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LEE_WILMOT_706  Enthusiast Posts: 243 Kudos: 201 Votes: 3 Registered: 27-Jun-2004   | I heard that some water conditioner can affect the colour of your water, is this true ? |
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Babelfish          Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003    | None of mine do. I use genisis @home, and Aquarium pharmaceuticals tap water conditioner on the work tanks. Both are one drop per gallon. Neither of them really have a color so to speak, neither of them alter the color of the water as I'm adding it. ^_^  |
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clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003   | You mean dechlorinators right? In all my days of reading up on fish, nope, never heard of it. I have never had the problem ether. |
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Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004  | Water conditioner should never color your water  |
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| amilner Big Fish Posts: 429 Kudos: 654 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jul-2004 | If you add it straight into your tank it will appear discoloured in the immediate vicinity but should dissolve into the tank unless you have poor circulation..... or you have over-dosed the tank. Otherwise it is another problem. |
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Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000 | Tetra made one that had a slight blue tint to it, but as mentioned earlier, the concentration is just too slight to colour your water up. |
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| T/A Mega Fish Posts: 942 Kudos: 1796 Registered: 20-Feb-2004 | If you add to much water conditioner, it can trigger a bacteria bloom. Especially, if the tank hasn't been setup real long. I remember reading that on a few web sites, so it's possible. It had something to do with excess nutriance in the water. |
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| superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003 | There are medications that can color your water (and porous decorations). Methylene blue is actually used as a dye/stain. And a popular ich medication. That's why early in the hobby I accidentally stained a sandstone rock in my tank blueish... But water conditioners should not color your water. ><> |
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