ok this is an important question and i wanna know who here puts diclorinator in there water to take off the clorine? i personally put it but it happens often that i forget and i never put it on my 33 gallon and never had a fish death what about u guys? dont forget im not talking bout 50% water changes im talking about 20 to 30 %.
abit of clorine really lethal?
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Depends on your fish really.
My water comes out of the tap filled with all sorts of crap but my danios and pleco don't mind.
My water comes out of the tap filled with all sorts of crap but my danios and pleco don't mind.
Its not that the fish dont care or what kind you have, chlorine can/will burn the gils. If you cant remember put dechlor in again, its safer that way.
Jimmy
Jimmy
it all depends on how much water you are changing. in smaller W/C's 20% give or take a little, the amount of chlorine in the new water is diluted so much by the tank water that it is not harmful to the fish. but in larger water changes you need to use dechlorinator because there isnt enough to dilute the chlorine to a non-harmful amount.
You will most likely survive sticking your hand on the stove, but that doesn't make it a good idea. The stove can be on low or high, it will still burn.
Now try sticking your hand on the stove and not treating it for a few days, infections are nasty business.
Now try sticking your hand on the stove and not treating it for a few days, infections are nasty business.
cassharper;2848298; said:
I dont really understand that comparison? talking about burning your self on a stove and comparing it with chemistry...
He's trying to put it into terms that you can relate to. Just because the chlorine doesn't kill your fish doesn't mean that it is not harming them.BushFishRox;2848400; said:
Here's a different comparison that might make sense:
Stick your head in your fish tank and breath the same chlorine that you are making your fish breath, and see if it doesn't kill you.
Because chlorine causes chemical burns, in humans lungs airways ect. In fish it burns the gillsBushFishRox;2848400; said: