Re: [GSAS-Member] Water Quality

["Hess, Clay A" <clay.a.hess@boeing.com>]

As an alternative to dumping water down the drain why not recycle it some.  
Water plants with it. 
Clay Hess
787 Fuselage Systems Integration Manager and Team Leader
425-931-4322

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To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Sat Jan 09 22:17:35 2010
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Water Quality

Dear Jesse,

I find that setup and routine are essential parts of maintence. While  
it is possible to injure fish without regular water changes, a sudden  
massive wc may have also be deadly. The type of fish also makes a  
difference as a salt reef has absolutily no tolerance for waste while  
some fish thrive in filth and conditions where few other fish can  
survive. I am not advocating for keeping betas in hot swamps with  
little disolved O2 but adaptions like airbreathing do have advantages.

I would suggest simply establishing a routine and simplifing the wc  
process. When maintence is easy to do on tanks I am much more likely  
todo if. A regular water change is the cheapest and most efective  
magic bullet the freshwater community has.

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On Jan 1, 2010, at 17:39, Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com> wrote:

> I'm looking forward to reading this topic line....
>
> On Jan 1, 2010, at 1:41 PM, Doerr, Jesse wrote:
>
>> As I'm getting into bigger tanks I'm looking for more information on
>> water quality.  I would like to avoid dumping large quantities of  
>> water
>> down the drain, and so far my experience is that it is has been
>> unnecessary.
>> For a while now I've been keeping a 3 tank system that is pretty  
>> heavily
>> planted and probably overstocked with fish.  The total system is  
>> about
>> 45 gallons and has about 30 barbs, 20 tetras, and recently 20ish
>> platties.  Despite the bioload everyone is healthy, active, and  
>> showing
>> great colors.  The rummy-nose are showing nice read heads going  
>> almost
>> all the way back to the first fin and the barb males have a deep dark
>> color.
>> So as far as I can tell everything is going fine and the system has  
>> been
>> stable for about 2 years now.
>> Water changes tend to be infrequent, typical maintenance is just
>> replacing evaporation and feeding.  The last water change was over 3
>> months ago and when I inspected a sample of the water today it  
>> looks and
>> smells like it's in great shape.  There is no foaming, no odor, and  
>> it
>> is almost exactly as clear as tap water in the same glass, just  
>> with a
>> very faint yellow tinge.
>> Can anyone provide me references on what else I might need to look  
>> out
>> for?  Is there a risk of a buildup of minerals or chemicals other  
>> than
>> nitrogen and other derivatives?  I have noticed that juivinals do  
>> grow
>> more quickly when I am doing actual water changes.
>> Jesse
>>
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