Originally Posted by ellyabillion

Hmm, somehow I missed this question!

I don't treat the water before changing the water, I just age it for 24 h. I'm on city water. I'm an environmental scientist, so I always scrutinize the water quality report when it comes out. Denver Water is always below the MCL for all contaminants, including atrazine and other pesticides. Of course, fish are much more sensitive to chemicals in water than humans are.

I was actually coming here to report success with my algae problem! I had been wanting to get a SAE, but my LFS didn't have one, so I "settled for" a bushynose pleco. Holy cow, she's eaten all the algae off my amazon sword and my driftwood! I also bought some flourish excel, so that in combination with the algae eater has cleared the algae off my plants! I'm so happy!