Dont water change for 6 months
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OohFeeshy
It's only forever; not long at all...
TBH, I think after not doing water changes (or cleaning the tank) for that amount of time, the bottom (gravel especially) will get pretty filthy. Your filter will get clogged up, alll the crevices will be filled with algae... not nice. As said loads before, can you really trust big comapnies? No. They are trying to make money. They care not about you particularly, they have thousands of other customers. Whereas your local lfs will be much more honest, especially if you are a regular.
Iron Man
Fish Addict
Well as long as you're changing/washing the filter floss, and maintaining everything else....I don't see a big problem in using this and doing a major water change every 6 weeks. My thinking was you were going to go months and possibly up to a year without any change.
I still think that smaller more frequent water changes are better but you do what is the best compromise between what you want to do and what is good for your fish.
Just a note though in case you haven't thought about it...when you do a major water change make sure the ph in your tank hasn't gone haywire (important with your aged tank water), and that the temp and chlorine/chloramines are all in check before changing all that water.
Hope it all works out for you.
David
I still think that smaller more frequent water changes are better but you do what is the best compromise between what you want to do and what is good for your fish.
Just a note though in case you haven't thought about it...when you do a major water change make sure the ph in your tank hasn't gone haywire (important with your aged tank water), and that the temp and chlorine/chloramines are all in check before changing all that water.
Hope it all works out for you.
David
Synirr
"No one is a failure unless you try"
Hmm... using this product when you're on vacation is actually a really good idea, if it does indeed work. I'll always prefer a good ol' water change, but if I go away for a couple of weeks it would be much easier to get someone to dump in some chemical and feed my fish than to get someone to do water changes on all my tanks 
Taridan
Fishaholic
Regarding Henry's study:
"1) My test tank's guppies when w/o water change for more than 1 year."
The Issue I have with his 'study' is that it doesn't sound like he was following the directions on this product. It says to do a MINIMUM of water changing every 6 months... and while it doesn't say what % water change, my guess would be probably about 75-80%
Now, in henry's study, he didn't change the water for more than a year, thus, not following the directions, which could be partially (mostly) why he got the results he did. If someone was going to do something like this, they need to take in all the outside factors too. {Statistics was my favorite class in college
} did he buy the guppies from the same store, for example. Did he have the same ratio in each tank, was each tank the same size, where the guppies the same AGE? did he have the same exact filter and airstones on each tank, and clean/change the filter on each tank the same day / hour? Were the decorations the same or did one have bogwood or live plants? did he remove the fry after they were born in the other tank, as that would change the 'amount' of fish in each tank, and make his study invalid.
"1) My test tank's guppies when w/o water change for more than 1 year."
The Issue I have with his 'study' is that it doesn't sound like he was following the directions on this product. It says to do a MINIMUM of water changing every 6 months... and while it doesn't say what % water change, my guess would be probably about 75-80%
Now, in henry's study, he didn't change the water for more than a year, thus, not following the directions, which could be partially (mostly) why he got the results he did. If someone was going to do something like this, they need to take in all the outside factors too. {Statistics was my favorite class in college
} did he buy the guppies from the same store, for example. Did he have the same ratio in each tank, was each tank the same size, where the guppies the same AGE? did he have the same exact filter and airstones on each tank, and clean/change the filter on each tank the same day / hour? Were the decorations the same or did one have bogwood or live plants? did he remove the fry after they were born in the other tank, as that would change the 'amount' of fish in each tank, and make his study invalid.Teelie
Fish Aficionado
His study would only be "half" wrong then as he said none of the fish bred for that entire time. Assuming everything was "fine" for the first 6 months of this test, then why did no guppies breed?
Without a serious scientific study, which no one here will do, it's the best we have to go on and it just re-affirms my conviction some people will buy junk they don't need, that does nothing and may actually be harmful in the long term.
Without a serious scientific study, which no one here will do, it's the best we have to go on and it just re-affirms my conviction some people will buy junk they don't need, that does nothing and may actually be harmful in the long term.
I take back my comments, i dont use easybalance anymore, i do regular water changes.
Why did i change?
I realised a 40 uk gallon is capable of being stable most of the time, my fish have not died, and they acted differently when they had a water change (piranhas).
I think this product could be good, but is way off yet. It makes your tank stable as hell, nothing can topple it, the tank water looks polished too, everything looks so clean and bright, however it doesnt keep the fish happy after 6 months.
Maybe use as a backup if you cant do a change, like a 3 week holiday away for example, get a neighbour to tip this stuff in to reduce nitrates and give back trace eliments, but as a long term solution it wont keep your fish happy or want them to breed. It will do the key things like reduce all nitrates and aid plant growth.
Put it this way, when i stopped using it in place of water changes the big apple snail went on a mad production spree having babies everywhere, and the piranhas began eating everything in their site (including the dither fish) so they were back on form again
Use it as a backup measure, or in case of a nitrate/nitrite spike, or even for the plants and trace element benefit but keep changin the water because theres no synthetic substitute
Why did i change?
I realised a 40 uk gallon is capable of being stable most of the time, my fish have not died, and they acted differently when they had a water change (piranhas).
I think this product could be good, but is way off yet. It makes your tank stable as hell, nothing can topple it, the tank water looks polished too, everything looks so clean and bright, however it doesnt keep the fish happy after 6 months.
Maybe use as a backup if you cant do a change, like a 3 week holiday away for example, get a neighbour to tip this stuff in to reduce nitrates and give back trace eliments, but as a long term solution it wont keep your fish happy or want them to breed. It will do the key things like reduce all nitrates and aid plant growth.
Put it this way, when i stopped using it in place of water changes the big apple snail went on a mad production spree having babies everywhere, and the piranhas began eating everything in their site (including the dither fish) so they were back on form again
Use it as a backup measure, or in case of a nitrate/nitrite spike, or even for the plants and trace element benefit but keep changin the water because theres no synthetic substitute
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