I am moving, along with my fish of course, and was wondering about the water situation. I am keeping jack dempseys and was using well water which was pretty hard, but I did move them with that water and was wondering about when I go to do next water change with tap water what will be the best approach? I thought that I will slowly adjust them to it but what should i watch out for and will i need to add de chlorinator right away or should it be a gradual adjustment? just looking for some basic advice, thanks
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add dechlorinater to the water before adding it to the tank, when i first started with my own tank in july (hadn't kept fish since i was about 11 or 12 before that and my dad took care of everything) i made the mistake of adding water and THEN dechlorinator and I lost a pictus cat because of it.
I'd do several smaller than you normally do changes, but more often, in order to acclimate them to new water. For example I change 50% of my water per tank per week, if I had to switch to new water I'd change 10% of my water every other day for a week or two, rather than one big change. Then i'd go back to my usual schedule.
If you are adding the water directly to the tank use enough dechlorinator to treat the whole tank's water volume, add that to the tank after you have removed water and right before you begin adding water. Do not use only enough for the replacement water.
If you're treating and/or aging the new water outside the tank you only need enough dechlorinator to treat the new water so you can save on dechlor there.
If you are adding the water directly to the tank use enough dechlorinator to treat the whole tank's water volume, add that to the tank after you have removed water and right before you begin adding water. Do not use only enough for the replacement water.
If you're treating and/or aging the new water outside the tank you only need enough dechlorinator to treat the new water so you can save on dechlor there.
I would somehow set up a drip system to slowly acclimate your fish using the conditioned tap water. While your fish are acclimating, set up your tank, condition the water, circulate the water with a powerhead and heat the water. Once the water is heated and your fish are acclimated add the fish and turn your filters on.
Oh yeah, another thing is I always turn my filters off while i am adding new water so that no chlorinated water comes in contact with the biofilter. I give it a couple minutes after the tank is full before starting filters again so the dechlorinator has had time to work.