Ever feel like people overly complicate this hobby???

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If you use a filter or aerator, which I do, it's complicated enough already.


I've been to a fish farm here and they have concrete above ground tanks with no filtration and artificial aeration. Most of their concrete tanks are smaller than most folks' monster tanks here and heavily stocked under the hot Florida Sun and operated year round with no heaters either.

They've been in business for over 25 years. Something to think about.:)
 
I use stress coat and aquarium salt at water changes. I use a thermometer to monitor temp. Bio and mechanical filtration only. I don't see why it would need to be any more complicated than this.:grinno:
 
frnchjeep;855430; said:
I use stress coat and aquarium salt at water changes. I use a thermometer to monitor temp. Bio and mechanical filtration only. I don't see why it would need to be any more complicated than this.:grinno:
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your method is more complicated than mine! lol
 
I think some people go to the extreme myself as well and they are the flamers to attack you when you are not extreme as they are.

I do test usually once a month, however recently I have been testing much more right before (I did not adjust my water any btw) and during the illness outbreak. It was good because I know it wasnt spikes in certain things that caused the illness. also I was able to catch a good ammonia swing going on during the fish deaths.

I dont add a bunch of stuff to my water. Just Prime. That is why during this illness I struggled because I am not use to adding things to my water or messing with the temp. That was hard for me. I gave them fresh water to remove the ammonia not dose more prime or something else for the ammonia.

I leave my tank at 80F usually and never have messed with my heater ever. I have to use a heater because my apartment in the winter gets COLD! Like 60F or lower sometimes. lol

I do a fish count every couple of days and pretty much leave them alone. I do a good PWC every Friday and that was because of the load I had in my tank before I had my second HOB put on. The left side of my tank where there was not a HOB got stale and were all the fish poop collected. The second HOB fixed that.

I know some people double if not triple filter. To each their own. I mean is it that bad to make sure your tank is really clean? Look at the RTC that have perished over a filter going out, a second one could of been very usefull!

I dont mind if someone wants to filter a lot. It doesnt hurt anything.

I do like fishless cycle only because I feel the toxic water is not right to the fish. Not testing during a cycle to make sure you are not burning them with ammonia is my eyes is wrong. If people use fish I think it is only humane to know for sure what their fish are breathing.

I dont attack others for their choices.

My recent crash didnt have anything to do with what I did. My water was never an issue to start it. I seriously think it was my one clown loach that has always been weak.


I didnt know for sure how to handle it but made it through it with some fish left. I am still learning.

I believe no matter how hard you try or how less you try a chance of a complete crash can happen to anyone. Even though you did everything right. Somethings increase your chance. It is easy to say you have very healthy fish and others do not. I learned even healthy fish can go downhill very fast. I am thankful for the ones that made it through it all.

My downfall was keeping so many scaleless fish I didnt know how to treat when they got sick.
 
I don't cycle, its to complicated, test this, watch that, do a water change here, pfft stuff that.
When I plan to get a new tank I buy a filter (or two depending on the tank) and set them up on already running tanks. I do this a month in advance so as soon as I get the tank I can put water in it setup the filters and then I wait for a day and I'm ready for fish.
I don't stock slowly either as I don't want to starve the BB in the filters, when I setup my 220 my Jewels were put in that afternoon then my 3 oscars were in on day two, 4 silver dollars and 2 gts followed later that week and in the second week the plecos and clown loaches were added with no ammonia reading in the weeks/months to follow.
 
i've been keeping fish this time for the past 2 years, and never did any kind of water test, for ph, trates, trites, etc. just water changes, gravel vacs, prime, and salt.
 
i have a lot of filters but besides that i think its best to leave them be..in nature the waters are so poluted that i think the fish will adapt to the tank that you put them in
 
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