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Originally Posted by tevake
Good idea Baz, I was helping a friend refresh the water in his tank, a large one that I had helped sort the plumbing for. And he decided to go for a bigger water change than recommended, Changed almost half the water at one time.
Next morning there were a lot of belly up fish.
Not sure what did them in, too much temp change, too much chlorine added at one time. It's a delicate ballance to maintain in a water change.
I think getting the new water close to the temp in the tank at least is a step to take.
Also some of the chlorine will off gas if left sitting out in an open bucket for a while.
Cheers Richard.
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One of the great parts about having a well here in N Florida. None of that to worry about ... just dump the water in, straight from the hose connected to the well pump (so it doesn't go thru the water softener system)