Dechlorinator nah?? or yah???

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do you use water conditioners for chlorine??

  • yes

    Votes: 78 80.4%

  • no

    Votes: 19 19.6%
  • Total voters
    97
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Chago09

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honestly how many of you actually use these products for your tap water in your Cichlid tanks???

It just never made sense to me that I can fill my tank up with tap water. Then like after 15minutes of filling I then add dechlorinator?? Most of you should know that just the process of splashing and aerating will dissipate the chlorine. If you fill up a bucket with water and wait, the chlorine will dissipate on its own. So majority of chlorine will be gone by the time you actually add the conditioner. I just wanted to see how many people actually pay for this scam???
 
I pay for this scam. I add the dechlor to a 55 gallon tub of water before adding the water to the tank. I doubt some splashing will dissipate 100+ gallons of chlorine filled water.
 
unknownuza13;2462288; said:
I pay for this scam. I add the dechlor to a 55 gallon tub of water before adding the water to the tank. I doubt some splashing will dissipate 100+ gallons of chlorine filled water.
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LOL buy a test kit

do you own a pool?? any pool owner on here will know how chlorine effects on water.

If you add water to your tank directly. Chlorine is then the highest point. It has no ill effect on fish. Then people add the conditioner.
 
"Chlorine is very volatile, so it will evaporate very quickly from your source water. If your water is only treated with chlorine, then letting it stand over night should allow the chlorine to evaporate from the water and make it safe to use. In fact, you can even speed this up by bubbling air through the water with an air stone. This will increase the surface area of the water and allow the chlorine to evaporate even faster."

Read up

Air stone??? would that be the same as a filter??? ummmmm

come on folks your victims of really good marketing
 
Chago09;2462317; said:
"Chlorine is very volatile, so it will evaporate very quickly from your source water. If your water is only treated with chlorine, then letting it stand over night should allow the chlorine to evaporate from the water and make it safe to use. In fact, you can even speed this up by bubbling air through the water with an air stone. This will increase the surface area of the water and allow the chlorine to evaporate even faster."

Read up

Air stone??? would that be the same as a filter??? ummmmm

come on folks your victims of really good marketing
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Yeah but my understanding was that the chlorine can kill beneficial bacteria if it gets in the filter.
 
I am fairly ignorant to the science of chlorine. I therefore use dechlorinator. Better to be safe than sorry IMO. I am open to opinions and would be happy to stop using it if anyone can back up the ideas from the OP with some scientific evidence/background....

Hell, i dont want to be wasting my money every water change!
 
BarroomHero;2462323; said:
Yeah but my understanding was that the chlorine can kill beneficial bacteria if it gets in the filter.
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this is very true and makes for a good arguement. Although really if you have a tub which your filling already. Just fill the tub, through a air stone or a hob filter for a few hours. I guarantee you the chlorine level will be sooooo low.

Honestly I have kept every CA cichlid that exists and have honestly took my python and filled directly from my tap. I would just make sure the temperature was as close as I could get it. Once filled I would add dechlor like 15-20 minutes later. What sense does that make??? when chlorine was at its highest point(first entering the tank) it was flowing through the system with no ill effects at all. Actually right after my WC is when my fish seem to be the healthiest and colourful. Its like they get a breathe of fresh air.

K now I may be only speaking for myself, I'm in Ontario Canada and perhaps some of you have toxic water and your municipalities add like 50/50 mix of water and chlorine. I don't know. Although my tap water is not of the best quality. I'm in the water business so I know how my city water is. I only drink water through a Reverse Osmosis system. Although in my house I run a softner and my tanks get that water directly. Period. So I may be crazy although I have an Oscar that is 9 years old and 13". I have midas, texas, and butti that are around 5-6 years old. I have a 2 year old breeding pair of jags. I have also raised pretty close to 10 billion FW discus LOL not quite that many but you get the idea.

My SW predator tank gets tap water with salt added of course. Only my reef tank gets RO water, which is not because of chlorine although corals can't have any TDS(dissolved metals) so a RO membrane is required.
 
Rambo85;2462344; said:
I am fairly ignorant to the science of chlorine. I therefore use dechlorinator. Better to be safe than sorry IMO. I am open to opinions and would be happy to stop using it if anyone can back up the ideas from the OP with some scientific evidence/background....

Hell, i dont want to be wasting my money every water change!
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Here do this. Go to pool store and buy a chlorine test kit. Test some water right from your tap. Pour water into a bucket quickly so it splashes and gets frothy or whatever(you know what I mean). Then let it sit for about an hour with a old filter just running or a PH making bubbles etc. Then test the water.

How do you currently do wc?? add water into tank then add dechlor??
 
I use Prime because my tap water is treated with chloramine.

I add the proper dose to the tank before I start filling.
 
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