abit of clorine really lethal?

[Fossilis]

Chlorine isnt as bad, chlorine gasses out after a about 2 days or so. Its chloramine thats worse. That doesnt gas out and it worse than chlorine.

First off I always dechlor BUT my buddy on the other hand His water changes used to consist of dumping straight tap water in after a couple inches of evaporation in a 30. Now he has a 55 with a lid so I cant wait to see how long if at all before they start dying off. He cleans the gravel and the filter maybe three times a year and you should see the amount of food he throws in He tells me I'M for all the stuff I do to my tank and thats why I have problems here and there. You go over there and his fish look just as good if not better than the ones at the lfs. It just boggles my mind.

 

[Yanbbrox]

I know a few people subscribed to the don't use anything approach., Personally as my tanks have grown, I've switched habits, instead of using more expensive products, now I use the pond equivalent, instead of 3 weeks you get about 18 months with the same money. I've not had any problems in the last 3 years since I switched over.

 

[RD.]

FYI - many pond formulas are the exact same formula as the regular products sold for aquarium use.


The reason that it will sometimes state a different dosage rate on the bottle of pond formulas is due to the fact that a pond is an open system, whereas aquariums are closed systems. This is precisely why Seachem states; "May be added to aquarium directly, but better if added to new water first. If adding directly to aquarium, base dose on aquarium volume."
In a pond application the dechlorination process can be much more forgiving than in an aquarium.

Seachem Prime is a perfect example of both products being the exact same formula.

 

[tcarswell]

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.

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.

Chompers to the rescue.

 

[Mike fail]

it depends do you have chlorine in your water to begin with?