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RE: Filtration (was Re: New to Killie fish)
So, ...the solution to pollution is dilution.
mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert J. Goldstein [SMTP:rgoldstein at rjgacarolina_com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 12:03 PM
> To: killietalk at AKA_Org
> Subject: Re: Filtration (was Re: New to Killie fish)
>
> If you come up with a way to clean the water in a urinal without flushing
> it, let me know.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>
> To: <killietalk at AKA_Org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 1:00 PM
> Subject: Filtration (was Re: New to Killie fish)
>
>
> >
> >
> > Paul Jablinski wrote:
> > >
> > > From: "Tranquility Base"
> <TranquilityBase at NetZero_Net>
> > > To: <killietalk at AKA_Org>
> > > Subject: RE: New to Killie fish
> > > Date sent: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 05:27:32 -0400
> > > Send reply to: killietalk at AKA_Org
> > >
> > > Does this filtering of ammonia and nitrate eliminate the need of
> > > water changes? I don't have filtering systems in my tanks, I only
> > > keep healthy tanks by water changes.
> > > Br. Paul
> > >
> > > Hi Chuck,
> > >
> > > The purpose of most filters is to convert ammonia to nitrate. snip...
> >
> > Bro. Paul, we used to think so, back in the 40s and 50s, but ample
> evidence
> > has arisen to convince us that water changes are vital. Non-nitrogenous
> waste
> > buildup, and even possible allelochemicals are removed by changing
> water.
> > Desert salt lakes are the logical end result of inadequate water
> changes,
> for
> > even the dissolved stuff in tap water eventually starts to crust on the
> tank
> > edges.
> >
> > That said, I think that a really good filtration system makes the
> urgency
> of
> > regular changes go way down. Missing a change in a well-filtered,
> > heavily-planted tank never kills the fish as it can in a less-forgiving
> > situation. That's probably what lead earlier aquarists to think they
> could
> > actually create a "balanced environment."
> >
> > That also led to the old pH mythology, for nitrites and ammonia are
> certainly
> > less harmful near 7.0 pH. [Some folks become so anal about it they add
> lethal
> > amounts of chemicals to try to maintain it there.]
> >
> > "There's no such thing as too many water changes." -- Oleg Kiselev
> >
> > Wright
> >
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