Bag of chemicals

HI All,

I recently acquired a bag of chemicals and stuff and I need help deciding what to keep and what to throw away.


Jar of Goldfish Flakes
Jar of Goldfish Pellets
Wardley 3 in 1 (balances pH, neutralizes Ammonia and dechlorinates)
Jungle Correct pH Fizz Tabs
Stress Coat
Wardley Bullseye (pH balancer)
Jungle Start Right (dechlorinator and slime coat generator)
Wardley Chlor Out
Jungle Clear Water (clears up cloudy water)
QuICK Cure x 2
Bag of Aquarium Salt

Keepers:
Food
Ich treatments and salt
De-chlorinators. I actually have well water, so no chlorine to worry about but I figure it doesn't hurt to condition the water anyway. I currently use Prime. Are the Wardley and Jungle products recommended?

Give-aways:
All the pH balancers. From what I understand, most fish can tolerate about any pH as long as they are acclimated and it stays stable. I need to test my pH because I don't even know what it is...

OTOH, what if I decided to get a more pH sensitive fish in the future? Should I keep any of these? I plan to soon start a tank with a sparkling gourami, neon tetras and RCS.

Not sure about:
Stress coat
Clear water

My general feeling is that if there is cloudy water, or lack of slime coat, that means there is an underlying issue and I should work to resolve that issue, not just cover the symptoms with chemicals. But is there a situation in which I would want to use either of these products?

Thanks!

PS: The bag of stuff came from someone who was trying to save her 12 goldfish and 1 common pleco who were all in a smaller-than-10g tank. Needless to say, they all died.

 

Definitely toss out/whatever all the pH chemicals. Its easier and safer for the fish to adjust (slowly) to the pH of your tap water, than it is to play around with the pH, and have crazy swings all the time.

The Jungle Start Right is ok. It pretty slow acting, since its in tab form, but I've used it before with no problems. Since you don't have chlorine, etc, in your water, it won't be a problem for you.

The Clear Water... I'm not sure about. TBH, if you have cloudy water, do a flippin' water change LOL Other people might have more to say about that product, as I've never used it.

Stress Coat is good stuff. Its good for healing fins and wounds, in addition to removing chlorine and chloramines.

 

I would keep all of them if you have room. Better safe then sorry.

 

HI All,

I recently acquired a bag of chemicals and stuff and I need help deciding what to keep and what to throw away.


Jar of Goldfish Flakes
Jar of Goldfish Pellets
Wardley 3 in 1 (balances pH, neutralizes Ammonia and dechlorinates)
Jungle Correct pH Fizz Tabs
Stress Coat
Wardley Bullseye (pH balancer)
Jungle Start Right (dechlorinator and slime coat generator)
Wardley Chlor Out
Jungle Clear Water (clears up cloudy water)
QuICK Cure x 2
Bag of Aquarium Salt

Keepers:
Food
Ich treatments and salt
De-chlorinators. I actually have well water, so no chlorine to worry about but I figure it doesn't hurt to condition the water anyway. I currently use Prime. Are the Wardley and Jungle products recommended?

Give-aways:
All the pH balancers. From what I understand, most fish can tolerate about any pH as long as they are acclimated and it stays stable. I need to test my pH because I don't even know what it is...

OTOH, what if I decided to get a more pH sensitive fish in the future? Should I keep any of these? I plan to soon start a tank with a sparkling gourami, neon tetras and RCS.

Not sure about:
Stress coat
Clear water

My general feeling is that if there is cloudy water, or lack of slime coat, that means there is an underlying issue and I should work to resolve that issue, not just cover the symptoms with chemicals. But is there a situation in which I would want to use either of these products?

Thanks!

PS: The bag of stuff came from someone who was trying to save her 12 goldfish and 1 common pleco who were all in a smaller-than-10g tank. Needless to say, they all died.

The only change I recommend is to keep the StressCoat. It is a great product. And all those pH adjusters are not needed.

Wow! 12 goldfish and a common pleco in a small tank? I can't imagine they had any swim space available to move.

 

The Jungle clear water contains potassium permanganate which is great for disinfecting nets, plastic plants, etc. I would hold onto everything but the pH adjusters.