No Chlorine Remover!

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for a WC? i'd let the water age for a few days or in the mean while order some online. unless your tank is in immediate need of a WC, your fish can wait a few days.. no biggie. you can cut down on the feedings if it makes you feel better lol good to see you're one of those religious WC guys, but one time won't hurt. your stock isn't too big, given you have 60 gallons of water as well.. it'd be weeks or months before your nitrate gets extremely high to kill your fish.

small town you live in? really odd they can't get water conditioners if they are still shipping in other products to the store.
 
DammitKhoa said:
for a WC? i'd let the water age for a few days or in the mean while order some online. unless your tank is in immediate need of a WC, your fish can wait a few days.. no biggie. you can cut down on the feedings if it makes you feel better lol good to see you're one of those religious WC guys, but one time won't hurt. your stock isn't too big, given you have 60 gallons of water as well.. it'd be weeks or months before your nitrate gets extremely high to kill your fish.

small town you live in? really odd they can't get water conditioners if they are still shipping in other products to the store.
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+1, you should be fine for now, if you wait. If you must do one, it takes about 24 hours for chlorine to dissipate in a standing solution. If you wanna speed it up, aerate the water. Careful for other chlorine compounds though; i dont know your towns water additives
 
NickoP28 said:
My tap water has chlorine in it which poses a threat to fish and is also very hard. When we had well water i didnt use conditioner but now i dont have a choice.

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Mine has chlorine in it to, all water has chlorine in it but well water and i live in the city as have my parents for our entire lives, my dads has tanks for like 30 years and has never used the remover either.
 
chloramines won't dissipate the way chlorine does. call your water department and ask what they add to your water.
 
An extra week really shouldn't hurt unless you're horribly overstocked or have terrible filtration. Nitrates will get a bit higher, you can curb this some by not feeding or feeding lightly over the next week.

You and your fish will be fine. Once you get some just start back up on your schedule and change a higher percentage of water the next couple changes.

As an aside, have you tried walmart? Walmart has dechlor products and they do not order from the same places that a LFS or Petco/Petsmart does.
 
Yeah walmart been out for over a week and it is a rather small town. Im a bit ocd when it comes to changing my water lol. Its a sixty gallon wide with a 2.5" flowerhorn, two 2" jewels and two one inch convicts. Walmart says they will have theres in two days. Im sure they can wait im just over thinking like always :)
 
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