water conditioner

[peanut]

do you need to use water conditioners every water change or are they a waste of money?

 

[redtailfool]

If your water comes straight from unpolluted lake or well water then you can go without it. If it comes from tapwater its like playing russian roullette. You may get away with it for a few times but not all the time.

 

[rallysman]

just to be safe always use it. Its a lot cheaper than losing fish, not to mention less stressful

 

[rottbo]

agreed

 

[redtailfool]

just to be safe always use it. Its a lot cheaper than losing fish, not to mention less stressful

happened to me before. I went by 6-8 months without using water conditioner ( broke high shool student ) and then one day all my fish slimed and gasped and finally died before my eyes. Big mistake. Huge, dumb mistake .

 

[twk1]

Yeah, just use water conditioner with water changes, it would be one mistake you would not ever want to learn from.

 

[DiXoN]

i always use it as my water comes from the tap its a must imo

 

[Dmoney]

If you have ground water, the water company adds chlorine to the supply after everytime it rains so just to be safe I always wait a couple of days after it rains to do a change.

 

[peanut]

thanks for all the advice i will always use it from now on