Water Conditioner and Beneficial Bacteria

[Zac]

Question regarding water conditioner

I was thinking about water conditioner and whatnot and thought of an interesting question. If you go to treat an aquarium with water conditioner, how long does the conditioner take to dissipate? Let’s say you overdose your aquarium, will the conditioner starve all of your bacteria over a couple days or will the conditioner dissipate after a short while? 

[lefty o]

i would think that you would have to severely overdose your chosen water conditioner to kill off your bacteria.

[Sunny]

I’m not sure, but when I accidentally add to much in my 10 gallon it makes the water cloudy for a while.

[darkG]

If you add water conditioner to the aquarium, I suppose it's not to manage chlorine. What's it for? (I am just curious, not familiar with this kind of product myself). 

[Dwayne Brown]

On 10/15/2021 at 6:17 PM, darkG said:

If you add water conditioner to the aquarium, I suppose it's not to manage chlorine. What's it for? (I am just curious, not familiar with this kind of product myself). 

It's to remove some metals and chlorine from tap water.

[Zac]

On 10/15/2021 at 9:17 PM, darkG said:

If you add water conditioner to the aquarium, I suppose it's not to manage chlorine. What's it for? (I am just curious, not familiar with this kind of product myself). 

Some water conditioners detoxify ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. You can add some to an aquarium if your toxin levels are spiking