Water Changes - The "correct" way

[Kevin007]

he only uses filter floss, not expensive at all + he needs to change it because it clogs.

" tell him he will get more guppies if he changes the water each week"

is that supposed to mean the guppies will die off? Cause hes been following this formula for years with minimal deaths.

 

[7itanium]

personally its not the best way by any means IMO....

but sometimes its best to just leave people to their own stupidity and stubornness.....

let him figure it out the hard way... or maybe it will never happen.. who knows?

 

[summer_of_41]

personally its not the best way by any means IMO....

but sometimes its best to just leave people to their own stupidity and stubornness.....

let him figure it out the hard way... or maybe it will never happen.. who knows?

I agree. Let him do his thing and he will let you do yours.

 

[bitbot]

In the end, we can only use our own observations and our own judgement to decide what to do. There are plenty of myths out there - people will say, for example 'You must add salt to your tank'; 'You must correct pH with chemicals.' Possibly the best way to dispel these myths is to ignore them and run a successful tank.

It seems that, for whatever reason, the OP's brother's tank is healthy, so why should he change?

It's not what I would do, but from the information we have, it is working.

 

[ct-death]

he only uses filter floss, not expensive at all + he needs to change it because it clogs.

" tell him he will get more guppies if he changes the water each week"

is that supposed to mean the guppies will die off? Cause hes been following this formula for years with minimal deaths.

1 female produces around 15-25 young every 3-4 weeks. The young become sexually active in something like 3-4 weeks, and have young of their own in after about 2 months.

Thus, in a healthy tank, with good cover, about every 2 months he should easily have around a hundred new guppies in there!