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I was a naughty boy.Shame on you, not doing a water change for 6 weeks
A story about my little Discus
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If nitrates were high, you probably need to do a larger water change.
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Another one today, when I get home. Slow and steady is me
One big one is better than two smaller ones
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Why is one big one better than multiple small ones?
Lets say you do a 50% WC and then do another 50% change at a later time. Of the original tank water , you would have changed 50% on the first WC which would leave 50% of the original water. Then the second 50% change would only change an additional 1/4 of the original water for a total of 75 % of the original water. If you did 100% of the water on the first change instead of two 50% change you would be changing 25% more of the original water than doing the 2 50% water changes.
Of course you wouldn't do a 100% WC but a similar logic can be applied if you did 2 25% water changes instead of 1 50% water change.
Of course you wouldn't do a 100% WC but a similar logic can be applied if you did 2 25% water changes instead of 1 50% water change.
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I had never thought of it like that, I always do-little ones as I think it is less stressful for the fish. With little water changes I'm moving the parameters back to where they should be slowly, not all in one hit, which I consider as being less stressful.
if you let your water changes go for 6 weeks, then you may have a point as tank water would differ by a larger amount than if you did weekly water changes. 6 weeks is way too long for a WC.
I do a 50% water change every 12 days in lightly stocked tank and my fish do fine after that WC. The tank water would still be close to my tap water so a larger change is fine in my case.
I do a 50% water change every 12 days in lightly stocked tank and my fish do fine after that WC. The tank water would still be close to my tap water so a larger change is fine in my case.
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Any how luckily I caught it in time and everything is back to normal
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None of my cichlid give a hoot about their tank mates; this is the first time i've heard of cichlid actively protecting themselves (other than frys) as a group. I don't have discus but i do have angels and numerous dwarf cichlid species but most dwarves aren't shoaling species so i suppose it make sense they wouldn't protect each other. Angels definitely don't do this-but i have domestic species; maybe wild ones would be more endearing - the domestic ones are little devils though my adult male did readily accept a bunch of young ones. The festums (which are wild); definitely don't protect each other - but they also don't swim upside down; come to think of it none of my cichild swim upside down. That upside down thing is a bit concerning.... are you feeding them booze or drugs ?
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It was due to the nitrate level in the tank, I think
Yea i caught that speculation - i don't remember seeing a raw number for the nitrate and i suppose it is possible as discus are particularly sensitive but.... i like the booze explanation better.
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