Water Change

[stucolls]

Hey, i seriously need to do a water change asap but am out of tap safe until its delivered (from ebay anyday now) my stats are all high, fiah seem fairly happy but always perk up when I change water (been doing 30-40% daily).

Basically I ballsed up, a mate gave me a load of stuff (pumps filter heater substarte etc) from when he had jaguar cichlids, I set my tank up with all that in it and started adding stress zyme which as you know is also tap conditioner. after having it running for a week i presumed (wrongly) that there would be enough bacteria left in the substrate and filter media from his fish to add some of my own so I added the 3 cory and 1 shark, then waited a few more days before adding the gibbi and loaches, then a week after that added my mollies. however, a day after first adding corys and shark the power ball filter bust so I had to go out and buy a new elite stingray filter (was cheapest as im broke) so im guessing that ballsed up my bacteria if there was any there at all!!
Now I have 15 molly fry too and my gibbi is laying poo like silly string from a can!!

So.......HELP lol

all the fish seem happy and im keping up with testng and water changes and only feedgin a pinch of flakes and a couple algae wafers a day but just need to know if its fairly safe to use untreated tap water as a temp measure for my change?

sorry to keep posting im now addicted to this forum and to my fish lol so im desperate to gather as much info as poss

 

[bubblesburst80]

I'm not entirely sure but i have read on another thread that if you leave tap water to stand it will dechlorinate itself over time anyway.
Sorry i can't be more specific but i'm sure someone will come along and give you a better answer soon enough

xXx

 

[nufish]

You can boil the water to remove impurities. There are a ton of thread on it in the forum.
I know its maybe a hassle, and or time consuming, but its better than nothing. Good Luck

Do you have any friends that might have some you can borrow?

 

[stucolls]

thanks think i might boil a load up and let it stand over night, then if my dechlorinator does not arrive by mid morning I will use what I boiled up.....

oh and thanks for the kisses bubbles lol