New House Water Problem

maxon88 · 05-02-2014, 09:41 AM

Hi all,

Since moving into my new house I have been suffering heavy casualties from my tank. The tank is well cycled and heavily packed with media.

The problem here is whenever i perform WC 20% I will definitely suffer some death. My WC regime is water passes through a 3 stage prefilter from Bro Gerrard. Slight over dose of Seachem Safe. And new water into the tank at a very slow rate.

Symptom my fishes suffer is heavy breathing and my rays will go into crazy mode flying around then died.

Please advise.

gereld_hor · 05-02-2014, 09:58 AM

Bro, smell the incoming water, see if gt any weird smell anot. Likely not due to chlorine issue after the 3 stage system and even with overdose of seachem conditional

Was at my new place for the past 1 week to check for defects, I can smell strong weird chemical smell from the water..
even aft using the water to wash my hands, my hands all filled with the smell..

you might wan to feedback tis issue to hdb or ur building management.. likely is frm the new water tank or pipes.

ilovertg · 05-02-2014, 10:42 AM

I believe its the pipes. issit newly installed?

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maxon88 · 05-02-2014, 11:33 AM

Ya it is newly installed.. New BTO project. So sian every go home pick up died fish..

ilovertg · 05-02-2014, 11:34 AM

probably some chemicals used for the pipes still reside in the pipes

when we install pvc pipes using glue to secure, we will let water run for awhile before using it for fishes.

Ralliart_Ray · 05-02-2014, 11:46 AM

Try to age the water.

ilovertg · 05-02-2014, 11:47 AM

maybe wat u can do is age the water first. den use some feeders or TFB and test see if its ok before adding into the main tank

it will take awhile for the chemical or glue if any to get 'washed' out

dzylim · 05-02-2014, 12:35 PM

You can try getting a RO filter to filter the water before topping up the tanks. Long term wise, RO water is better for fishes.

kalz00 · 05-02-2014, 12:58 PM

Bro where u stayed at?
It happen to me before best is to do small water change for the time being like 5% per week less feeding.
Try to check ur tap water chlorine and PH.
What i observe the chlorine level is high and PH is around 8.7
Best to overdose the chlorine and aged the water to be on the safe side.

maxon88 · 05-02-2014, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dzylim

You can try getting a RO filter to filter the water before topping up the tanks. Long term wise, RO water is better for fishes.

Bro where to get RO filter.

I am staying in woodlands. New BTO

05-02-2014, 09:41 AM	#1
maxon88 Dragon Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,038	New House Water Problem Hi all, Since moving into my new house I have been suffering heavy casualties from my tank. The tank is well cycled and heavily packed with media. The problem here is whenever i perform WC 20% I will definitely suffer some death. My WC regime is water passes through a 3 stage prefilter from Bro Gerrard. Slight over dose of Seachem Safe. And new water into the tank at a very slow rate. Symptom my fishes suffer is heavy breathing and my rays will go into crazy mode flying around then died. Please advise.

05-02-2014, 09:58 AM	#2
gereld_hor Endangered Dragon Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,848	Bro, smell the incoming water, see if gt any weird smell anot. Likely not due to chlorine issue after the 3 stage system and even with overdose of seachem conditional Was at my new place for the past 1 week to check for defects, I can smell strong weird chemical smell from the water.. even aft using the water to wash my hands, my hands all filled with the smell.. you might wan to feedback tis issue to hdb or ur building management.. likely is frm the new water tank or pipes. Last edited by gereld_hor; 05-02-2014 at 10:00 AM.

05-02-2014, 10:42 AM	#3
ilovertg Arofanatic Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 144	I believe its the pipes. issit newly installed? Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk

05-02-2014, 11:33 AM	#4
maxon88 Dragon Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,038	Ya it is newly installed.. New BTO project. So sian every go home pick up died fish..

05-02-2014, 11:34 AM	#5
ilovertg Arofanatic Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 144	probably some chemicals used for the pipes still reside in the pipes when we install pvc pipes using glue to secure, we will let water run for awhile before using it for fishes.

05-02-2014, 11:46 AM	#6
Ralliart_Ray AFC Committee Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 397	Try to age the water.

05-02-2014, 11:47 AM	#7
ilovertg Arofanatic Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 144	maybe wat u can do is age the water first. den use some feeders or TFB and test see if its ok before adding into the main tank it will take awhile for the chemical or glue if any to get 'washed' out

05-02-2014, 12:35 PM	#8
dzylim Arofanatic Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 472	You can try getting a RO filter to filter the water before topping up the tanks. Long term wise, RO water is better for fishes.

05-02-2014, 12:58 PM	#9
kalz00 Arofanatic Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 135	Bro where u stayed at? It happen to me before best is to do small water change for the time being like 5% per week less feeding. Try to check ur tap water chlorine and PH. What i observe the chlorine level is high and PH is around 8.7 Best to overdose the chlorine and aged the water to be on the safe side.

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