I thought water changes were important?

[redtailfool]

Do they have a test kit to test all the crap that the piranha has in there that was never
taken out ( aka organic wastes ) ?

It might work now, but then again i have an uncle that has been smoking cancer sticks for years and he still feels fine. I also know of a friend that never did an oil change on his car for 2 years and the car still runs fine. . does that mean the car is in good shape? It might be.. but for how long ?

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

thats it!! im never doing a water change again as long as i live!!!!!!!

 

[Sunpoe]

Do they have a test kit to test all the crap that the piranha has in there that was never
taken out ( aka organic wastes ) ?

It might work now, but then again i have an uncle that has been smoking cancer sticks for years and he still feels fine. I also know of a friend that never did an oil change on his car for 2 years and the car still runs fine. . does that mean the car is in good shape? It might be.. but for how long ?

I never thought of it like that.

 

[redtailfool]

I never thought of it like that.

Have to bro.. i think its the right way to maintain a tank. Test kits dont show everything.

 

[ewurm]

I have a feeling the fish could probably take the pH swing in stride, considering that they can tolerate the the nitrate. It just seems that this setup goes against everything I have been told and read and still the fish look and behave normally.

From what I have read, a pH swing is much worse than nitrate in the tank.

 

[RadleyMiller]

From what I have read, a pH swing is much worse than nitrate in the tank.

Nitrate - Chronic
pH change - Acute

same as smoking - chronic and nuclear reactor meltdown - acute when you are close to the plant

I haven't done a water changed in almost 2 weeks and nitrate, ammonia, nitrite, and algae is all 0. Fish is not zero though, I have almost 20

 

[vanimate]

I can't see how these fish havn't wasted away and died in two years. His fish eat in a year what my fish eat in less than a month. I see fish survivng eating once a month for a short term, but two years? Fish in a weakened state living in poor water quality? I find hard to believe they are alive.

 

[RadleyMiller]

I can't see how these fish havn't wasted away and died in two years. His fish eat in a year what my fish eat in less than a month. I see fish survivng eating once a month for a short term, but two years? Fish in a weakened state living in poor water quality? I find hard to believe they are alive.

What if they are some like super strain of P and if they are bred and the fry are put into perfect water, they will get huge and be amazing!

 

[Tongue33]

What if they are some like super strain of P and if they are bred and the fry are put into perfect water, they will get huge and be amazing!

If they weren't THEY ARE NOW !!!

 

[ewurm]

Nitrate - Chronic
pH change - Acute

same as smoking - chronic and nuclear reactor meltdown - acute when you are close to the plant

I haven't done a water changed in almost 2 weeks and nitrate, ammonia, nitrite, and algae is all 0. Fish is not zero though, I have almost 20

That is exactly what I am talking about. Alcohol is bad for you over time, but strychnine will kill you in one dose.