When to add Prime during WC

[West1]

Python? That must be the Iron age.
I'm running through the garden hose
high-pressure WC buuuddy.

Your fish dont start "Tweeking" once you add the cold water to the tank? I used to do this till I lost a Juvi VATF a couple years back.

 

[elting44]

hmm, I wouldnt be able to use the outdoor spigot during the winter, Kansas winters are frigid. I could use the sink tho.....

I might have to take a trip to Lowes and build a similar contraption.....

thanks Ar0wan

 

[12 Volt Man]

pH shock can happen fairly quickly.

chlorine can burn gill filaments and so you will notice gasping fish, often hanging at the top. however, it does take time to do the damage. the higher your chlorine residual in your tap water, the less time it takes to do the damage.

pH shock can happen quicklyl, where you will sometimes notice cloudy eyes almost instantly, darting about the tank in erratic montions (often banging into stuff) (this is the most common symptom) and fungusy whitish areas on the scales.

its best just to drain your tank down to the normal level, add your dechlor (which ever brand you use) and then add the new water. this is the easiest method but pretty much all methods work.

as long as you are using the stuff you should be fine.

 

[Pomatomus]

As of a couple of months ago, it's my job to design and maintain peoples' freshwater and saltwater tanks. There are a lot of competing companies, but my company has been growing steadily, even during the economic collapse.

We always add amquel directly to the tank before, or just as we start adding water. For reef tanks, we just add it when we mix the salt. This has always worked for my boss, and his business depends on his fish so I trust it.

 

[elting44]

both the effects of chlorine and pH shock happen fairly quickly.

chlorine can burn gill filaments and so you will notice gasping fish, often hanging at the top.

pH shock can happen quickly as well, where you will sometimes notice cloudy eyes almost instantly, darting about the tank in erratic montions (often banging into stuff) (this is the most common symptom) and fungusy whitish areas on the scales.

its best just to drain your tank down to the normal level, add your dechlor (which ever brand you use) and then add the new water. this is the easiest method but pretty much all methods work.

as long as you are using the stuff you should be fine.

Awesome, thanks 12 volt

As far as pH is concerned, do you all use chemicals to alter your pH or do you stick with what comes out of the tap?

I think 8.4 is awfully alkaline for me to be comfortable keeping CA/SA fish

 

[ar0wan]

OH SNAP you're from Salina. I'ma KSU Grad.
Moved my degree to Austin
I actually have to let the faucet run for a minute to
let the temp get under 90

 

[elting44]

OH SNAP you're from Salina. I'ma KSU Grad.
Moved my degree to Austin
I actually have to let the faucet run for a minute to
let the temp get under 90

Must be rough, I turn my outside spigot on in November and my pipes will freeze and burst...

Did you keep fish while you were atKSU, is the Manhattan campus have the same level of pH in it's tap water?

Where are some good LFS at in these parts.

 

[12 Volt Man]

notice I amended my post above. chlorine damage COULD happen quickly but only if the chlorine residual in your tapwater was quite high, probably higher than normally found in most municipal waters.

but pH shock can certainly happen quickly.

 

[ar0wan]

Yep got started on piranha as a freshman
been upgrading tanks ever since.
Water comes out of the faucet in chunks
Used to be a good place on ft riley blvd near 4th
lady that owned it was a total B howevers

 

[elting44]

Yep got started on piranha as a freshman
been upgrading tanks ever since.
Water comes out of the faucet in chunks
Used to be a good place on ft riley blvd near 4th
lady that owned it was a total B howevers

I will have to check it out, I will tell her you said hello