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Originally Posted by Obsidian
When you rinse it in the tap water you put chlorinated water on it. That is chlorine (like bleach is) and that is what kills the bacteria. It is in small amounts, but it is enough to kill bacteria (which is the point of chlorinating it in the first place). I suppose you could make a bucket of dechlorinated water to rinse it in, but I really don't see why anyone would bother. All your doing is getting the large gunk off of it and you don't need pristine water to do that.
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That makes sense. Sorry to beat a dead horse. I should have been able to figure that out myself. Thanks for elaborating.
I have yet to get ich, but the tanks have only been going for a few months.
I didn't even think about my LFS water being shared and bought my three lined cories from them even though the panda cory tank had ich. So far they are doing fine even with my nitrite being jacked up right now. *knock on wood*