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Does aqua clear affect biological filtration?

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lindsay

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I'm cycling my tank at the moment and i was just wondering if that stuff you can buy that clears up tank water interferes with the biological filter?
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If not, can anyone in Australia recommend a good brand?
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jordan

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I don't think it interferes with the filter, but i have no idea of a product like it in Australia.
 
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rheann

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http://axolotls.org/health.htm#list

This links leads to a list of reported safe and un-safe chemical/products that you can and shouldn't use in your tank.

If you are looking for something to clear the Chloramine and Chlorine in your tank water, Stress Coat is a very good Brand, so is Amqual+

Anything else, I am not sure if you should use anything. Check out the list, and maybe others can help you further.

Good luck
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jordan

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Hey rheann how come your picture changes a lot?? and what is that in your picture??
 
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rheann

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Because I like to change my picture a lot
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and the picture is of my Cat Foober, after I photo shopped it. Here is the larger image and the original photo.

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jordan

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I love the way the entire thing looks! You did that with photoshop?
 
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rheann

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hey, Guys, thanks
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I used Adobe Photoshop and Jasc Paint shop Pro together to complete the image.
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rheann

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the Adobe program my husband got for me as a gift, so I have no idea It's adobe photoshop 7.0. The other Jasc Paint Shop Pro is $100 here, but i got it for $11 because the people at Fry's electronic's goofed on the price tag, and I had to wait 20 or 25 minutes for them to run back and forth trying to figure out what was wrong. I still don't know what was wrong with the price tag, but heck, I got the program for $11, made me happy!
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cynthia

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Lindsay - looks like your thread kinda got hijacked here.

I wouldn't use anything to clear the water especially while cycling. The cloudiness while cycling should clear up by itself.

If you have cloudiness after cycling then you should try and find out what is causing it and eliminate the problem instead of "treating it".
 
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jordan

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O yea i guess i kind-of started the "hi-jacking". Like Cynthia said, try to stay away from using it during cycling.
 
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