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[tarjla]

hi all,ive just bought a second hand4x2x2 with6 ciclids,when i do say a 20% water change can i use warm water straight from the tap here in perth.we have a gas storage tank system but is used continually.i would put the water in a bucket first and add dechlorinator,the filter is a large trickle set up,filtering the whole tank every 15 mins i was told

[fish styx]

Hey tarjla, All of my African Cichlids have water added straight from the tap. I do use a dechlorinator. Sounds to me like you'll be doing it just right!

[DFishkeeper]

Hi Tarjla, I live on the Gold Coast in Queensland and have used hot water straight from the tap for the last 15 years without any problems.

Cheers, Doug (DFishkeeper@aol.com)

[dwarf fish]

i must say their is one big problem with using hoo water from the tap, the water runs through copper pipe and that can be very harmful to the fish. but why do you need to do a warm water change? why not use cold water? it even promotes breeding.

dwarf fish

[madjak]

so can you just chuck cold tap water into a tank and the fish don't mind?

I've always tried to match the temperature pretty close expecially when I do a fairly large water change.

My breeding tank sits at 28 degrees, won't it be a bit of a shock to the fish putting a bucket of 20 degree water in there?

[TI]

it won't hurt them especially if your only doing 20% water changes and i don't even use a dechlorinator and it doesnt hurt my fish and my fish breed like drunken sailors

[fish styx]

I don't use warm water either. Straight out of the cold tap is fine. My fish tend to spawn after a water change. Don't know if it has anything to do with temp tho

[00 Electric 00]

TI "don't even use a dechlorinator"
Isnt that very bad how r they still alive with chlorine?????

[scroogy1]

Hi all

I change the water straight from the garden hose. You should use a dechlorinater of some sort but i havent had chlorine in my tap water for a long time( I live in Duncraig ).

The reason the fish tend to spawn, and I use this most of the time, is that it is like the tide is changing or a different season and that is when the spawn in the wild when fresh water and temps of the water change in the lake.

As for the change in temp if youre only changing 25% or less its fine my fish all swim in the flow of the water from the hose so it cant be too bad.

Cheers Jason

[madjak]

how can you tell if you have high chlorinated water? I live in Como and the water is slightly alkaline. It tastes very clean but are there any tests around for chlorine?

I know in South Perth, the water is quite dirty and acidic. It's amazing the difference in water for only a few km's. Must be coming from a different reserve.

[scroogy1]

Hi all

Doing a chlorine test is the easiest test to do grab a pool test kit and fill to the line and add a dpd #1 tablet and shake if it turns pinkish red youve got chlorine the more colour the more chlorine.

Cheers Jason

[fishman]

There was an article published in a reference book I read whilst my wife was pregnant. In this article it recommended bathing a baby in cold water then into a warm bath, ridiculously harsh as this seemed the theory is that temp changes drastically improved the immune system of children. In saying this I never bathed my daughter in cold water though. I suppose the theory could be similar to fishkeeping. I have never lost a fish from changing water straight from the tap, only from extended periods of being under 18 degrees. I drained my pond in July(2500 ltrs) and found 3 P. similis that avoided capture in March at my annual clean out, they were thrown in a tank of 27 degrees from the pond of 15 one died two remain alive today.

Just a note on chlorine, spoke to water corp re chlorine. They have chlorine in all scheme water just varying degrees, more in hotter weather.

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[fish styx]

I remember Matt telling me once that he never does water changes during School Holidays because the chlorine is increased during those periods!

[fishman]

Actually that was me ! He's just stealing my stories. I did kill some lombardois with a water change on the first day of summer hols last year. I could smell chlorine in the tank after and water corp said they did raise chlorine at that time.

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