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Charcoal tablets
The pond pill
Short answer
After bad water, charcoal early. It is not tetra. It is not a vitamin.
Also: charcoal tablets
How it works
Charcoal is the usual answer to dirty water and some food mistakes. This page does not keep a timer.
What to do
Take it when you already drank the pond. Then stop drinking the pond.
Don't
Don't save it for a real emergency. This is the emergency.