Hmmm.........Should I Change Water This Way?

[Chasing Puck]

According to chemistry friends of mine, dechlor products work very, very quickly. If you are treating for chlorine, and pour the water in, most of the chlorine comes out as you pour--no treatment needed. Chloramines are another matter, and not only require chemical treatments, but should be treated with a product that breaks up the chloramine AND binds the resulting ammonia into ammonium.

For those on just chlorine, agitating the water prior to or during adding is sufficient, or allowing the water to sit under agitation for 2-3 hours to be on the safe side. Since my water is just treated with chlorine, I do not add any other chemicals--without chlorine to treat, most just remain in the water and the fish are exposed to them--not much better than chlorine, IMO. Ditto for other additives--they are not needed if the fish are healthy.

 

[Vip]

i just use straight tap water, ive never put anything in my tanks at all, i just dont belive in them and i have a ghost knife in there as well.

 

[Red]

Just had a thought as I made a coffee, what does boiling do to water? Obviously it removes lime or my kettle wouldn't get so furry but what other effects does boiling have?

How about rain water? I remember once having a cat who would turn her nose up at tap water, then I'd see her outside slurping up rain water from puddles, emplty flower pots, etc.

HELP! I think the test kit has gone to my head - better stop drinking it!!!

 

[Red]

Your tap water must be great! As I said earlier mine is LOADED with nitrates and God alone knows what else, chlorine - definately, fluoride - possibly.

I had a goldfish when I was a child (MANY, many years ago!) and it lived in a little bowl in the kitchen and I don't remember it ever having additives or chemicals or the water being treated - just straight forward tap water, which perhaps didn't have SO many additives back then?

It was originally a prize won at a school fete and lived for 5 years!

 

[SilverDollar_03]

haha, i cant believe this thread is still going! i thought it was going to be a quick question and answer, haha. anyways, yeah we have good tap water here because we live right in the middle of the great lakes (5 ofthe biggest freshwater lakes in the world) so we have clean unlimited freshwater!

 

[acid2000]

If i remember correctly the amount of Clorine in tap water will evaporate naturally within about 30 minutes. Thats not to say tap safe (whatever you brand may be) is worthless as it also removes copper and other metals.
Your filter probably would remove them but isn't a water change stressfull enough?
Imagine the sky falling down on your head!

 

[Tjimbsoj]

Out of interest can using too much dechlorinator in any one time have disastrous effects?