Fish Monster
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I recently read about aging water I had no idea that the ph would change just siting around. I tested the ph rite from my tap and it reads 7.0 which is netrual but the ph from my discus water is 6.5ph I figured this was to large a swing for them if I were to do a large water change like 40 - 50% which is what I am accustomed to doing everyother day and on the off days I do about 20% which is what I do in order to clean up after the left overs and what not. So I do about 40% every other day and 20% on the other days I have a 55 gallon with 5 juvis in there. I just started to age the water last night for the first time as I am only 6 weeks into this discus keeping thing my fish all seem to be doing great I even got them eating out of my hand o finally I was worried about that but all of them had recently started to do that. Well any way I guess my question is two do I need to age the water if only doing a 20% water change about 12 gallons in other words would that .5 really throw off the ph in a 55 gallon tank?
and I am pretty sure but want to double check is it needed to age my water when doing the larger 40% water changes about 22 gallons?
I fugured more than likely yes definitely for the larger change as .5 is probably to great a swing for the discus so I am aging some rite now with 20 gallons dechlorinator, a heater, and a farily strong old pond pump my dad has not used in a very long time. I have a 50 watt heater in it for the 20 gallons but I do no know if that's going to be strong enough to get the temp up to 85f which is what my tank is at rite now. I wonder if I added just like a half a gallon of hot water and got the temp up that way if that would be ok? I know the half gallon would not be aged but it only be a half a gallon, do you think the little 50 wat heater will be able to get 20 gallons to temp? I plan on gettinga 100watt after work to day. Thank you for any help you can offer.
So I am trying t put this in easier terms to understand I kind of went on there sorry about that.
Trying to make it easer to understand my question? I tend to ramble, lol
Ok so my tank water after about a day is 6.5ph and my tap is a real steady 7.0ph and I usally do 20% one day and then about 40% the next day and so on do I need to age the water oir not? I just started to age the water last night as a matter of fact I have had the discus now for 6 weeks ande verythings been ok but I do not know if I was doing any long term harm to them so I started aging the water. I thought with the many small water changes like 20% then 40% it would not be enoguh to reall make a huge impact on the tanks ph just to go ahead as I have been with out aging any thoguhts?
and I am pretty sure but want to double check is it needed to age my water when doing the larger 40% water changes about 22 gallons?
I fugured more than likely yes definitely for the larger change as .5 is probably to great a swing for the discus so I am aging some rite now with 20 gallons dechlorinator, a heater, and a farily strong old pond pump my dad has not used in a very long time. I have a 50 watt heater in it for the 20 gallons but I do no know if that's going to be strong enough to get the temp up to 85f which is what my tank is at rite now. I wonder if I added just like a half a gallon of hot water and got the temp up that way if that would be ok? I know the half gallon would not be aged but it only be a half a gallon, do you think the little 50 wat heater will be able to get 20 gallons to temp? I plan on gettinga 100watt after work to day. Thank you for any help you can offer.
So I am trying t put this in easier terms to understand I kind of went on there sorry about that.
Trying to make it easer to understand my question? I tend to ramble, lol
Ok so my tank water after about a day is 6.5ph and my tap is a real steady 7.0ph and I usally do 20% one day and then about 40% the next day and so on do I need to age the water oir not? I just started to age the water last night as a matter of fact I have had the discus now for 6 weeks ande verythings been ok but I do not know if I was doing any long term harm to them so I started aging the water. I thought with the many small water changes like 20% then 40% it would not be enoguh to reall make a huge impact on the tanks ph just to go ahead as I have been with out aging any thoguhts?