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Links to Water
Conditioning & Chemical use:
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Hardy_Water_Chemistry.html
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Lawler_Water_Quality.html
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/greco_water%20changes.html
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Lawler_Water_Changes.html
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/greenfield%20straughan_activated%20carbon.html
Chemicals, do you need to buy any
when you are first setting up your new tank? Actually, no.
However, you should at least buy what is referred to as water
conditioner. When you fill up your tank with water,
presumably from the faucet, and you want to put the fish in your
tank as soon as possible, then you will need some of it.
You can condition your water naturally by letting it sit in the
tank without fish for a week or so, preferably in sunlight.
There are many different brands available, but they all
primarily do the same things. They act as a conditioner
replacing the natural protective coating of fish lost during
handling, shipping and stress and remove chlorine and detoxify
the heavy metals. Basically they make the water safe to
put your fish in the tank immediately. There are volumes
more information about aquarium chemicals and additives and a
plethora of off the shelf chemicals sold for aquariums, but
merely to set up your tank for the first time, they are not
necessary. That's not to say, however, that you won't need
to buy some of these chemicals down the road. Their uses
cover, but are not exclusive to, curing fish diseases and
further conditioning of the water to prevent disease and fish
die off. All things you should know about and read up on.
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