water tests

[shark shak]

how many of you check your water

 

[homebunnyj]

Probably 98% of us, is my guess. It's very important.

 

[Chazwick]

Being a good fish keeper is all about making sure your water temperments are accurate and your tank is running smoothly, so of course you should test your tanks!

 

[FishGeek]

Being a good fish keeper is all about making sure your water temperments are accurate and your tank is running smoothly, so of course you should test your tanks!

I agree 100%

 

[shark shak]

well as chazwick said"and your tank is running smoothly, so of course you should test your tanks!"so if its running smoothly why test?

 

[homebunnyj]

Read it again. That is not what she said at all.

 

[Shaunna]

lol, I think Chazwick was using an informal plural "you", not talking about "you" specifically.

 

[Lotus]

Ummm... your poll really doesn't make sense.

Yes, you should test your tanks. Most of us do, it's part of responsible fishkeeping.

 

[Avalon]

I don't test. Fish and plants are my test kits. While newbies probably should (test) until they grasp solidly the foundations and dynamics of aquatic ecosystems, I would note that they do not place too much faith in test kits. They are notoriously inaccurate, but usually fulfill their duty in tank cycliing efforts.

 

[lostnconfused]

lol... YES you should test you're water... you'll lose allot of fish if you dont! TRUST ME I'M NEW AT THIS and have already lost 5 fish but i'm testing and changing my water as much as I need to till the cycle gets up and running (still testing 0 on nitrite...grr) I wish i could find some bio-spira!! Anyway, if you dont test, you'll find out why you should the hard way.

 

[SeaMonkeyMiner]

Yes you should test your water. When it is first cycling and for the first year or so. But once you have you tank for a while then you should only need to test once in a while to make sure nothing strange is going on.

 

[animal lover]

lostnconfused it's too bad you live in the states cause I have some up here in Canada, all the fish store do....Why is it so hard to find down there???

 

[lostnconfused]

I've called 6 pet stores before I found one that had it... I live about an hour away from downtown houston, so I have to go there this weekend to get it (yay! even though i hate houston, too much traffic, makes me nervous)

 

[Zman16]

I test my water, on my saltwater, but I don't test my freshwater often because all the levels are perfect, lol.