Chlorine and Chloramine

**Cacatuoides** · 24th Mar 2006, 00:32

Hi guys,

Whats the difference of the 2 mentioned above? Does normal anti-chlorine liquid like Genesis rids of the above mentioned?

thanks!

**mickthefish** · 24th Mar 2006, 01:55

i think it will get the chlorine out of your water but from what i understand in the chloramine it leaves the ammonia in your water, API have a brand called ammo-lock which encapsulates the ammonia but if you take an ammonia reading it's still there, hope you can understand what ive just said.
mick

**PeterGwee** · 24th Mar 2006, 02:42

Chlorine is a gas and can be treated by normal dechlorinator such as Sodium Thiosulfate or via aeration whereas chloramine is a combination of ammonia+chlorine which is more stable in water and cannot be remove via aeration or leaving the water standing for a day or more. Normal dechlorinators are able to remove the chlorine part in chloramine but not the ammonia which is toxic to fish/critters. If you are unsure of what type of treatment is applied, it is a safer bet to get anti-chloramine solutions or carbon filters.

Regards
Peter Gwee

**taz_boy** · 26th Mar 2006, 14:02

do read carefully the label on the bottle, as far as i understand...some "cheap" solutions normally remove chlorine onli, the best is to use solutions like "Nutrafin Aquaplus" which confirms remove both..(guess a lot of folks us here uses it).. btw..i read in some websites that cholarimine is harmful to fishes...not sure if that's 100% true...
better be safe than sorry...

**Snokey** · 26th Mar 2006, 20:42

yea chloramine is indeed harmful to fishes, think of it like a more advanced version of chlorine which doesn't dissipate so easily.

**Cacatuoides** · 27th Mar 2006, 01:33

is the brand genesis of any good? anyone using them can share?

**rtcc86** · 27th Mar 2006, 03:14

im using genesis..the yellow bottle..so far so good..however people are telling me genesis removes only chlorine..however on the bottle it says both chlorine and chloroamine...so now im lost..cos my 2 ft tank i use no prob..however my shrimp tank when i treat the water with genesis,the shrimps still cant survive...anyone can advise

**Ssur** · 7th Apr 2006, 11:39

Originally Posted by rtcc86

im using genesis..the yellow bottle..so far so good..however people are telling me genesis removes only chlorine..however on the bottle it says both chlorine and chloroamine...so now im lost..cos my 2 ft tank i use no prob..however my shrimp tank when i treat the water with genesis,the shrimps still cant survive...anyone can advise

You use Genesis to treat the water, and everytime you do that, your shrimps die? Please confirm, thats rather alarming.

Or is this just pure coincidence?

**rtcc86** · 7th Apr 2006, 23:46

Originally Posted by Ssur

You use Genesis to treat the water, and everytime you do that, your shrimps die? Please confirm, thats rather alarming.

Or is this just pure coincidence?

i guess at that time my tank wasnt fully cycled yet.now its fine..anyway i have been using genesis since the start of my hobby around 5 years ago..its been fine all the way...

**Ssur** · 8th Apr 2006, 11:10

Originally Posted by rtcc86

i guess at that time my tank wasnt fully cycled yet.now its fine..anyway i have been using genesis since the start of my hobby around 5 years ago..its been fine all the way...

Ahh thanks, just had to clarify, as i am about to buy some products including Genesis.

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