Having just lost 2 expensive cats this week i started to re research water conditions sometimes we forget the basics as time goes on.
Reading through a book by Gary Elson&Oliver Lucanus a cat book,I came across this interesting bit of info.
Theres a debate about how much water should be changed.Ideally,larger water changes would seem better,but that works only if you have a pristine supply of water.Most fish keepers have to deal with chemicaly treated water.If your water is treated with chlorine,pet shop dechorination products will effectively neutralize this chemical,which is very injurious to fish.however,it is increasingly common for municapal treatment plants to use chloramine.this water treatment is more stable and longer acting then chlorine and therefore very effective for drinking water.Some aquarium trade water treatment products will break the chemical bond in chloramine causing a quick release of toxic ammonia.On a very large scale water change this release can kill your fish,usally by burning their respiratory systems.However changing a quarter of your tanks water generally allows for a balance and your fish will prosper.
I've been harping on the subject of not using standing water because of choramines and the fact that they are stable and do not dissolve into the air but was not aware that the chemical breakdown releases ammonia just to make sure its unstood choramine is deadly to fish and benificial bacteria so it has to be neutralized, and the result will release ammonia.
I hope this clears up the conterversy behind how much water should be changed at once
I would encourage this thread being pinned IMO it holds a good amount of info that some people are unaware of. THX
Dave.R (FNH)
Reading through a book by Gary Elson&Oliver Lucanus a cat book,I came across this interesting bit of info.
Theres a debate about how much water should be changed.Ideally,larger water changes would seem better,but that works only if you have a pristine supply of water.Most fish keepers have to deal with chemicaly treated water.If your water is treated with chlorine,pet shop dechorination products will effectively neutralize this chemical,which is very injurious to fish.however,it is increasingly common for municapal treatment plants to use chloramine.this water treatment is more stable and longer acting then chlorine and therefore very effective for drinking water.Some aquarium trade water treatment products will break the chemical bond in chloramine causing a quick release of toxic ammonia.On a very large scale water change this release can kill your fish,usally by burning their respiratory systems.However changing a quarter of your tanks water generally allows for a balance and your fish will prosper.
I've been harping on the subject of not using standing water because of choramines and the fact that they are stable and do not dissolve into the air but was not aware that the chemical breakdown releases ammonia just to make sure its unstood choramine is deadly to fish and benificial bacteria so it has to be neutralized, and the result will release ammonia.
I hope this clears up the conterversy behind how much water should be changed at once
I would encourage this thread being pinned IMO it holds a good amount of info that some people are unaware of. THX
Dave.R (FNH)
