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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 121084" data-attributes="member: 484"><p>One more quick thing. Durring the winter months, when you should not be feeding your fish (below 55F water temps), they will "graze" on the algea coat. For that matter, they will graze on it all year around. They should keep it only about 1/4 to 1/2 inches long. But that keeps the algea coat healthy. Kinda like mowing the lawn. If you let it go, it very quickly becomes very unhealthy and looks terrible. Keep it mowed back, and it looks just like a green carpet.</p><p> </p><p>There are many clays out there, but I prefer to use thrive. Not only is it a better value(there are some clays that are imported and cost 180 bucks a pound) at around 8 dollars for a two pound jar, but the guy that manufactures it is a UPS feeder driver, not to mention a really nice guy.</p><p> </p><p>The clay is dosed at 1 TBS per 1000 gallons twice for the first two weeks, then once a week for a month or so. Then you should be able to go to every other week and still get the benifits you see with it.</p><p> </p><p>I also recomend a 10% water change each week if you can afford to. I know there are some places that water is very expensive or rationed. The water changes will assist in the fishes immune system to fuction at a higher level. Just dont forget to add something to take the chlorine out. A good dechlor is Sodium Thiosulphate. Cheap (I sell enough to dechlor 5000 gallons for 75 cents) but sometimes hard to find. Stay away from the walmart dechlors. Too many people have bought theirs and had the fish die. IT seems that other people people buy the product, use it, then refill the container with water and take it back for a refund. If you happen to be the next schmuck in line..........................</p><p> </p><p>d</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 121084, member: 484"] One more quick thing. Durring the winter months, when you should not be feeding your fish (below 55F water temps), they will "graze" on the algea coat. For that matter, they will graze on it all year around. They should keep it only about 1/4 to 1/2 inches long. But that keeps the algea coat healthy. Kinda like mowing the lawn. If you let it go, it very quickly becomes very unhealthy and looks terrible. Keep it mowed back, and it looks just like a green carpet. There are many clays out there, but I prefer to use thrive. Not only is it a better value(there are some clays that are imported and cost 180 bucks a pound) at around 8 dollars for a two pound jar, but the guy that manufactures it is a UPS feeder driver, not to mention a really nice guy. The clay is dosed at 1 TBS per 1000 gallons twice for the first two weeks, then once a week for a month or so. Then you should be able to go to every other week and still get the benifits you see with it. I also recomend a 10% water change each week if you can afford to. I know there are some places that water is very expensive or rationed. The water changes will assist in the fishes immune system to fuction at a higher level. Just dont forget to add something to take the chlorine out. A good dechlor is Sodium Thiosulphate. Cheap (I sell enough to dechlor 5000 gallons for 75 cents) but sometimes hard to find. Stay away from the walmart dechlors. Too many people have bought theirs and had the fish die. IT seems that other people people buy the product, use it, then refill the container with water and take it back for a refund. If you happen to be the next schmuck in line.......................... d [/QUOTE]
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