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Camallanus Round Worm. "prickles in anus and wasting away". Worming Tablets. | 9 comments (9 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Many thanks for all the information (none / 0) (#7)
by warp on Fri Apr 27, 2007 at 04:23:36 AM PST

Hmm Well I can't seem to find the link I was looking for, and after doing some googling... seems rainwater is fine.... Wish I knew where I saw that link because it came as a bit of a shock which is why I saved it.... I thought. Hehe not to worry... If your worried about the rainwater test it for phosphate, nitrates, and its general PH.. if the phospates are low means you won't suffer any algae probs except if you over feed. The ph you should try to keep around 7ish (neutral) and nitrates as low as possible.

And the rest should be fine so long as no baddies are in the tank.. ie rust deposits, dead animals hehe or if theres a heck of a lot of animal waste from the roof or where ever. If there is it might pay to try your chlorinate/dechlorinate method or boil it like hubby recons.

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You are right, some rainwater can dilute a variety (none / 0) (#8)
by unclescott on Sun Apr 29, 2007 at 07:16:09 PM PST

of minerals. Indeed cutting tap water with rainwater (if it is clean - don't collect it until it has had 20 brisk minutes to wash out the air and roof and doesn't smell) is a way to gradually lower the mineral content of some rainforest fishes to that they will mature sexually and produce viable eggs. A lot of killifish, tetras, some Rasbora, Discus, wild angelfish, Apistogramma and some other dwarf cichlids, the peacock gudgeon and many other can be helped this way. Even some behaviors change. There are even a couple of livebearers from waters with very modest mineral levels.

On the other hand, water with less mineral is also less buffered and with over feeding or a casual approach to weekly partial water changes, as pH plunge and acidosis. Guppies will be less likely to thrive if the mineral content gets really limited.

Lowering phosphates is a popular way of limiting algae growth. If we depend upon that too exclusively and make significantly fewer partial water changes,we can mess up their immune systems and encourage quite a variety of diseases.

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Camallanus Round Worm. "prickles in anus and wasting away". Worming Tablets. | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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