if u do a 10% water change do u put in that amount of water dechlor. or the amount of the tank size since it goes right back into the tank and not a bucket to premix it?
Python owners, how to dechlorinate?
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Normally, you need to add just enough dechlor to treat the new water you add. For some reason, some conditioners (e.g., Prime) suggest you dose for the volume of the entire tank, not just the new water.
When I use Amquel to treat partial water changes that go straight from the tap to my tank, I dose for the amount of the change, plus a little bit more in case the water utility went crazy with the chloramines.
HTH,
Jim
When I use Amquel to treat partial water changes that go straight from the tap to my tank, I dose for the amount of the change, plus a little bit more in case the water utility went crazy with the chloramines.
HTH,
Jim
This doesn't really pertain to this thread per se, but I saw this in the thread and had to pipe up:
In a word, yes. Salt is poisonous to ich above the correct dosage. Good site on ich: http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/ich.shtml
You may well be correct there. Salt does irritate the fish, and as a result most likely makes the fish produce a thicker slime coat. This isn't the primary reason for salt treaments of ich, though.
Watcher74 said:
In a word, yes. Salt is poisonous to ich above the correct dosage. Good site on ich: http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/ich.shtml
You may well be correct there. Salt does irritate the fish, and as a result most likely makes the fish produce a thicker slime coat. This isn't the primary reason for salt treaments of ich, though.
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I mispoke there. The Ich that is already infecting the fish is not affected by salt treatment. The free swimming Ich does have an aversion to salt treatment.
Sorry for the confusion.
Sorry for the confusion.
