lol, what's not to get? What you're not getting is you're talking about a personal choice...that is not what I am talking about at all. If you don't want to treat all the water you put in your tank, that is on you if you want to do it that way. But....did the water need to be treated? The answer is yes. Again, whether it is 5 or 100g the water is the same. If there is a reason to treat large quantities of water, the reason doesn't change based on volume. What might change is whether or not it causes issues in your tank from not treating it....that could be different from one person to the next and there is no context where you could say with 100% certainty, that it would not cause any issues in another person's tank doing this. The only thing you could say is what you have done and what you've experienced. I don't care what you do with your tanks, that is your business, but that is not what I am talking about.

It is not much different when people say to always rinse off your hands and arms really good before you put them in your tank. I personally am very strict with myself when messing with my 20g tank, because I know that whatever comes off of my skin and goes in the tank could become a major issue in such a small volume of water. However, I may not be so worried about it in my 125g because I know it is diluted quite a bit more. Should the reason change based on what tank I want to put my hands into?

I don't know if this adds sOmethin to the equation. It when I do a wc and the water hasnt been sitting out it gives the water a white cloud and white dust on the glass and rocks. Forgot to add this. It woke up this morning after a PAC last night and it was cloudy. I was told it could be calcium deposits from hard water but other than that I have no idea
Sorry for any typos typing on my phone

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125g african cichlids making it work
75g rimless Reef in progress

What I think is neat is all these differnt methods all of which seem to work.

and how each and every one of us kinda shake our head in awe at the other's methods.

Perhaps our fish tanks and ponds are just a whole lot more forgiving then we give them credit for.


my .02

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden