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Old 18-11-2011, 10:04 AM   #1 (permalink)
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ok for the last few weeks i have been really ill and still am
will my koi be ok without water changes for the rest of this month as i have not changed any water for 3 weeks
i am having tests done for COPD this coming week have got fingers crossed that i dont have it
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Can't you rig up a system where you can trickle change 24/7?
I 've been doing this for over twenty years, it looks after itself.
When I purge the drains each week, which passes 80 gallons of water to waste. the trickle change replaces this within a day. It's the only water change I find necessary.
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