Filtering out Chloramines on a drip system

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Should you really focus on filtering chloramines out of the water on your drip system or could you just shoot to remove chlorine and let the BB clean up the ammonia that is added into the water. What are the opinions of this situation. For my case, I will be utilizing a gigantic sump to operate the entire sysem. There will be plenty of bio-media for the BB.

Thaks for the input.
 
I would think as long as the ammonia never got high it wouldn't be a problem.
 
As I understand, chloramines can only be taken out of the water chemically. Prime binds both into ammonium which can be used by the bb, so I think technically either way you would need a dechlor of some kind. I understand chlorine will outgas in a short amount of time, but chloramines stay in the water until you physically remove them.
 
Yep, the chloramines aren't so easy to remove. I drip 48 gallons per day (according to the drippers but seems like a lot less) into my 250g. When the city pumped chloramines (.2 ppm) into the water, it was clearly obvious in the behavior of my fish.

If you have the space for another tank, you might want to consider dripping there and dosing that tank daily with Prime or Amquel and then have that tank overflow into your main tank or sump.
 
Thanks for the input guys. I will just go ahead and buy the filter to remove the chloramines. I really do not want to have to try and age the water separately. I want to keep it to a drip system.
 
I bought a carbon filter with the information that at a slow flow rate, the carbon would have enough contact time to remove the chloramines. It tested .2ppm going in and .2ppm coming out.

If you regularly have chloramines, it would be well worth it to invest in an RO unit. They can be had for about $170 from Lowes and HD.
 
The total system on a drip could be in the upwards of 1200G. I want to be able to change a lot of water.

I do not know much about RO units. Not sure if I would want to use RO in my tanks.
 
I believe Li has a system that adds Prime to the drip, that would solve that problem.
 
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