Dechlorinator nah?? or yah???

[Rambo85]

Rambo you have made this all worth it for me now. Spend like $5 on a test kit and see for yourself. Again like I said earlier, unless your city pulls water from a swamp and adds like tons and tons of chlorine and chloromine, you should not have any problems

Lol, no worries. I will try the test kit some time this week but i will also try and have a look for info reguarding the potential effects that small doses of Chloromine and other common additions to drinking water can cause on the long-term health of fish. I work as a human health risk assessor in contaminated land here in the UK and will have a word with a colleague who specialises in waterbodies and risk associated with pollutants in such bodies. I expect he can shed some light on the matter. That will have to wait untill tomor though i am afraid.


Cheers,

Ian

 

[Chago09]

Lol, no worries. I will try the test kit some time this week but i will also try and have a look for info reguarding the potential effects that small doses of Chloromine and other common additions to drinking water can cause on the long-term health of fish. I work as a human health risk assessor in contaminated land here in the UK and will have a word with a colleague who specialises in waterbodies and risk associated with pollutants in such bodies. I expect he can shed some light on the matter. That will have to wait untill tomor though i am afraid.


Cheers,

Ian

please chime in after that conversation. I would love to hear it.

Like I said I could be wrong, although I'm not the type of person to be just told you need this you need that. I rather someone explain to me WHY. If they can prove to me WHY then I follow it religiously. And from my experience with my water source. I have never needed it.

 

[cichlid2006]

it should be noted that most local authorities around the world now adopt chloramine into their water treatment process as it doesnt dissipate as easily as chlorine therefore water conditioners are a must.
also what about the heavy metals, ie copper, zinc, and iron, that conditioners also make safe. letting a bucket of water sit may get rid of chlorine but heavy metals are not so easil got rid of.
also a lot of conditioners give added vitamins to the water to improve fish health reducing the likelyhood of disease, for exampl tetra aquasafe adds vitamin B, iodine and magnesium. the pros far outweigh the cost when dealing with a £20+ fish such as 6" uaru.
i know the question was using it for chlorine but i felt the above needed to be added into the debate as most conditioners are more than chlorine removal agents.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

I add in prime right before fill up with the python...we have chloramines in the water down here

 

[Chago09]

it should be noted that most local authorities around the world now adopt chloramine into their water treatment process as it doesnt dissipate as easily as chlorine therefore water conditioners are a must.
also what about the heavy metals, ie copper, zinc, and iron, that conditioners also make safe. letting a bucket of water sit may get rid of chlorine but heavy metals are not so easil got rid of.
also a lot of conditioners give added vitamins to the water to improve fish health reducing the likelyhood of disease, for exampl tetra aquasafe adds vitamin B, iodine and magnesium. the pros far outweigh the cost when dealing with a £20+ fish such as 6" uaru.
i know the question was using it for chlorine but i felt the above needed to be added into the debate as most conditioners are more than chlorine removal agents.

I can absolutly bet you my life that water conditioners do nothing for the heavy metals which you spoke about. I am in the water purification business and I know 100% that heavy metals are not effected in any way by a water conditioner. You can take that to the bank.

 

[rallysman]

I don't use archaic time consuming methods like buckets, so I do need to use it. I go from tap to tank, and I don't want a mini cycle after every water change.

 

[xiahaolong168]

honestly, i don't treat the water with anything before I put it in.

 

[cchhcc]

No wonder the mortality rate of fish is 90% in the first few months........ Crazy thread.

 

[cichlid2006]

I can absolutly bet you my life that water conditioners do nothing for the heavy metals which you spoke about. I am in the water purification business and I know 100% that heavy metals are not effected in any way by a water conditioner. You can take that to the bank.

they wouldnt be allowed to market a product which is 100% ineffective in a job for which the said product is advertised for. water trade or not, trading standards in the uk would string em up by the goolies for mislabelling a product and for false advertising. quite simply the law doesnt allow for it. i dont know how strict your trading standards are in the US but i know here a company as large as tetra would not be able to get away with that.

 

[fishnoob]

I don't use anything. I LOVE MY WELL WATER.