How to remove ammonia in tap water?
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longv;4459711; said:its most likely chlorine/chloramine in your water showing up as amonia in your test kit. i think its pretty common for that to happen.
I live in the country i have well water i have no chlorine/chloramine.
Nowadays, tap water is treated with chlorine and chloramine.
Chloramine is formed by combining Chlorine and Ammonia.
Some water treatment products claim to have anti-chlorine, anti-chloramine and anti-ammonia effects.
First, anti-chloramine breaks down chloramine into chlorine and ammonia.
Then,
- anti-chlorine removes chlorine
- anti-ammonia converts ammonia into safe form
Chloramine is formed by combining Chlorine and Ammonia.
Some water treatment products claim to have anti-chlorine, anti-chloramine and anti-ammonia effects.
First, anti-chloramine breaks down chloramine into chlorine and ammonia.
Then,
- anti-chlorine removes chlorine
- anti-ammonia converts ammonia into safe form
My water comes straight out of the ground from an under ground well not 20' from my house its is not treated by a water treatment plant like in the city i do not get a water bill only electric bill its not chlorine or chlorine.
I agree with the other couple of posters above who said that you'd be fine just adding the drip system. The amount of ammonia you have in your well water will be handled just fine with your normal biological filtration way before it built up to levels high enough to be a problem for your fish.
Say you drip even 10 gallons a day into your tank. Since I don't know the size of your tank, I'll assume you have a 55 gallon. Subtract substrate, rocks, decorations, evaporation, and fish and you're left with probably about 40-45 gallons of water actually in the tank. That means that, even if your bio-bacteria were on strike all day, you'd have less than .15 ppm of ammonia in your tank by the end of the day. The amount in your water is far less than the amount created by your fish daily. Your bio-filtration will adjust to it just fine.
Say you drip even 10 gallons a day into your tank. Since I don't know the size of your tank, I'll assume you have a 55 gallon. Subtract substrate, rocks, decorations, evaporation, and fish and you're left with probably about 40-45 gallons of water actually in the tank. That means that, even if your bio-bacteria were on strike all day, you'd have less than .15 ppm of ammonia in your tank by the end of the day. The amount in your water is far less than the amount created by your fish daily. Your bio-filtration will adjust to it just fine.
Then, assuming you're still only dripping 10g/day, you'd only be adding less than .02 ppm of ammonia to your tank. That would be safe for the fish even without biological filtration.
Gervahlt;4463986; said:Then, assuming you're still only dripping 10g/day, you'd only be adding less than .02 ppm of ammonia to your tank. That would be safe for the fish even without biological filtration.
Thanks man is ther a chart that you are geting that # from or a formula? because i am going to do 20g per day or something close to that.
