Anyone Used Tetra Easy Balance?

[Plecc]

Hi,

Has anyone ever used Tetra Easy Balance?

I'm having a bit of trouble with high nitrate results, could i use a low dosage of this to keep my fish safe while things calm down?

It sounds like it is meant to be used continuously, if i stop using it a month or two later will there be any problems?

Plecc.

 

[erk628]

Nitrates can be reduced by simple water changes. What is your nitrate reading right now?

 

[vinylman]

'Easy Balance' is intended to replace water changes. Regular water changes, IMO, are the absolute best - and cheapest - way to keep a tank and its inhabitants healthy. Dilution is the name of the game here.

 

[Squid]

This of your water as the gene pool. Adding new stuff to the gene pool is a good thing, not doing so can have some less than favourable effects.

Cheers,
Squid

p.s. really had to try my hardest not to bring the Royal Family into this. Luckily I didn't.. phew

 

[Assaye]

It works . . . but I'd never use it to replace water changes.

I used it once when I had nitrate readings of about 50-60 across several tanks and couldn't do a water change, and it brought the nitrates down to 5. I think it also buffers pH?

Anyway. Water changes are the way forwards.