Partial Water Change Question - Aquarium Advice

Pilot · 02-15-2006, 11:50 PM

If I do a partial water change of 20%, would I need to detoxify the water? I have a 10 gallon tank.

rich311k · 02-15-2006, 11:53 PM

I always add dechlor just to be safe, it is cheap enough. Buy a bottle of prime the next you buy it. It will last you forever for that small a tank.

lyquidphyre · 02-15-2006, 11:54 PM

Every new bit of water you add needs to be dechlorinated, but not necessarily the whole tank.

If you do a water change in a bucket, you can dechlor. the water and pour it in

Is that what you mean by detoxifying- dechlorinating?

Pilot · 02-15-2006, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyquidphyre

Every new bit of water you add needs to be dechlorinated, but not necessarily the whole tank.

If you do a water change in a bucket, you can dechlor. the water and pour it in

Is that what you mean by detoxifying- dechlorinating?

Yeah.

tropicfishman · 02-16-2006, 12:54 AM

I havea 10 gallon also, its easy if you save and clean a couple gallon milk jugs, that way you can dechlorinate it or add whatever else it is your going to by per gallon

**Fishyfanatic** · 02-16-2006, 07:32 AM

I would definately use dechlorinator. It's not as big of a concern if your local water company uses chlorine. But if they use chloramines, then you must use it, no matter how small the change.

willowthepoet · 02-16-2006, 07:39 PM

definitely. like rich311k said, buy a bottle of prime and it'll last you years if you only change 1-2 gallons a week. literally.

or you could even buy cheap distilled water (walmart sells it for around 50c a gallon) and use that. the amount of water is so small that it won't be all that expensive to just use bottled water.

bosk1 · 02-21-2006, 02:35 PM

Some added info: not only are chlorine and chloramines toxic to your fish, they also kill your beneficial bacteria.

malkore · 02-21-2006, 04:04 PM

chloramine is bad for live plants too.

Lonewolfblue · 02-21-2006, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by willowthepoet

definitely. like rich311k said, buy a bottle of prime and it'll last you years if you only change 1-2 gallons a week. literally.

or you could even buy cheap distilled water (walmart sells it for around 50c a gallon) and use that. the amount of water is so small that it won't be all that expensive to just use bottled water.

I wouldn't use distilled water. Could end up with ph fluxuations, which could kill the fish. Your tap water is buffered well enough to maintain a stable ph, but distilled water has very little buffering capability.

02-15-2006, 11:50 PM	#1
Pilot Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 15 Images: 3	Partial Water Change Question If I do a partial water change of 20%, would I need to detoxify the water? I have a 10 gallon tank.

02-15-2006, 11:54 PM	#3
lyquidphyre Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Denton, Tx Posts: 2,858 Images: 21	Every new bit of water you add needs to be dechlorinated, but not necessarily the whole tank. If you do a water change in a bucket, you can dechlor. the water and pour it in Is that what you mean by detoxifying- dechlorinating? __________________ Have cats? Check out AA's sister site designed for our feline friends

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tropicfishman Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ashland KY Posts: 1,890	I havea 10 gallon also, its easy if you save and clean a couple gallon milk jugs, that way you can dechlorinate it or add whatever else it is your going to by per gallon __________________ I love my clown loaches and red tail shark!!! lol

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Fishyfanatic Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,243 Images: 15	I would definately use dechlorinator. It's not as big of a concern if your local water company uses chlorine. But if they use chloramines, then you must use it, no matter how small the change. __________________ Vote for Aquarium Advice 10 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 29 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 150 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid

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02-15-2006, 11:53 PM	#2
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	I always add dechlor just to be safe, it is cheap enough. Buy a bottle of prime the next you buy it. It will last you forever for that small a tank.

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willowthepoet Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 182	definitely. like rich311k said, buy a bottle of prime and it'll last you years if you only change 1-2 gallons a week. literally. or you could even buy cheap distilled water (walmart sells it for around 50c a gallon) and use that. the amount of water is so small that it won't be all that expensive to just use bottled water.

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malkore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Nebraska, USA Posts: 6,540	chloramine is bad for live plants too. __________________ Visit my aquarium pages - see specs on my tanks, and photos of how they've evolved My other passion: TheNinja 500R - updated 9/18/05

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