What does chlorine and chloramine do in fish?
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We "regenerate" our primary and secondary charcoal tanks every night. all that is is upward water pressure on the charcoal in the tank to stir it up.
Same with our deionizer (about a 15 minute cycle)
I'll ask our Biomed guy about regenerating active charcoal. if drying is enough or what.
our water room is so big that my only real job in there is to check the chloramine every 4 hours. the hardness at the end of the day, and keep track of the acid.
another person keeps track of the pressures/levels and endotoxines.
We call biomed when there is a real problem.
We "regenerate" our primary and secondary charcoal tanks every night. all that is is upward water pressure on the charcoal in the tank to stir it up.
Same with our deionizer (about a 15 minute cycle)
I'll ask our Biomed guy about regenerating active charcoal. if drying is enough or what.
our water room is so big that my only real job in there is to check the chloramine every 4 hours. the hardness at the end of the day, and keep track of the acid.
another person keeps track of the pressures/levels and endotoxines.
We call biomed when there is a real problem.
Is your conditioner called Aquasana Gold and made by Prodac? If so, that product treats chlorine and chloramine according to the website.
I have three large fish tanks and change 300 of gallons at a time at a time I actually run out of hot water before I am done.What I do is take a garden hose and hook it up to the slop sink in garage and run it to a 35 gallon pail,were I add salt and Seachem Safe it is a powder that dissolves in water 1kg treats 200.000 gallons of water it treats chlorine,chloramine ammonia and detoxifies Nitrite and nitrate. If you do not have a slop sink you can go to a plumbing store and get an adapter that hooks up to a regular sink faucet and makes it 3/4 for a hose to go on.I bought a 1/4 horse utility pump that I run from the pail to the tank to add new water,what is nice about this is you can adjust the water temperature without shocking your fish.Just make sure that you stay on top of it while filling pail,because i have been distracted before and I tell you running like a mad man when pale overflows is no fun.some people put the water right into there tanks and it works for them,But I have a lot of Chloramine in my water supply,so I rather do it in the pail plus it is easier to regulate the water temperature In the pail rather than going strait into tank.you can also use the pump to take water out of your tanks,makes it simple. Just do not put pump to low that it sucks up gravel.Hope this helps you out I have been doing it like this for years
Yes oduct but make sure the product you use removes chlorine and chloramines. Some of the cheaper stuff just works for chlorine chloramine is a by-product of chlorine and ammonia.
Can I just use the charcoal once a week? I'll just put it in the filter for about an hour or so to remove chlorine and reuse it the week after?
I pump out water out of my tanks but it's taking me a long time. That's what i'm doing, I put water into a container, mix it with the dechlo then put it in the tank. but the container is not enough to fill even one of the tanks so I have to fill and mix over and over again
It's just Aqua Gold, it's a very cheap dechlorinator, and I think it doesn't remove chloramine, I'm not sure but will having activated carbon/charcoal removes chlorine and chloramine?
Get a bigger pail and stronger pump,also the more hose that's connected to your pump the harder it is for it to pump out,you did not say what size hose your using.a garden hose can move a lot of water.In my 35 gallon pail it takes me about 15 minutes,to pump out my 300 gallon tank it takes 45 minutes
You can add tap water directly into your tank, and add dechlorine/water conditioner as soon as you add tap water. Just use the mfr recommend dosage for the total tank water. Let say you do a 30% water change on a 120gal tank. Use the dose for 120gal, not 36, not 40 gal
