Dreamwallaby said:The tank
Dreamwallaby said:Thank you. forgot to say what i have : 44gal pentagon tank w/ 30 gal freshwater. 3 fire belly toads, 2 fire belly newts, 3 neon tetras, 2 platys, 1 spotted Raphael cat, 1 Chinese algae eater, 2 Burmese loaches.
Twoie said:When you say "Fill 2 of the buckets with water from your tap, add the conditioner and let it aerate until you're ready to do a water change."
How do you aerate them until you need them?
Josie said:I just let it sit there a few days. Most water districts add chlorine to the water to kill bacteria. Well, in your aquarium you WANT bacteria: the good kind, anyway. That's why you use a water conditioner and let it sit. The chlorine is taken care of by the conditioner and will also evaporate into the air. Letting it sit also brings it to room temperature, which is crucial if you live somewhere where the water comes out of the faucet super hot or super cold. My apartment is closest to the water heater in my building and you can tell: everything comes out mildly warm to scalding hot.
Zimmanski said:If you use conditioner then you shouldn't have to let it sit for 24 hours, most conditioners (I use prime) makes the chlorine in your tap non toxic long enough for it to dissipate. If you only have chlorine in your tap and Don't use conditioner then you let it sit for a day or so, you can let it sit to get it to room temp but really as long as the water is remotely close to the tank temp then you don't need to. In fact if I let my water be room temp when I added it it would be 10 degrees colder than my tank. All I do, or what I did until I recently bought a aqueon water changer, was put tap water into buckets then add prime, then dump in the tank - that simple. You should be doing weekly water changes though just to keep quality up, and I've also been told on here that there or other nutrients your fish need are in clean water and that's another reason to be doing frequent water changes. I do 50% ever week or sooner if I can and everything is perfect in my tanks.
Twoie said:Not familiar with the Aqueon, but how do you use water conditioner with it?