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My brother has asked me to find out about a product called easy balance. It is available at Wal-Mart and supposedly once you put it in the tank you don't have to touch it for 6 months. His tank is a 55g, with one live plant and tetras, cories and harlequin rasboras (1, I'm working on it!),and other fish that he can't remember the names for. I recommended that he not look for such an easy solution as I don't believe the claim that you need do nothing for 6 months. Has anyone tried this product? Can anyone recommend a product that will be easy for him to use and won't need me running over every week to do it for him?
I'm thinking Stability or something like that.
Thanks in advance and wish me luck, soon I get to have a major play session in his tank when we plant it better!

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I've seen it too, but it sounds too good to be true:

http://www.tetra-fish.com/catalog/product.aspx?id=74

Would love to know what everyone else thinks...

Last edited by misty7 at 02-Jan-2006 17:47

I think some people are still researching perpetual motion...

Forget it gals... Life is not about sitting on your rear end and do nothing. Same thing applies to aquarium maintenance.

You both had the right impression and doubt. I would NEVER trust such a product and between you and me, don't you think we would have heard about it before... like in science mags, TV shows and all.

Get your buckets and be ready for the next water change!

Sponge

Last edited by Sponge_Bob at 02-Jan-2006 17:58

Thanks for the replies fellow Canucks!
I do believe it has to be too good to be true. He is looking for a way out of buckets and water changes without shelling out for a python. I say get the python or buck up and get out the buckets! LOL
Myself I prefer less chemicals and more natural solutions, lots of plants, frequent water changes and proper filtration. A python would be nice too but you can't have everything!

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Yeah, but if it did work, wouldn't that be nice? Not that I'm about to run out and try it

Sigh.....off to get my bucket...

EDIT: cool! An all-Canadian thread!

Last edited by misty7 at 02-Jan-2006 18:45

Nope I would avoid that stuff like the plague.
Add it and wait 6 months and you will surely have as
many dead fish as though you had the plague!
:-D
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Save the money, that crap is a bunch of hooplah. A water change every week is the single most important maintenance you can perform on your tank. If you do nothing else, do water changes.

fallout! dont pop our bubble! that is exactly what we have been saying


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But i added the importance of water changes!!

Yep you are right! Key to a healthy tank
is water changes! Never to be underrated Fallout!
Great point!

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Ah no it's not an all Canuck thread anymore! Thanks everyone, I have advised my brother not to buy that product, water changes it is.

Too bad there is no easy way to lose the buckets.

Hi Koran! Nice to hear from you.

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ahh, but there is an easy way to get rid of the buckets... [link=TaDaaa!!!]http://www.pythonproducts.com/nospill.htm" style="COLOR: #FFFF00[/link]

Exit: Buckets
Enter: Python

It's a hose that hooks to your sink with a valve to drain/gravel vac your tank. There are plenty of people who use them including me with great success

The person I bought my tank from gave me 2 bottles of the stuff and they are both unopened. I am thinking of adding it to my tank at some point (maybe after adding some Potassium Nitrate to bring nitrate up to 20 or so PPM) just to see if Nitrates drop and KH goes up as they claim. It may not work as advertised, but it isn't necessarily completely useless either :-)

Just to clarify the claims of Easy Balance, I added the text from the back of the bottle in another posting. See General: Getting Started: First Water Test on a New Aquarium? to read the claims and instructions for it's proper use.

As I mentioned in my other post, I'm not advocating it's use, only providing information.

BPS in MS, USA

coffeeman, rather than doing it in a tank with fish, how about trying it in a bucket, add the KNO3 or another nitrate based fert then the easy balance and test it after a couple days, then a week.
I'd do this myself but I don't really want to buy it for that reason only. I'm happy with my buckets while longing for a python.

"If you're afraid you'll make a mistake, you won't make anything."
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