Can you add too much water conditioner??

[cichlid fiend]

I use stress coat plus when I do water changes. The plus means its a water conditioner and its adds a stress coat for the fish. I only use half of what the bottle says to use. I dont know if its cause my tank is established or what but I dont always use it on every WC and my fish seem to be fine when I dont use it. Im thinking it maybe overrated!!

Actually my water goes CRISPY faster when I dont use any chemicals!!!!

 

[tcarswell]

I use stress coat plus when I do water changes. The plus means its a water conditioner and its adds a stress coat for the fish. I only use half of what the bottle says to use. I dont know if its cause my tank is established or what but I dont always use it on every WC and my fish seem to be fine when I dont use it. Im thinking it maybe overrated!!

Actually my water goes CRISPY faster when I dont use any chemicals!!!!

Id verify that with a chlorine test kit to make sure bro. Its worth the pennies to use it IMO.

 

[cichlid fiend]

Id verify that with a chlorine test kit to make sure bro. Its worth the pennies to use it IMO.

You right!!!!

 

[boldtogether]

Prime, Amquel blah blah blah....They all are engineered to be idiot proof. If your useing a conditioner that treats for x,y,z and slime coat yada-yada-yada then overdosing may cause prob with your BB and your fish, artificial slime coat can coat the gills needlessly. Use a concentrated de-chlorinator and follow the directions. If you dont have high nitrites, ammonia, nitrates, heavy metals....why treat for it everytime you do a water change? AND....fish make there own slime coat and it wont come off unless your handling them.....Ok...enough rant...sorry.

 

[erk419]

Prime, Amquel blah blah blah....They all are engineered to be idiot proof. If your useing a conditioner that treats for x,y,z and slime coat yada-yada-yada then overdosing may cause prob with your BB and your fish, artificial slime coat can coat the gills needlessly. Use a concentrated de-chlorinator and follow the directions. If you dont have high nitrites, ammonia, nitrates, heavy metals....why treat for it everytime you do a water change? AND....fish make there own slime coat and it wont come off unless your handling them.....Ok...enough rant...sorry.

Do you know everything that is in your water at all times and do you have test kits for each one? ItS better to be safe then sorry!

 

[beex215]

What is water conditioner.

it makes the water soft.

just like how hair conditioner makes hair soft

 

[fhawk362]

It makes since if you have a 150 gallons take out 30 put 30 back in and only put in enough for 30 gallons the other 120 gallons is going to dilute it down.

It seems to me that being the other 120 is already treated it wouldn't matter, I hear some people do very slight water changes constantly and dont even use a conditioner, sound reckless to me, but like the one person said, these conditioners are idiot proof. I'm sure they recommend an amount with room for error. Probably more than you need even cause its all about getting you to buy more from them. But I stick to the directions, which says use a cap full per 20 gallons of water being put in.

 

[fhawk362]

by the way i use tetra aqua aqua safe w/bioextract (which is the slime coat stuff it sounds like). Works well for me, is cheap, and can be bought anywhere.

 

[xiongcb7]

is prime safe for Invertebrates?

 

[erk419]

by the way i use tetra aqua aqua safe w/bioextract (which is the slime coat stuff it sounds like). Works well for me, is cheap, and can be bought anywhere.

Prime is 100% cheaper in the long run meaning by the time you get to the end of the bottle compared to aqua safe I used aqua safe for 5 years and just switched to prime. With prime you use two drops from a medicine dropper per gallon.