Water conditioner?

[Nut]

If you're only doing a 25% water change or so, your fish in most cases will be fine. I wouldn't recommend it though, especially considering the price of conditioner.

 

[tcarswell]

If you're only doing a 25% water change or so, your fish in most cases will be fine. I wouldn't recommend it though, especially considering the price of conditioner.

What does the price of the conditioner really mean if your only changing water with it? The cost is slim for 25 gallon water changes... Conditioner is cheap and dechlorinator is even cheaper. As stated above a bottle of prime is like 7-9 dollars around here and treats a ton of water.

 

[CHOMPERS]

there is alot less chlorine inside your tap water than what you put in your pool... major difference here....

I'm going to make two assumptions...
1. You don't have a swimming pool and have never tested one.
2. You have never tested tap water for chlorine (you do have a test kit, right?).

Any how, my tap water is frequently higher than my swimming pool.

 

[packer43064]

I believe the chlorine from 5 gallons, and he mentioned a bucket, would disipate overnight. There is an enormous difference between a pool and a bucket, would you agree with that?

This what he said Chompers.

 

[zennzzo]

Is water conditioner (additive) necessary after every water change?

Just condition the amount of water you are changing...
example:
100 g tank
25% water/change,
take out 25g water and replace with 25g of conditioned water...

if you are adding the water raw, to the tank, then conditioning it
(not recommended) you still only add enough conditioner for 25 g...

 

[Nic]

I'm going to make two assumptions...
1. You don't have a swimming pool and have never tested one.
2. You have never tested tap water for chlorine (you do have a test kit, right?).

Any how, my tap water is frequently higher than my swimming pool.

assumptions are not good for you my friend....
my swimming pool always has higher chlorine in it than my tap... well as of 3 years ago when i last checked... i have a ghetto dosing system on my pool now and it keeps my chlorine up... and i havent tested my fish tanks water in like 2 years... no need for it IMO... and i also said than what you put in your pool... if you dont add chlorine to your pool your tap will be higher than your pool...

 

[CDickes1988]

Yes you should condition the water for every water change.

 

[CHOMPERS]

assumptions are not good for you my friend....

I've always been a bad guesser. The number of swimming pools per capita drops off sharply the farther north you go. I was counting on the statistics being more in my favor. Now you know why I have never been to Las Vegas.

 

[Nic]

I've always been a bad guesser. The number of swimming pools per capita drops off sharply the farther north you go. I was counting on the statistics being more in my favor. Now you know why I have never been to Las Vegas.

just bet on red


but as a sum up its safer to just dose with a conditioner than to not.... fish get $$$ and better to keep them safe than take a risk

 

[Damon0306]

I sometimes do a small change of say 8%-10%. I only do this if my JAG drops a big poop on the bare bottom tank, after I already did the main 50% water change.

When I do those tiny changes on a 150 gallon-tank, I dont bother with using my Prime and it doesnt seem to bother the fish in the least.