divakeeks

Do otos and snails need water conditioner as well or is that a betta (or other tropical fish) thing?

Gunnie

All fish need their water conditioned. Everytime fish breath, they exhale ammonia out of their gills. If your water contains chlorine and chloramines, the chlorine reacts the same way as if you mixed the two together yourself which is a dealy combination for people and fish. The only folks who don't have to condition their water are those lucky few who have well water that also does not contain any heavy metals.

divakeeks

very interesting tidbit. this i did not know.

thanks!