Re: [GSAS-Member] Using a Python

[Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>]

Amquel has come out with something new Calked "Amquel
Plus" this is what smells really bad. The regular
"Amquel" which now I have found only from Dr Foster
and Smith, and only in 1 gal size, doesn't smell bad.
The Amqel Plus has other added bacteria, which says it
is benificial to your fish....well it killed mine. So
I am back to regular Amquel....have been using it for
6 years, no problems.

No Kate, do you use anything for slime coat as well?
Like Nov Aqua? Which goes with the Amquel.....LOL

Trish

PS How large does this Beckett product come? Also do
you know the price?
--- Kate Breimayer <kate@munat.com> wrote:

> I personally hate amquel, wouldn't recommend it. I
> use a pond 
> dechlorinator from Home despot. If you are using
> chlorinated water the 
> chemical that neutralizes it is very cheap and
> easily available and 
> there is no reason you should have to use high doses
> of any product or 
> extra ingredients to achieve the aim of
> neutralizing, and pond products 
> are 2 to 4 times as concentrated as those for
> aquariums, come in bigger 
> bottles for the same price, and have identical
> ingredients in most 
> cases. Some of the products out there can be
> dangerous in some peoples' 
> hands, especially those that use amquel instead of
> doing water changes 
> (because it says on the bottle "removes ammonia,
> nitrite and nitrate" 
> which has never been my experience.) Also Amquel
> smells really bad.
> PAT is good.
> According to a Jemco.com many cities are being
> required by federal law 
> to switch to chloramine  which is more difficult to
> remove, you will 
> need a special neutralizer for that. If they do it
> they are not required 
> to tell you, scary, or it might be in the paper but
> if you don't read 
> the news... bad deal.
> I age most of my water 2 days to allow gasses to
> escape, temp to rise, 
> and chlorine to dissipate. I only use cold water
> since supposedly it has 
> less dissolved metals/contaminants. I don't have
> space to age water for 
> the really large tanks, hence the use of the Home
> Despot product. The 
> Home Depot stuff is by "Beckett" and I have not had
> any problems with 
> it, let me know if anyone knows bad things about it!
> I see it also works 
> on chloramine so I am covered far as that goes. It
> doesn't list 
> ingredients but does say it removes some heavy
> metals. Guess we wouldn't 
> know would we?
> Congrats on the python, no sense herniating discs
> over a simple water 
> change! The cost of the python is quickly recouped
> in cancelled trips to 
> massage and chiropractic specialists! :) Not to
> mention expensive 
> physical therapy...
> Kate
> 
> Stewart, Jeffrey wrote:
> 
> >I think I'm using Amquel currently, and I add it in
> as I'm refilling.  I figure out approximately how
> much I need to add and then add it in thirds as the
> tank slowly tops off.
> >
> >Your back will thank you for getting the python... 
> >
> >Jeff Stewart
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf
> Of A JACOBSON
> >Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 12:55 PM
> >To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> >Subject: [GSAS-Member] Using a Python
> >
> >So, I'm about to break down and buy a python -- or
> rather, my back is about 
> >to break down, so I'm going to buy a python to save
> it.
> >
> >I have Seattle tap water, and need to know what to
> do about dechlorination.  
> >Do I add the agent to the tank after I've siphoned
> off what I'm not going to 
> >use, but before I add the new water?  Or do I wait
> until I've added all the 
> >water, and then add the agent?
> >
> >Also, want to know what people are personally using
> for their water change 
> >dechlorinator.  I have P.A.T. and Stress Coat, but
> am unsure if one is 
> >superior to the other.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Anita
> >
> >
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