Doesn't chlorine evaporate or dissipate over time? If the drip is slow enough and the volume of tank water large enough the percentage of chloramines not yet evaporated should be minimal, no?
drip water changer - removing chloramine
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sashimimaster;4178840; said:
No... chloramines take very long time to evaporate than chlorine and the dripping rate is too fast.
gavigan1, Your thread gave me a very good insight into the problem and it was just as I was expecting. As long as BIO filtering is up to par the ammonia will be in check.
Pharaoh, thats great to hear. Can't wait to get mine setup.
You'll need DI to remove the ammonia. The problem is that DI is exhausted very quickly because it will remove almost everything. That's why it's put after a reverse osmosis membrane which removes almost everything, leaving the DI with a much lighter workload.
You will not have to remove any incomming ammonia since thats what all your biological filtration in the tank is for. The ammount of ammonia fish produce in the tank is extremely high compared to incoming water.
Simple answer is not to worry about it. It is extremely easy to measure the tank water for ammonia if you did want to check.
Simple answer is not to worry about it. It is extremely easy to measure the tank water for ammonia if you did want to check.
fishdance;4241445; said:
Agreed. One other thing to consider is that having the ammonia coming to the tank helps keep the system cycled. I can generally add and remove fish without worrying because there is always ammonia being supplied to my beneficial bacteria.
