CaptainAhab
Thanx but no.....
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Where in Fl are you from?
So, since I probably have to start doing these partial water changes soon because I naively didn't cycle my tank before adding my betta, would drinking water from the grocery store filtered by reverse osmosis be good enough? Would that be better than distilled water?
I'm a newbie as well, but I bought some stuff called PRIME by SeaChem and this helps alleviate the toxicity of the nitrates/nitrites in your water without stalling your "cycling period."
I could be wrong; but it has worked for my 10g and 55g... I'm probably going to get hammered for not just doing a fishless cycle. Forgive me guys.
By the way, all my fish survived the Cycling Process
I live in Weston, FL which is around the corner from to Ft. LauderdaleWhere in Fl are you from?
I get what you're saying. To alleviate is better than doing nothing at all though right? For example, recovery must have been very uncomfortable for your dog, but I would never send him home without pain meds to alleviate the pain! I wouldn't use Prime and the likes so I could ignore my tap water problems, but for now while my tank cycles and I fix my water issue, it's better than nothing I think.Prime is a great product for dechlor and the other things you mentioned in an emergency. It won't fix bad water, cycle your tank or remove nitrates. Look up the word alleviate, it doesn't mean remove.. It's a band-aid for ammonia/nitrite/nitrate
BTW: My dog got hit by a car and survived. I think if he could talk he'd tell you that the time between getting run over and fully recovering were not the happiest of times and the pain extreme. There's an analogy there somewhere.
Certainly, I agree. Avoiding the trouble all together would have been a much better solution. Hindsight can be harsh sometimes. If only Doc Brown had actually invented the flux capacitor back in 1985, iphones would come with time machines by now.ok, sound reasoning. For my dog what would have been better was to learn that his breed has a propensity to chase after fast moving objects and given that done what I could to prevent such harm to the animal who had entrusted his well being to me.
Regarding the meds.. Pain meds are great but having prevented the pain would have alleviated the entire timeline.
ro unit costs so does replacing the cartridges plus the water. its not $0 no matter what way you looking at it.I can get 75 Gallons from my RO unit for 0$.
nothing is ever $0 unless you are getting your mom to pay for it. then its $0 for you but costs them.well mgamer, in the long run its 0$