Water Changes Water...

[mpd]

i just vacume gravel, add dechlorinator to water then dump in

 

[Milkshake_]

For my 40 gallon I take out 20% of the water as I siphon through the gravel, also I scrup most of the algea off the front and back but leave the right side where my algae eaters hang out. Then I let the filter run for awhile while. During this time I put some hot water into a bucket from the tub and put in the declorinater, then after 4 minutes I add 1 teaspoon of aquarium salt plus some bacteria, then let it cool until it is a little warmer then the water in the tank and dump it in, but not to fast or there would be a hage hole in the gravel. With my 5 gallon I do the same as the 40 gallon but for my 2.5 gallon I use a bowl and fill it and put the declorinator in then leave it over night (I don't add salt). The next night I'll use a different bowl and a never befor used on a turkey, turkey baster to clean all of the poop out. I also use a small algae scruber when needed. I also sometimes have to trim some of the algae growing off of my filter since some is about 2 inches long now , but the fry eat it and it's very good for them so I let it grow. tHey have to eat their vegtables, though unlike me they enjoy it.

 

[onemisterchristian]

I also along with many other members, am a dumper

 

[plecoguy]

But a temp change like that could be very bad if you have ich in your tank right? I'm assuming you either managed to get fish that didn't have it or you've already been through a bout with it and have killed all of it off. Or am I just dead wrong about quick temp changes making fish more susceptible to diseases like ich?

in the wild how much do you think the temp drops over night

doesnt drop that much....it takes a long time for a larger body of water to decrease in temp..in a decent sized lake or river you might...just might see a couple degrees in temp difference...not much more than that cause water moves around dispersing the temp...

 

[Inchworm]

I use a python, so after I drain the tanks, I adjust the water temperature at the tap and put it right in. I add dechlorinator to each tank right before I refill it.

 

[trace1]

i haven't got a python or mixer taps so just use my hose to empty out the water & then use it to put water back in always done it like this & i add dechlorinater as i'm filling tank back up

 

[SamUK]

so have i been wasting my time every water change by filling up each bucket (to put back in) and making sure its the same temp as my tank???

didnt get it perfect but i didnt jus dump water bak in either.

 

[dwarfgourami]

I add a bit of boiling (1 ltr to 9 ltrs of cold) and check with my hand that it's roughly the same temperature, dechlorinate, then dump. Having young children in the house there would be nowhere safe to leave buckets of water standing around all night.

Since it is well known that adding cooler water encourages many egglayers (such as cories) to spawn, I think we may deduce that the coming of the rains does bring about some sort of change of temperature in the wild, though it may not be enormous. Then again, the temperature drop from adding 20% of tap water is not likely to be that enormous either; it hardly comes out of the tap at freezing temperatures.

Still, I carry on boiling my kettle; it is after all little effort and there is usually something left over for a cuppa!

 

[CFC]

Hose straight into the tank and adding dechlorinator as i go, the temperature drop of 4-5 degrees over the space of a couple of hours doesnt affect the fish at all. Most people worry far too much over stabilising temperatures.

 

[chishnfips]

I dump it straight in with the stuff added. never had a problem yet.

think about it though a real river or lake would never have an equal temp through out, there would be warm patches and cold patches depending on the atmosphere.

so as cfc says folk worry too much

 

[SamUK]

yea but thats gradual change.


if i jus stick my hose in the tank the water from my hose is damn near freezing here in the UK.



maybe if i jus refill really slowly with the hose.


its not really something i jus wanna try out tho.


think ill stick to my original plan now. buy a decent size bin, fill it with water, chuck a heater in and then wait a few hours and do the water change.

 

[cornishgiant]

I add a bit of boiling (1 ltr to 9 ltrs of cold) and check with my hand that it's roughly the same temperature, dechlorinate, then dump. Having young children in the house there would be nowhere safe to leave buckets of water standing around all night.

Since it is well known that adding cooler water encourages many egglayers (such as cories) to spawn, I think we may deduce that the coming of the rains does bring about some sort of change of temperature in the wild, though it may not be enormous. Then again, the temperature drop from adding 20% of tap water is not likely to be that enormous either; it hardly comes out of the tap at freezing temperatures.

Still, I carry on boiling my kettle; it is after all little effort and there is usually something left over for a cuppa!

This is amlost exactly what I do! Phew, must be doing something right!

 

[chishnfips]

yea but thats gradual change.


if i jus stick my hose in the tank the water from my hose is damn near freezing here in the UK.



maybe if i jus refill really slowly with the hose.


its not really something i jus wanna try out tho.


think ill stick to my original plan now. buy a decent size bin, fill it with water, chuck a heater in and then wait a few hours and do the water change.

you could always just get an even mix and make it tepid, thats what I do

 

[misancha]

i like some others here add a mix of hot and cold water and dechlorinator to the aqaurium.. No formal temperature measurements, just check it with my hand.

I have kept tropical fish for about 15 years and not had any problems with my method.

 

[Ami]

For the BW fish I heat the water to 25c, then mix the water & salt in a big tub to the desired SG, then add an airline and leave it a couple of days.

No need for that long I know, but until I'm sure exactly how long the salt takes to dissolve I aint taking any risks with CFCs fish!

For the FW, it gets dechlorinator and then dumped straight in.

Not sure how to vote seeing as I can't vote twice!

Ami