Sick Or False Alarm?

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

It does say on the API buffer it removes chlorine etc, but if you recommend using tap safe only i'll switch back

Unfortunatly whilst my tank is better my girlfriends is worse! you cant even see the fish in there now its so cloudy, im suprised the 5 fish left in there arent dead tbh she does 50-75% water changes a day and yet it still wont clear up... ill try get some readings later but last time i did a test (2 days ago) her ammonia was set at 0.50 >1ppm

i thought it mite be a bacterial bloom at 1st but now im really unsure of the cause of the water cloudiness :?

 

[roadmaster]

Much to be said for the type of dechlorinator used when changing water.
Nearly all dechlorinator's neutralize chlorine but some water from taps also contains chloramine which is chlorine/ammonia.In established cycled tanks, the dechlorinator used is not critical so long as healthy biological filter (cycled) has not been removed,cleaned in tapwater and is a few weeks,month's old.
In new tank's where biological filter has yet to be established,or where a large cleaning of gravel,replacement of filter,and or where medications may have killed off some of the biological filter,or where sudden addition of fishes increases organic waste,Water conditioner such as PRIME will out perform most other conditioner's by also addressing ammonia from tapwater used for changes.
Other conditioner's may say that they address chlorine and chloramines but they usually detoxify chlorine, while leaving the ammonia portion of chloramines for biological filter to process. Let us say that for what ever reason, the biological filter has been compromised. We then are better off to use a conditioner such as PRIME that will detoxify the chlorine,chloramines,ammonia,and to some degree nitrites if performing water changes with water containing chloramines where fish may be present.
Your girlfriend may have recently performed a good gravel vaccuming or replaced old gravel with new,she may have removed the filter material also and replaced it,she may have used some medication that destroy's good bacteria found in the filter,or she may have done all of the above.It could very well be a bacteria bloom causing cloudy water and if fish are present,i would be using a conditoner such as PRIME at least until the bacteria (good kind) could once again establish itself.This would ensure that with each water change,no matter whether the water contained chlorine or chloramines,,that it will be safe for any fishes present.

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

thanks for the info it was a good read.... now about this "PRIME" do u have a link to it? as i have never heard of it/seen it in the UK

and i'll pass the information onto my girlfriend asap so she can sort her tank out and have her fish back

 

[Skins]

thanks for the info it was a good read.... now about this "PRIME" do u have a link to it? as i have never heard of it/seen it in the UK

and i'll pass the information onto my girlfriend asap so she can sort her tank out and have her fish back

Heres a link(ebay search results)
http/shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1311&_nkw=seachem+prime&_sacat=See-All-Categories

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

ahh cool cheers skins

 

[Skins]

You could also use Tetra aquasafe, this is what i use and pretty well does the same as seachem prime. its also cheaper.

 

[roadmaster]

You could also use Tetra aquasafe, this is what i use and pretty well does the same as seachem prime. its also cheaper.

No it does not perform the same as Prime which addresses Chlorine,chloramines,and AMMONIA as I mentioned previously,(see above) but it would be fine product for properly filtered tank with mature filter.
If you consider that one ml of Prime treats ten gallons,and that Tetra's aquasafe takes one tablespoon to treat the same ten gallons, then it is not cheaper but more expensive in the long run.
One ml is way less than one tablespoon. A ml is just a little more than a drop.
Have used nearly every conditioner produced and available ,and settled on Prime ,It does what it claims and takes way less product than nearly all other conditioner's = more money saved to buy more fish.
Disclaimer... I receive no compensation for plugging Seachem Product's. I use this particular product cause it has served me well for a long,long,time.

 

[stubert]

remember to clean your filter in tank water not tap water i used to make this mistake

 

[Skins]

You could also use Tetra aquasafe, this is what i use and pretty well does the same as seachem prime. its also cheaper.

No it does not perform the same as Prime which addresses Chlorine,chloramines,and AMMONIA as I mentioned previously,(see above) but it would be fine product for properly filtered tank with mature filter.
If you consider that one ml of Prime treats ten gallons,and that Tetra's aquasafe takes one tablespoon to treat the same ten gallons, then it is not cheaper but more expensive in the long run.
One ml is way less than one tablespoon. A ml is just a little more than a drop.
Have used nearly every conditioner produced and available ,and settled on Prime ,It does what it claims and takes way less product than nearly all other conditioner's = more money saved to buy more fish.
Disclaimer... I receive no compensation for plugging Seachem Product's. I use this particular product cause it has served me well for a long,long,time.

At the end of the day it is only an opinion, Tetra aquasafe works well for me as proberly for millions of others BUT i do see what you mean about using a smaller dosage and saving money in the long run.

 

[Skins]

remember to clean your filter in tank water not tap water i used to make this mistake

me to

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

I think i will go with the seachem prime as it deals with ammonia aswell which is pretty #136## awesome for a water conditioner plus it also saves me for buying stuff like nutrafin cycle etc etc which i like to use just to keep things stress free :y:

my water is fine now tho! woop woop now i just hope the fishes stress levels come down because theyve been acting rather sheepish with all this water changing

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

also i want to upgrade my filter soon, i was thinking about going up a level and gettin a fluval u3... i havent really seen anything else which matches its water per hour output tbh for around that price

would i have to run a dual filter setup for a while? or could i run both filters indefinitly in a small tank like mine?

 

[Skins]

also i want to upgrade my filter soon, i was thinking about going up a level and gettin a fluval u3... i havent really seen anything else which matches its water per hour output tbh for around that price

would i have to run a dual filter setup for a while? or could i run both filters indefinitly in a small tank like mine?

One way around it would be to remove the media from your current filter and put it in your new one.

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

you mean the foam pads?... because i think they are smaller