white streaks on Leo

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I missed the part about the Leo being flipped over. By me, the water company is flushing the mains at this time of year and also have switched temporarily from chloramine to chlorine. I also know a bunch of people in NYC have lost a bunch of fish in the last week or so, it wouldn't surprise me if there's been something going on with their water supply too. I've been dosing a little extra water treatment during my water changes because I can smell the chlorine.
I know you're not in the same area but it's possible the water company by you is doing similar things at this time of year, it would be worth looking on their website or calling and asking.
All this assumes you're not on well water, of course (although spring runoff could also affect well water).
 
eklikewhoa said:
i believe it's the other way around... chlorine to chloramines which are more harmful due to the binding of ammonia.
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Nope. Usually my water has chloramine. At this time of year they switch to chlorine.

Direct quote from my water company:

n February, as part of an annual system maintenance program, New Jersey American Water temporarily changed its treatment process from chloramine to chlorine. The two-month changeover to free chorine allowed the company to perform maintenance on chemical feed systems.

During the water treatment transition, some customers noticed changes to the taste and odor of their water. When the chloramine treatment resumes, the taste and smell of chlorine should abate.
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Although chloramine is nasty to fish (very nasty) I think chlorine is missed by many fish keepers and I do not think all people use a dechlorinator every time and dose correctly at the right time, chlorine is in the water to kill stuff....I.e. bacteria and this also means fish. The chlorine damages the gills too and reduces the take up of oxygen, if that doesn't do it then the nitrite spike from filter die off does the same anyway.

I add chlorine and chloramine remover for my water changes and I still fill up with full heavy metal axe which removes both.
 
i would think chlorine is the better of the two cause it gases out naturally.
 
anarekist said:
full heavy metal axe?
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Yes, chlorine is much better as gasses off but the damage to fish is done before it leaves the tank by gas, in theory a Venturi gasses pretty quickly and I use this to help mine but it would still damage fish and bacteria, especially in high doses.

The full heavy metal axe is a three stage filter using high pressure membranes and very high quality carbon, it removes heavy metals and solids like RO but leaves a lot behind, it also removes chlorine and chloramine if you buy the correct pods. I wouldn't be without mine, it adds 30 gals per day to my tank as a drip.
 
That is odd, in the southern states when I'm there during the season change the water company dumps chloramines like crazy and it's easy to tell when cause the forums are flooded with "instant death" or "white slime body" threads.

I use a large carbon filter and still use Amquel+plus cause I don't trust it completely.
 
i just double dose safe then fill my tank up with water from the garden hose, but i make sure to get safe powder on my drift wood that's exposed from the water so it acts like a slow release system as the waterline moves up.
 
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