Using De - Chlorine Water ???????

[inque]

Wish to hear all yer view/ideas on using
Tap water that has been put aside for 24hrs or so
cuz i'm tryin it out as oppose to using anti chlorine products
currently using Nutrafin's Aqua Plus


I intend to use Tap water that has been put aside for
24hrs with air stone to circulate the water
is this good ??????

[cheeboonyong]

i always change water direct from the tap. the clorine content doesn't appear to be very high. BTW, I stay in Sengkang. Not sure if the water quality is the same elsewhere

[DEA]

same for towner
no issue with water straight from tap

people living in other areas please chime in

[BFG]

Same here in Simei. Have never used a dechlorinator for my tank water. Water change straight from the tap.[:]

[David]

balestier...no problem....then again my is from the roof tanks as i'm on the 12th floor...for forumers getting their water from ground pipes, best not to be straight-up

[inque]

cheeboonyong
i always change water direct from the tap. the clorine content doesn't appear to be very high.
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correct mi if I'm wrong but
Chlorine = Bad for fishy
Right? Wrong?
U meant to say Get water frm tank
and pour into Tank straight ????????
No De-Chlorine or stuff ???
I know tap water is rich in trace Minerials and CO2
but comes with chlorine
Pls enlighten mi


thanks

[David]

hi inque

most condos and HDB have what they call the roof tank that supplys water to either the upper half of the building, and ground pipings for the lower half, or it can be the whole building via roof tanks. All landed properties are ground pipe supplied.

When water is stored in roof tanks, the chlorine evaporate fast as these tank have a huge surface area, and if i am not wrong, the float switch that activates the refilling equipment are set at 3/4 tank (at least for my place it is)....when this happens the fresh water(with chlorine gets diluted with the reminding water and thus a very very diluted chlorine amount which again will evaporate.

Even should one do a water change just as the tank is filling the chlorine is a very weak solution. Trace element is okay....CO2? I have my doubts....but one things for sure is that the KH and PH value defers quite abit area to area..

[vinz]

You can wait out the chlorine, but you can't wait out the chloramine. Some anti-chlorine remove chloramine... read the bottle.

[DEA]

tap water rich in trace minerals and co2? where did you get this gem from? [:]

[timebomb]

tap water rich in trace minerals and co2? where did you get this gem from? ----------------
I've heard about this several times before from different sources too. There may be some truth in it. I once asked a fish shop owner how she keeps her plants healthy when there's no CO2 and she never add fertiliser. These are the plants she sells in pots and not those in her display tank. She said the trick to keep the plants looking good for weeks is to change 100% of the water very frequently, something like once every 3 days.

Loh K L

[DEA]

ahaz.
ever checked out the PUB listing of their water content?
might surprise that shop owner []

anyway
keep it looking good = free of algae and not rotting?
water changes will indeed help
but the plants are likely surviving on their reserves, not on waterborne nutrients
if it can go for months like that, it'll be interesting

[inque]

Regarding the trace minerals thing
sorry i quote "Rich" i think it contains
trace minerals its not very high content though
i've read it in some post
i forgot frm where.



sorry for the misleading quote

[inque]

Vinz
Some anti-chlorine remove chloramine
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R u sayin that chlorimne is harmful towards
fishes????

[loupgarou]

chlorine is toxic to everything.
just depends on dosage.

take note that some water works use chloramine which needs a week of constant aeration to eliminate. so better use chloramine remover..

chlorine removers remove just bind the chlorine component (ie: they are just sodium thiosulfate)

leaving behind the ammonia component, which may not be a problem in low ph + planted tank. (ie: rapid consumption by plants etc + conversion to ammonium)

I'm not sure what chemical is used to bind ammonia in chloramine removers, I know stuff like seachem's Prime or Tetra's Aquasafe removes chloramine (read the label,,I might have mixed up product)

[David]

hi timebomb

perhaps the shopkeepers water KH parameter is pretty high straight from the tap or she may have coral chips or rocks deco that is pushing KH up. If her lighting is good, she need not have to inject CO2 as the high KH compansates the lack of it.

[vinz]

Inque, yes, chloramine is harmful to fishes too. It's basically chlorine + ammonia.

Yes, for non-planted tanks, make sure you get anti-chloramine that says they will remove/neutralise/etc ammonia.

Haven't seen products labelled as anti-chloramine though. Most are packaged as anti-chlorine or water conditioners and then state on the bottle that they can handle chloramine and ammonia.