about 2 weeks. Since moving to seatac.Spyral said:How long has the tank been set up?
:suspect:sandnuka said:Did you add warm water when you set your tank up??? I made that mistake once.... Now I only add very cold water to the tank, and let the heater warm it up.....
Great job Gosu! Sudden water temp change can also cause shock to a fish which results in severe stress of even death. When doing a water change it is ALWAYS a good idea to try to match the water temp (and pH if you can) to the water that's in the tank already.Gosu said:quick temperature changes in glass can cause it to shatter because some of it expands and some shrinks, i personally match the water temp when i do a change - just toss my little heater in the bucket with an airstone till its ready
agree on the couple degree neg. temp drop.sandnuka said:all fish can handle a 4 degree drop in temp.... been doing it for years ..... now, I dont dump ice in my tank to cool down the fish..... but cold water changes seem to keep temp down in the summer!! and you have to have a pretty extreme change in temp for the water to break. going boiling to ice water, that would do it. tossing a 10% of cold water in 50 gallons of warm water is barely going to do anything.
have link? Ill give it a read.sandnuka said:Dont know if your ok with puttin chemicals in the tank..... but there is this water magnet stuff that came with my sand..... freakin awesome..... tank was sparkling a couple hours after puttin it in! might want to try it????? unless your all natural, then just keep doin water changes. and I am still gonna say, use cold water when adding to tank, warm water always looks more filthy..... dont know why? test it out... put cold water in a glass, then hot water in a glass right from the tap.... let me know what results are.