A great aquarium but a bad fish keeper?

[connorlindeman]

At 6:46 you can see that he uses fritz monster 360 conditioner. He says that it helps with the rotting food and detritus. Is this true? Are there negative effects to the fish?
It is a great tank though...

 

[AbbeysDad]

I've 'followed' Joey ('King of DIY') since way back when all he did was 'how to' videos. I think he's a good fish keeper with many impressive tanks in his gallery. I'm uncertain about the Fritz bio conditioner, but suspect that adding any bio-conditioner is probably not harmful to fish (although I've never felt a need to add biology).

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

I don't love Joey as a person - he seems arrogant and otherwise somehow off-putting to me - but there's no denying that he's made some great videos, and knows a good deal about fishkeeping, especially DIYing aquariums and filters etc.

 

[connorlindeman]

I've 'followed' Joey ('King of DIY') since way back when all he did was 'how to' videos. I think he's a good fish keeper with many impressive tanks in his gallery. I'm uncertain about the Fritz bio conditioner, but suspect that adding any bio-conditioner is probably not harmful to fish (although I've never felt a need to add biology).

I find it interesting that someone who clearly has lots of experience in the hobby would add that. I have always heard that that type of thing is just covering up the problem for a small time. Is the detoxification permeant or does it come back?
I feel like its best to always keep your parameters in check rather then add some chemical to the tank to do what any good hobbiest is supposed to do themselsves.

 

[DoubleDutch]

The conditioner seems to be not a chemical but a biological addition. In fact the same as some of the starters (heterotropic bacteria) that keep levels of ammonia, nitrites etc... low during a fish in cycle.

These fish are 100% carnivorious and the amount of pollution enormous (he doesn't use ferts he says). So waterchanges alone don't do the job and he adds bacreria to help in the different cycles (nitrogyn is one of those).

Looking at his tanks and his fish I definitely won't call him a bad fishkeeper.

 

[connorlindeman]

The conditioner seems to be not a chemical but a biological addition. In fact the same as some of the starters (heterotropic bacteria) that keep levels of ammonia, nitrites etc... low during a fish in cycle.

These fish are 100% carnivorious and the amount of pollution enormous (he doesn't use ferts he says). So waterchanges alone don't do the job and he adds bacreria to help in the different cycles (nitrogyn is one of those).

Looking at his tanks and his fish I definitely won't call him a bad fishkeeper.

I guess my title was kinda of clickbait in nature
I didn't realize that it was bacteria based. That definitely makes more sense.