is it better to out in too much water conditioner ?

Question

i need to put 1ml but i only have a 1.25 ml measuring cup so should i just put 1.25 instend of one?
will it hurt my betta fish?

Answer 1

I always put extra conditioner in all of my tanks - just to be on the safe side. There's no such thing as too much conditioner, but there is a such thing as too much chlorine/chloramines if you don't put enough conditioner in.

It's better to be safe than sorry.

Answer 2

Better double check your measuring ! 1 ML is a VERY small amount. You would NEVER find a measuring cup that held 1.25 ml !!! That would be a measuring SPOON amount. There are 250 mls in a standard 8 oz = 1 cup measuring cup :) Not trying to pick on you, just if all you're dosing is a betta, it's probably a very small acquarium, and too much of a good thing can be deadly. Anyway, what I do when I need to measure small does for an acquarium, is I'll use an eyedropper to measure it with -- the medical kind of eyedropper you can get at a pharmacy and it has 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75 etc., on the side of it . . . or you can count how many drops it takes to fill your 1.25ml spoon and then calculate how many drops for 1ml . . . hope this helps. In reply to the other person that suggested not using water conditioner . . . if the only thing in your water is clorine, then you're good to go with aerating it to remove it, , but a lot of city water (including mine) has a lot of other additives, so that it's really much safer to use the water conditioner - I find I don't have any of my fish getting sick if I use the water conditioner. Without it, I have ICK showing up because the fish are stressed out -- the conditioner helps to 'buffer' the fish and maintain their natural 'slime' coating. Anyway, that's just my experience. When we had our own well water on the farm, I had goldfish and didn't use any water conditioner.

Answer 3

I'd just eyeball what you think 1mL is. If the measuring cup is straight sided, just fill it 4/5 of the way. If it has slanted sides it's a little tougher, but do your best. It's better than no conditioner at all and most are pretty flexible in dosing.

Answer 4

The best way to remove chlorine from your water is to let the water stand in a clean unused bucket only for fish water for 24 hours with an airstone, it will natually disperse and have no adverse effects on your fish. If your water supply contains heavy metal, pass all the water thru a carbon block or activated carbon before letting the water stand. I used to spend hundreds of dollars on the water conditoner stuff before finding out the more natural and most effective way of neutralizing the water

Answer 5

Eyeball it or use a syringe or medcine cup.

Answer 6

YES

Answer 7

shouldn't be a problem.