Poll: Anti Chlorine & Chloramine

[Bieffe]

A point to note is the bottle of ah Beng liquid is actually labelled as water stable. Behind write will remove heavy metals, chlorine, ammonia and all other harmful substance of water. Like wonder drug. So I guess it's just not so strong. The label says 10ml for 100L. But the LFS told me just pour 3 capful for my 40L tank. That's way over recommendation.

Never follow him I just followed label for 40L that's abt 6-7ml. So now change and try. Will do 25% water change and monitor.

[felix_fx2]

i"m currently using some ah Beng brand of anti chlorine by LFS. I guess that maybe my problem of
dying fishes. So got a bottle of aqua plus by nutrafin from seaview $6.20 for 250ml.
Can't see seachem brand there. They donts sell? Their stuff is all over man.

Lfs which one. Unheard brand?
I have seen prime before there

[Bieffe]

Ok I got from LFS Heisenberg called Aqua Stable 500ml for abt $18
The label says is made in Taiwan.
10ml per cap
5ml for 40L every 7-10 days add once or twice
-remove chemical poisons
-buffers pH unbalance
-care for fish & surface membranes
-does not affect the aqua water salinity &hardness
-no anesthetic or bleaching agent
As newbie I was told this will make tap water save. What u experts think leh?

[bernie]

Ok I got from LFS Heisenberg called Aqua Stable 500ml for abt $18
The label says is made in Taiwan.
10ml per cap
5ml for 40L every 7-10 days add once or twice
-remove chemical poisons
-buffers pH unbalance
-care for fish & surface membranes
-does not affect the aqua water salinity &hardness
-no anesthetic or bleaching agent
As newbie I was told this will make tap water save. What u experts think leh?

Where is LFS Heisenberg ? Does it sell alot of German aquarium stuff?
Aqua Stable needs to be added every 7-10days? Abit dodgy isn't it, usually only need to use Anti Chlorine & Chloramine when treating tap water. I am not expert, I am just another Seachem Prime user.

[Bieffe]

Where is LFS Heisenberg ? Does it sell alot of German aquarium stuff?
Aqua Stable needs to be added every 7-10days? Abit dodgy isn't it, usually only need to use Anti Chlorine & Chloramine when treating tap water. I am not expert, I am just another Seachem Prime user.

That's what I figured. So I guess this maybe killing my fishes.
Didn't do too much home work b4 buying cos meant for children's education cum hobby end up I like quite a lot too. So took what he said wholesale.
Maybe liquid does work but not to the extend it's stated on the label. I took whole sale bcos the shop had almost all big fishes like Arowana and lor Han. Also may bottles big and small all there.
This shop is at serangoon the pet street. I guess it got its name from Germany.
But service was good so I paid. Later realized I actually paid quite a lot more. Suck thumb LL.

So many here use sea chem I should have look harder maybe seaview does have it.
Anyone that goes there see can post here let me know. I want small bottle like 250ml will do. Just wanna test b4 buying big bottle.

[allblacks]

Has anyone used "BIG BOY" brand of anti-chlorine before ?

[Fendi]

Change from Nutrafin to China "w_ale_ing" wipe out all my L201 and L91c.

[tetrakid]

Fish can be wiped out with shock changes when the water chemistry is changed abruptly.

[tongyang]

Chlorine kills beneficial bacteria even though fish may survive.

[hughredcanary]

Hi
chloramine does not evaporate away over time like chlorine
Ive been using stress coat it the past 2 years on my killifish with no problems London tap water has a high use of chlorine and chloramine, Immediately removes chlorine and chloramine
reduce stress in fish and neutralises heavy metals
Hugh
London uk

[David]

I use it because I don't want to KO my bacteria especially with large water changes. In the past, I used to go straight from tap to tank as my tap water comes from a roof tank. This is before NewWater? On my new tank, it seems that every time I do a large water change, I get a bacteria bloom....always.

After using an AC, the bloom stopped. As for just topping off evaporation, I don't really bother with ACs.

[tikopek]

I'm using SeaChem Prime for my Discus and L46s. I think they work pretty well, no more chlorine burn etc.

[CoryDorus]

Just curious. Will filter from Brita (water filer for consumption) helps remove chlorine and chloramine ?

[David]

Don't think so, I think chorine and cloromine has to be removed by chemical reaction.

Chorine is not so bad as can leave the water overtime for it to evaporate...choromine is another story.

[CoryDorus]

Officially from their website, chlorine can be removed (not sure how much). Chloramine is not stated. Since it has activated carbon so i think it will help some. Maybe good enough for my small tank use.

[David]

If there is carbon and or Zeolite, for chlorine yes, chloromine it's a no.

[CoryDorus]

sorry for going this through again because the more i investigate the more excited i am that i may not need to buy "chemicals" to remove chloramine possibilities.

Here the official link from Water Quality Association

Abstracts as follow,

"While chloramines are not a drinking water health concern to humans generally, their removal
improves the taste and odor of drinking water."

"The most
effective nonchemical method for removing chloramines is by activated carbon (C*)"

Cheers
Cory

[rainbowdarter]

Any tester to detect the present of Chloramines in our water after treatment?



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[erwinx]

just a tip - don't buy overpriced water filters like Brita in Singapore. You can get a 3M water filter system via amazon.com for US$35. Lasts 6 months and replacements are US$20. If you order DVDs/books and the order exceeds US$120, postage is free! To install, DIY or get a plumber to do it for you. I have used one for more than 2 years (i.e. changed cartridges 4 times already).

The filter removes chlorine as you can taste it. It also removes rust from the water if you are staying in an old home...

(search "3m Filtrete water filtration system")

[erwinx]

By the way, may I know what brand of anti-chlorine/chloramine people are using. I currently have Qian Hu/Ocean Free "Super Fish guard" because it was advertised to remove chlorine/chloramine and protect fish. But after reading the Purigen Faq (ordered but not installed it yet), it seems that such products may affect Purigen and I will need to buy a pure anti-chlorine/chloramine product with additional chemicals?