Tank water.

[red_wall]

Okay guys, thanks for helpin me out.

I didnt read all of these before i cleaned out the tank, so i used common sense and cleaned the rock, filter, ect. Put the rock back in, drug a hose from outside through the window (my fish was in a diff container) filled her up and put the dechlorinater stuff in there. then put my fish abck in.

My Oscar is thoroughly enjoying his clean water : ]


Thanks for all your help, as well as saving me around 50 bucks in spring water.
Not to mention all the crazy looks I get when I go out of walmart with 46 gallons of spring water.

 

[quintas14]

I wouldn`t clean the filter at the same time as doing a water change myself do to keeping as much BB as possible and if you do treat the water after putting it in the tank you should tour the filter of till you have treated the tank and stired the treatment in or the chlorine that is there will damage the BB and you might fall victim to a mini cycle. Which will make the water all cloudy again.

 

[FSM]

You don't have to buy special water...

to do really easy waterchanges, get a hose and attach it to the sink, and fill it back up. Add the dechlorinator while you are filling, and you only need to dose for the amount you add back. (and thats what Seachem, who makes Prime, says)

 

[quintas14]

If you put the water back into the tank the treatment will then have to stretch twice as far which is different than neutralizing different amounts in a specified volume. Well that`s how i see it anyway which to me makes more sense. Imagine if the treatment was dye and if you add X amount to X amount of water it will change it`s colour. If you then add the same amount to 2xX of water you will need twice as much dye or the colour will be diluted and will not have the desired effect...
That`s just how i see it anyway and in my book it`s always better to be sure....

 

[bwid713]

I wouldn't do the leaving it overnight method unless you're sure you have chlorine and not chloramine. Also you should add prime if you're using stress coat with chloramines as it does not get rid of the ammonia.

Like i said Stess coat + does get rid of ammonia

 

[red_wall]

I wouldn`t clean the filter at the same time as doing a water change myself do to keeping as much BB as possible and if you do treat the water after putting it in the tank you should tour the filter of till you have treated the tank and stired the treatment in or the chlorine that is there will damage the BB and you might fall victim to a mini cycle. Which will make the water all cloudy again.

Agh. I havent read up on cycles... and i've had the tank for about 2 years.

So the beneficial bacteria kinda look like algae growing on the filter? if so, bye bye BB. : / I just looked it up and Im pretty sure im gonna get a mini-cycle. I definitely cleaned out all bacteria and algae. (well not ALL, but i scrubbed + rinsed the rocks and filter)

If you put the water back into the tank the treatment will then have to stretch twice as far which is different than neutralizing different amounts in a specified volume. Well that`s how i see it anyway which to me makes more sense. Imagine if the treatment was dye and if you add X amount to X amount of water it will change it`s colour. If you then add the same amount to 2xX of water you will need twice as much dye or the colour will be diluted and will not have the desired effect...
That`s just how i see it anyway and in my book it`s always better to be sure....

I had the fish in a seperate place, and the tank was empty, I then filled the empty tank with water from the hose, then i treated it, then I added my fish back in the tank. I had no water in the tank prior to adding new water. I did a 100% change.

You don't have to buy special water...

to do really easy waterchanges, get a hose and attach it to the sink, and fill it back up. Add the dechlorinator while you are filling, and you only need to dose for the amount you add back. (and thats what Seachem, who makes Prime, says)

thats what I basically did, only the hose was from right outside my window :] haha.

 

[jcardona1]

woah dude you cleaned and scrubbed out your filters and gravel with tapwater? and your threw your fish back in there? um yeah thats the worst possible thing you could do. youre gonna go through a full blown cycle, not a mini-cycle. aint you might lose some of your fish when your ammonia starts to peak and there's no BB to consume it!!!

good luck

 

[quintas14]

If you scrub the filter media along with the rocks sand etc and do a 100% water change you might hurt the fishes. Best way is to get a bucket of tank water and wash the filter pads in it thoroughly then just rinse the bio media in it but DO NOT scrub it and don`t let it anywere near tap water that`s untreated because the chlorine will kill the bacteria and depending on how much is damaged along with the bio that has been lost due to the thorough cleaning of decor your tank could start a whole new cycle and you may loose some if not all fish.... Just do big water changes when you need to then when you want to clean the filter just take a bucket load out for cleaning the filter in and don`t do a water change that day.

And never do all that in one day again or it`ll be an expensive day depending on what you keep in the tank.

 

[quintas14]

woah dude you cleaned and scrubbed out your filters and gravel with tapwater? and your threw your fish back in there? um yeah thats the worst possible thing you could do. youre gonna go through a full blown cycle, not a mini-cycle. aint you might lose some of your fish when your ammonia starts to peak and there's no BB to consume it!!!

good luck

Damn you type to quick!!

 

[jcardona1]

lol funny we both had the same response