Storing Water 24 Hrs... Dechlorine?

[heatwave]

I have recently got my hands on a 50litre container & i have read somewhere that if you store tap water for over 24hrs, there is no need for a dechlorinator. How true is this? & is it common to do it this way?

Thanks

 

[Westwood]

this us the way I do it but I leave it for longer buy you can speed it up with a air pump . I have never had any problems with it

 

[heatwave]

this us the way I do it but I leave it for longer buy you can speed it up with a air pump . I have never had any problems with it

How long would you suggest? or how long do you give it?
I dont have a spare pump, so i would have to do it the basic way

 

[anon02]

The chlorine might dissipate but the chloramine and heavy metals if present wont

 

[Tolak]

This works, with aeration, if you have chlorine only. Most municipal water suppliers use a combination of chlorine and chloramine. Chloramine is much more stable than chlorine, and won't gas off in the way chlorine does.

Contact your water supplier concerning this, in any event many fishkeepers do smaller water changes with chlorinated water with no problem at all, as explained in this topic; http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=161413

 

[heatwave]

The chlorine might dissipate but the chloramine and heavy metals if present wont

So is it advisable?

 

[anon02]

The chlorine might dissipate but the chloramine and heavy metals if present wont

So is it advisable?

I have a recently cycled filter so I wouldn`t use chlorinated water

 

[Westwood]

I leave mine a week so every time I finish a water change I fill my buckets back up. it seems to work for me but as above it does depend on your water supple.

 

[KittyKat]

Chlorine (gas, the stuff swimming pools smell of) takes about 24 hours to leave the water when the water is left in an open container in a well ventilated area. With an air pump, this can be reduced to 12 hours or so.

Chloramine (which has no smell, nor taste) takes about one week.

Chlorine and chloramine are both quite nasty.. traditionally, only chlorine was added to water supplies, but recently (last 10 years), increasingly, chloramine has been used alongside chlorine, or even replaced it in some cases. But, chloramine is used commercially for treatment of gill parasites in farmed fish, so is possibly not harmful in small quantities.

Also de-chlorinator often removes heavy metals from the water, which just leaving the water won't do.

My own tap water contains chloramine only (no chlorine). In my experience, if doing small water changes (under 5%), no more than once per week, using tap water directly has no negative affect on the filter and none on the fish either. (Basically, the moment the water is poured into the tank, the chloramine is diluted by at least 20 times.) This leads me to conclude that there's nothing to worry about if just topping up the tank level with tap water. Of course, if I am doing larger water changes or more often, I will always use a good brand of de-chlorinator and I always keep a few bottles on hand.

 

[Tolak]

The chlorine might dissipate but the chloramine and heavy metals if present wont

So is it advisable?

With a recently cycled tank and/or larger water changes, no. In a mature tank start with smaller water changes, perhaps 10%, working up to as much as 25%.

 

[the biffster]

may i ask what is the problem
the dechlorinator and the use
of it in tropical tanks i used to
let my water stand but used to
still used dechlorinator

 

[geemacd]

I have always used my water as fast as possible with water treatment but then I have always had smaller tanks so that wasnt an issue but now I have a 190litre one I am about to start on.

So I have a 25litre container, if I put a heater in that and leave to come to temp overnight or over a couple of days if something comes up, do I need to put air through the water ? Does or will the water go stale ? if so, is that a problem?

It would be so much easier if it was heater only without air

 

[raptorrex]

may i ask what is the problem
the dechlorinator and the use
of it in tropical tanks i used to
let my water stand but used to
still used dechlorinator

a very good question! as the cost, if you take Prime, as an example, is minuscule.

though you can "gas off" chlorine by simply spraying the water into a container. I'd be more worried about a bucket of water standing "stagnant" for a few days, before i use it. though the use of an air stone, agitates the water. the question, to me, would be why?

personally i don't use De-chlorinator, to rid the water of chlorine. i use it to capture heavy metals. as someone else, here, mentioned. it could be argued that this is its, most important, job.

 

[the biffster]

may i ask what is the problem
the dechlorinator and the use
of it in tropical tanks i used to
let my water stand but used to
still used dechlorinator

a very good question! as the cost, if you take Prime, as an example, is minuscule.

though you can "gas off" chlorine by simply spraying the water into a container. I'd be more worried about a bucket of water standing "stagnant" for a few days, before i use it. though the use of an air stone, agitates the water. the question, to me, would be why?

personally i don't use De-chlorinator, to rid the water of chlorine. i use it to capture heavy metals. as someone else, here, mentioned. it could be argued that this is its, most important, job.

agreed

 

[heatwave]

may i ask what is the problem
the dechlorinator and the use
of it in tropical tanks i used to
let my water stand but used to
still used dechlorinator

I asked because i have ordered another one, & with that i was thinking if storing water in advance would it be necessary for the chlorinator.