like decades of experience in filtering aquarium water.
The guy I talked to told me what I needed in about 2 minutes, then we talked another 10-15 minutes about our experiences with disease outbreak in aquarium fish. That's how they are over there.
they sell a chloramine test kit real cheap--just tells you if you do or don't have chlorine/chloramine in your water. Order that, see if it turns pink when you put your tap water in it. that's where I'd start. If it turns pink, you need a chloramine filter.
Can you tee off the water line behind your water softener so you aren't getting softened water? How hard is the water? They may advise you to buy some test kits so you have some idea what you're dealing with, and what kinda filtration you need.
You should be able to look up the treatment of you water (I think), I think a number of guys know how to check I just never paid it much mind because I have no chlorine/chloramine.
