Chemical free Tanks?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[SassyCatfish23]

if you have water with chloramine, then you pretty much have to get water from somewhere else in order to do no chem correct.....?

 

[dhardwick]

Or use a RO/DI system

 

[SassyCatfish23]

thx all of you so much for all of your help

 

[skjl47]

if you have water with chloramine, then you pretty much have to get water from somewhere else in order to do no chem correct.....?

Hello; Yes, I believe this is correct. I have not had to deal with water with chloramine but have read many posts stating that the stuff does not become inert by simple sitting. A few of the posts when into some detail about how the chloramine can be chemically bound by various commercial water treatments available to us for treating our tank water. When I moved recently the local water company people were very helpful when I checked with them about the tap water.

 

[skjl47]

what do you mean by let it age??? He lives in a trailer park that has a lot of chlorine in the water...

Hello; I run tap water with chlorine into jugs and let it sit in the jugs for a few days. After a few days of sitting around the water will be OK to put into an aquarium. The down side is having containers of water sitting around.
On the brite side I always have a supply of drinking water on hand in the event of a problem with the tap water. Last summer there was a problem with a broken water pipe here and a boil water advisory was issued. I had plenty of water for drinking and cooking and did not have to boil any.
Unless the trailer park has it's own water supply the amount of chlorine should be the same for all residents that use the water from the local water company. I managed a drive in theater many years ago which had a private well to supply water for the concession stand. We had to add chlorine to a water holding tank ourselves, I guess because we sold food and drink from a grill on the property.
I now live early along a main supply line of the local water company. Because I am closer to the line I was told that the concentration of chlorine will sometimes be a bit higher after a treatment. I can taste the chlorine a bit more from time to time. The water is still Ok for my fish after sitting in containers for a few days. I put a water filter on my kitchen sink for my drinking water which help to take the taste out.

 

[fish n chips]

i put a hose in to a wheely bin and fil it up and it sits ther till i top it up some times its weeks and weeks iv never had a prob,but the only thing the councel put in to our water is chlorine so thats all im taking out,and i got fish to suit my water prams so no need for me to fiddle around with chem,

 

[RD.]

My water has chloramines added to it. After 24 hours or so, the chlorine evaporates out leaving ammonia. Can't have healthy fish swimming in ammonia.

FYI - Chlorine will not simply dissipate out of solution when it is in the form of chloramine. Chloramine treated water can remain stable for a very long period of time, which is one of the main reasons why many municipalities have been switching over to it. As an example, our local water plant pipes water to outlying areas, some over 30 miles away, the water leaves here at 2 ppm (2mg/l chloramine) and arrives 30 miles away at the same strength. The head plant operator told me that their tests have shown that a glass jar full of chloramine treated water sitting for 1 week is still 100% strength. (2 ppm)

 

[Good_Times]

Hello; I have been keeping aquarium change water in containers for a few days for three plus decades. My tap water has only chlorine that will dissipate by simply sitting. I do not use bubblers or any thing, just allow the water to sit a few days. Some have suggested up to four days. I got in the habit of refilling my containers the same day as I do a water change so they usually sit up to a week. I now have enough containers to do two complete water changes.

I don't know how cold it get's where you live, but do you just add the water to the tanks in winter or do u pre-heat? if so how long before W/C do u turn on heaters and at what temp?
Also how many % W/C do you do?
Sorry for the 20Q

No, the chlorine will evaporate, but If the water contains chloramine you will be left with ammonia, you really need to know what the specific water source contains MonsterAquariaNetwork app

If u treat water with prime or whatever anti chlorine & chloramine chemical, would it also remove ammonia?

 

[skjl47]

I don't know how cold it get's where you live, but do you just add the water to the tanks in winter or do u pre-heat? if so how long before W/C do u turn on heaters and at what temp?
Also how many % W/C do you do?
Sorry for the 20Q

Hello; I allow the containers of water to sit in the same room with the tanks. The water will be at room temp by the time I pour it back into the tank. I do not preheat the water. I guess most of my water changes are around 20 -25% of the volume of the tank. Even in the winter there is seldom as much as a 10 degree difference, usually less than seven degrees. It takes a while to pour water from the containers so the cooler water blends fine, at least this method has worked for me for several decades. Keeping tanks cool in the summer is more of a problem as I seldom run the whole house AC, usually only on the hottest days. Fall and spring are no issue. I also take advantage of the frequent warm days we have here during the winter, especially the last few years, to do a water change as the heaters do not have to work as hard.