Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Is this a daft question?

FWIW
I use Aqua Safe which is way cheaper than
anything I have found. I have been using it in
all my tanks and even in an outdoor pond. I buy
the 3 liter size because it is cheaper to buy that way.

Like the others I think boiling would be a
pain. If I lived in an area that had rain I
would collect it. My next home will have that system built in :-)

regards,
Aquaticz......who lost a big fish in his family
this week. My brother in law died at home after
an accident that left him as a super quad for 36
years. A very accomplished film writer & adjunct
professor at a local Community College. RIP my brother - you have been set free

At 11:01 AM 10/10/2010, you wrote:
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>Hello,
>My reply is in the body of your message. Look for ## before I speak.
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>Donna
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>________________________________
>From: thingyoh <<mailto:thingyoh%40yahoo.co.uk>thingyoh@yahoo.co.uk>
>Is this a daft question?
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>Hi, I'm completely new to this hobby so I hope you'll forgive me for
>asking stupid questions...
>## There are no stupid questions were happy you found us.
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>I've just set up my first tank - fishless for
>7 days ph, nh3 etc all ok. I've introduced 2 mollies to get things going
>& don't plan to make any further changes for the next 6 -8 weeks. My
>question is this -is it feasable to boil the water I plan to use for
>weekly water changes? as far as I can see this would offer some
>advantages
>##<http://theaquariumwiki.com/Beginning_Fishkeeping>http://theaquariumwiki.com/Beginning_Fishkeeping
>This is a great link that
>will tell you about the nitrogen cycle, now that
>you have live in the tank your
>fish will be on the way to cycling this tank. Please test with a liquid test
>kit ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH. Test both
>your tap and the tank and give
>us the numbers in PPM (parts per million). It makes more sense to have your
>fish adjust to your pH, once we know what you
>have we can advise more on this.
>I would not boil water for use in a fish tank.
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>1 Boiling will drive off chlorine ## I strongly recommend the use of Prime
>while your tank is cycling. I use it with every water change even after my
>tanks are cycled. It can be used once a day with no problems.
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>2 Will ensure sterility (chlorination does not guarantee sterility) ##
>Sterility is not always best the fish have very
>low immune systems when always
>kept in sterile tanks.
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>3 Boiling then cooling will remove temporary (bicarbonate) hardness - I
>live in a fairly hard water area, so hopefully this would help prevent
>limescale deposits around the waterline (don't
>think fish like cilit bang limescale remover!!!)
>### I have very hard water 8.6
>pH and don't have lots of problems with lime scale. If you do you can soak
>things in vinegar and remove it.
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>The only downside apart from time and trouble I can think of is boiling
>might concentrate any nitrates present in the tap water and would also
>drive off disolved oxygen.
>## Again I can't see a good reason to boil
>water, I would buy Prime and I also
>used Nova Aqua Plus. Donna
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