Visionist
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Will parasite guard medication harm plants?
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Hello Vis...
You should never put chemicals into the tank water. Fish, plants and the good bacteria can be harmed. The best thing for your tank is an aggressive water change routine. Just change half the tank water every week or so and do a good job of vacuuming the bottom material and your fish and plants will be fine.
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Will parasite guard medication harm plants?
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I agree with the latter part of this statement. A good water change routine is never a bad idea. However, for the first part... Actually there is plenty of documentation on how the fish, plants, and bacteria will act with certain medications, so there's no need to be in the dark about it. And no, not all parasites are just sitting there waiting for a fish to get sick. Many need to be dealt with using the proper medication. Or they can be ignored and the fish will suffer/die and eventually they'll all be dead, or the ones immune to the problem survive (and become potential hosts aka typhoid marys).Hello Vis...
I've never put medications into the water in my tanks. You just never know how the fish, plants and good bacteria will react. Parasites live in most tanks. If you keep up on your water changes your tank will be healthy. Healthy fish are very unlikely to be infected by parasites. I'd suggest changing at least half the tank water every week or two. Then, there won't be any toxins building up in the water to make the fish sick.
Pretty simple.
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