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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:13 am Post subject: Ro packaged driniking water for flower horn "good or ba
Hi all,
How has everyone been all this while, i am posting after a very long time, here is the deal, i changed the water recently(2 days back)
did 80 percent water change this time and the water used was the packaged ro treated water that we get to buy in shops because of no water problems in the place where i live, now my baby boy wont eat anymore its been 2 days since he has eaten anything now, anything wrong that i did is ro treated package water good for FH ort shall i change the water asap, thinking of changing 50% water with the regular tap water today and see if there is any change at all, please guys expert advise is much needed cant see my baby boy like this.
Also attaching apiture of my baby boy (ELVIS) its 8inchs long now and an year old. (sorry about the bad quality pic its using a cell phone cam and i am a noob when it come to clicking photos).
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:48 pm Post subject: Re: Ro packaged driniking water for flower horn "good o
Hi,
80% water change with RO water is not a good thing. RO water is very low on alkalinity (KH). If the KH buffer of water is low (typically below 4-5 dKH) PH of the water can swing if CO2 builds up. If possible measure water parameters like GH, KH and PH and compare them with your source of water used prior RO. If they differ by a big margin your fish is probably stressed.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Ro packaged driniking water for flower horn "good o
What do you think I should do abhishek, shall I do a 50% water cycle again with our regular cauvery water , even I think it's stressed cause of ph level change,it's feaces is like if it's got hexamite again, should I treat it with nitrofuran again awaiting your reply mate any help will be much appreciated. This blore water, electricity and road menace it's even messing with our much loved pets..
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: Ro packaged driniking water for flower horn "good o
I think 50% water change with cauvery water is the safest to do, assuming your source of water for the tank prior RO was cauvery. Do take care to remove chlorine. Aging the water and agitating, helps chlorine removal, but you might have to use some chlorine removal product to get immediate results. Regarding treatment with medicines, I am inexperienced to comment on that.
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:28 am Post subject: Re: Ro packaged driniking water for flower horn "good o
Hi abhishek, thats what i did, did a bit of water change today, he looks pretty ok now, started eating a bit too, the thing is he is very active just like how he was had stopped eating now started again, i feel so sad for changing the water this way. will keep everyone posted on what happens next, btw can u tell me which chlorene remover product is available in BLR, i could even find a PH testing kit, any places that you know where i can find a ph level testing kit and a chlorene remover product.
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:39 am Post subject: Re: Ro packaged driniking water for flower horn "good o
Always change the water slowly Rocky, Some how this time like a moron i changed it with Packaged water, i would say it wasnot like 80% but more like 50% or a lil more, another mistake on my end again, will make sure that i dont repeat such mistakes again.
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: Ro packaged driniking water for flower horn "good o
I have borewell water so never used a chlorine remover agent. But there are certain reputed brands like Seachem which have Seachem Prime to remove chlorine and chloramines from water. One of the place where you can it from is http://aquabynature-shop.com/. PH testing kit, I got from Vasa chemicals in Avenue road. But if you follow your water change regime without any deviation from standard practice you can avoid spending money oh PH testing kit. WIth fish only aquarium and normal bioload 30% water change every week is good enough.
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boy happy and u pround anyways u got a nice fish there
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