API tap water conditioner

[itiwhetu]

This is my 53 gallon puddle (compared to @itiwhetu 's lake sized aquarium )

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That is no puddle. You must be proud of what you have, that tank looks fantastic.

 

[Deleted member 149562]

Do you use silicone floating plants too?

The plants standing up are silicone...the wad of unruly green stuff that floats was upright and planted and is real and alive but the hooligans didn't like that so now they are floating cos I gave up trying to plant them

 

[AmyKieran]

The plants standing up are silicone...the wad of unruly green stuff that floats was upright and planted and is real and alive but the hooligans didn't like that so now they are floating cos I gave up trying to plant them

Still don’t dishearten yourself, your tank looks awesome. If I didn’t know already, I would have thought it was all real plants anyway

 

[itiwhetu]

I have this tank because it was lying around the yard and my long suffering wife said I could set up a tank and this was the one I chose, she is still suffering.

 

[AmyKieran]

I have this tank because it was lying around the yard and my long suffering wife said I could set up a tank and this was the one I chose, she is still suffering.

Sorry If I sound insensitive but I misunderstood what you said. Is she suffering because of the tank in the yard or something else?

 

[itiwhetu]

Sorry If I sound insensitive but I misunderstood what you said. Is she suffering because of the tank in the yard or something else?

She is suffering because I'm this weird fish nerd that has big tanks and plays fishy friends on the internet.

 

[AmyKieran]

She is suffering because I'm this weird fish nerd that has big tanks and plays fishy friends on the internet.

Haha fair enough

 

[AmyKieran]

She is suffering because I'm this weird fish nerd that has big tanks and plays fishy friends on the internet.

Can I also ask, how do you pronounce your username lol or what’s your name if that’s easier

Contrary to popular belief (and against my username) I’m Kieran, not Amy lol the husband and the much better looking one of the two of us

 

[itiwhetu]

Can I also ask, how do you pronounce your username lol or what’s your name if that’s easier

Contrary to popular belief (and against my username) I’m Kieran, not Amy lol the husband and the much better looking one of the two of us

It is two words. Iti (as in Itty Bitty) meaning little
Whetu ( Fet u) meaning Star

 

[AmyKieran]

It is two words. Iti (as in Itty Bitty) meaning little
Whetu ( Fet u) meaning Star

Ahh cool

 

[Back in the fold]

I've been experimenting with this. When I put the dechlorinator in I notice a sulfur rotten egg smell. I figure that's the stuff working to kill the chlorine because after a day or two I don't smell sulfur or that bleachy chlorine smell. I say a day or two because I age my new water in a 44 gallon thing for a week before I use it. Knowing the gallon capacity of my aging container lets me do the dechlorinator to water ratio as the instructions dictate. I use half the recommended dose of dechlorinator . I tried one quarter dose but the rotten egg smell did not happen so I guessed the stuff wasn't working. So here's my theory. The dechlorinator works right away on whatever chlorine is in the water and when you add more water you need more dechlorinator . Adding the dechlorinator to a larger amount of water uses less dechlorinator . That stuff is expensive and I try to get as much mileage out of it as I can. Just one more thing , as Columbo says , I don't use the Aloe Vera stuff anymore and my aging container doesn't develop a scum that I have to wipe out after I use it. Comes out as clean as a glass used to drink fresh water.

 

[StevenF]

I love this, what does 0.2 of a drop look like. We try to be accurate but at the end of the day it is all guess work.

That is about one drop.

Give me simplicity any day of the week....plus the fact the local authority frown upon their properties being modified in any way (and the mains tap outside doesn't move cos its knackered)

Buy bottled water online, they get delivered, I empty them into the aquarium, binmen collect the empties to recycle. Nice and easy

You don't have to make any modifications to use RO water. There are RO systems that can attach to a standard facet without any modifications. Then a second hose goes to the drain. And the third can do directly to your tank. No modifications to any plumbing are needed. And there are such systems available that can do moreh than 50 gallons in a day And generally no permits are needed to modify the plumbing of your own home.

 

[Lynnzer]

Umm, I was using a jug to put clean water in but it's not that big a tank and i was disturbing the gravel and kicking up bits into the water, tried with the siphon and it seemed less disruptive? How do you do it?
Educate me lol

That's exactly what I do with one of my small tanks. By pouring water in, even into a cup in the tank, the soil/substrate gets kicked up. I siphon using the 6mm tube from an airline. It just trickles in but it's fast enough for me.
My other tanks I do the bucket fill.
Beware overdosing the chlorine killer. I gave a tank a boosted dose once and lost fish because of it.

 

[Deleted member 149562]

That is about one drop.

You don't have to make any modifications to use RO water. There are RO systems that can attach to a standard facet without any modifications. Then a second hose goes to the drain. And the third can do directly to your tank. No modifications to any plumbing are needed. And there are such systems available that can do moreh than 50 gallons in a day And generally no permits are needed to modify the plumbing of your own home.

Maybe easy to mess about with the plumbing etc in the US....not so much here in the UK where landlords are a little more tetchy.