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Originally Posted by johannes

Different tanganyikan fishes have different tolerance to the chlorine and chloramine in our water. So I suggest dosing while topping up for those practicing direct tap water top up.
On top of that please dose to the whole tank's water volume and not just topped up water.

Agreed TOTALLY! 1) Dosing WHILE topping up 2) dose WHOLE tank

Originally Posted by Orhlulu

So far, wc is direct from tap and dosing prime after. Good days 40% wc plus 4 capful of prime. Normal days 20% plus 2 capful of prime.

I won't take chances with rarer or pricer fishes.


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Think you should calculate exactly how much dosage is needed for your tank and dose the required AC whether its 20% or 40% WC if direct from tap. Overdose 1 extra cap is perfectly sensible too. That's the main reason why I WC 75~80% instead of 25%....as whether I WC 25% or 80% I still need to dose the required AC. Also, its best to add in AC whilst topping up tank too instead of AFTER....as your fish will then have minimum exposure to chlorine/chloromine. Your method may work too but still putting some fishes at risks.

Originally Posted by CCT

Ph wise not to worry much sg water is quite good, as long as you have media which increase ph or using coral sand as substance its fine as well.

I usually do once wc a week sometimes twice a week but not recommended.

Sponge filter for 4ft tank? Temporary measure with regular wc still ok but not permanent.

Both canister or ohf is fine but if your bio load is higher i recommend canister, ohf not very nice with those loads. Haha

Try to reuse your existing water rather all new tank water for your new tank, media if possible try to use used one as well. If possible of cos cycle will be good but if not choice then do what you think is best. For my case i use my old water mix with new so i usually do not cycle but there is risk for me to take.

I don't encourage u as i am risk taker. Not sure about you.

Anyway whats fronts you getting. Happy to see new fronts hobbyist around.


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Originally Posted by CCT

Bro my wc variant by tank for my canister tank i change 20 to 30% each time and for ohf tank i do at least 50%.

Usually i use hose direct as sg water is quite safe, and i usually put the anti chlorine only after wc is done, as you still have the old water to mix.


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IMO, OHF is more efficient than canister...reason being we tend to change the sponges of the OHF very frequently whereas as for canister....we tend to be too lazy to open up to do some cleaning for many months. Honestly....I haven't clean my canister for 1yr+ already when optimumly I should clean every few months. Mechanical filtration....OHF rules. Biological filtration....depending on what medias u using for both. As for sponge filters it does work minimum-ly for both mechanical/biological but it is best to use sponge filters as a complement/extra filtration to either OHF/Canister.

Whichever filtration u used, u can actually put in fishes immediately or if you kiasu..couple days later if you ....

1. Use a bucket of tank water, squeeze/wash your old sponges inside bucket. You will see the bucket actually got very dirty and brownish with smug/bacterias in it
2) Soak the new medias/sponges into the dirty bucket and you will have some bacterias trapped inside them
3) Use the soaked medias/sponges for your new filtration system for the new tank
4) Water wise for the new tank...can use tap water with anti-chlorine
5) OFC you will not fill your new tank with 100s fishes immediately as then the bioload would be too great for your new filtration system. Add fishes wisely and accordingly.

Above opinions are from my honest experience and just wanna share with you all.