Channel: Foo the Flowerhorn

Category: Pets & Animals

Tags: tap water filterrusted pipeswater changeaquarium water change

Description: Sediment filter – basically blocks things like rust and other suspended solids from the water. ACF100 Activated bonded carbon filter – basically absorbs already dissolved contaminants from the water. ACF100 just means a type of activated carbon filter. Most activated carbon filters should do pretty well against heavy metals and other stuff. Things like cadmium, copper, nickel, lead, arsenic, manganese, iron, fluoride, chlorine, … However, chloramine isn’t removed by activated carbon. 2 weeks after the city replaced the municipal water pipes, I started seeing less and less stuff in the sediment filter. Before the city actually replaced the pipes, they first sent someone over to just flush out the pipes. After that didn’t work, they finally replaced the pipes. I think the pipes they used this time are made of PVC plastic. I was never too overly concerned about the tap water before, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen rusted pipes. I just want to add that the place that I lived 2 years ago, I used to have a sediment filter there, too. That filter’s color didn’t change for nearly 3 months, and I replaced the filter finally at around 7 months not b/c the filter was very dirty, but b/c I just thought I should. I guess it really depends on neighborhood and the age of the pipes and the material they were made out of. The day my aquariums crashed: I did the usual water changes in the evening. I checked to see if everyone was okay, then I went to bed. The next day, I went out and didn’t come home until the evening time. I fed the fish, but nobody would eat. I realized something was wrong and went to the store and bought lots of filtered water and did an emergency water change. I did add Stress Coat to the new water. After that… The volcano betta stopped eating all together and ended up dying. It took about a month. A few tetras died. Lots of shrimp died. Kartoffel stopped eating for 4 days and became quite lethargic. He barely survived. He’s okay, now. Loomster stopped eating. He didn’t eat for over 3 weeks, then died. Quite a few shrimp died. Igloo cichlids stopped eating for 4~5 days. They both survived. I didn’t do a water change on the oscar tank that day. Everyone in the oscar tank is fine. I think I’ve been poisoning my fish ever since I moved to this place through water changes. There were lots of little things I noticed about my tanks, but I didn’t think the tap water would be this bad. I actually did pretty big water changes here and there b/c I thought the tanks weren’t doing well. The fish weren’t at their peak health ever since I moved to this place.