I have been using "stright dechlor" for a couple DECADES and have never had
any problems with the ammonia released. I keep rainbows and other, even more
sensitive fish and do large water changes. Never any trouble. :-) I do
keep Amquel around in case I need to neutralise ammonia, but only use it for
this exact purpose. It's too spendy to use every day. ;-) Please note that
Amquel, when used in water with little or no buffering capacity (RO or
similar) can cause pH to bottom out.
I also keep carbon around, tho I do not use it on a daily basis in any tank.
Carbon is very good at removing dissolved organics, and is especially useful
to remove old medication once a treatment regimen is completed. It is not
useless, as Peter stated, but its uses in everyday situations are not always
necessary. In some instances, it can even be counterproductive since it
removes such things as trace elements. In planted tanks this can be bad.
Many brands also contain a fair amount of phosphorous which causes algae
blooms. Also not good.
Julie <'><
"Bowluvr"
>From: "CR Brightwell" <marinesci at verizon.net>
>Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>To: <r_m_l at yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: RE: [RML] Myco inquiry
>Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:10:20 -0400
>
>Chloramines, should you have them, are present in the tap water and if you
>are indeed allergic to them (which is extremely unlikely), you bathe in it
>so your entire body would exhibit the irritation in your hands. Sodium
>thiosulfate will not break down the ammonia released when chloramines are
>split, by the way.
>
>
>
>Chris
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> _____
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>From: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com [r_m_l at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
>Peter Unmack
>Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 4:01 PM
>To: rainbowfish
>Subject: RE: [RML] Myco inquiry
>
>
>
>On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 fiestacranberry at webtv.net wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking of stting up some kind of charcoal filtering systems so I
> > can dispense with the chlorine removers altogether
>
>I still find it hard to believe that anyone buys chlorine remover given
>what a rip off the stuff is. If you can find it, get some sodium
>thiosulphate (I'm told photographic places might have it, or any
>university chemistry supply place) and mix about 110 grams in an end total
>of 200 millilitres of water. Add one or two drops per gallon of water to
>be neutralized. If you know you have chloromines then add two drops per
>gallon.
>
>Of course, if that is what you are allergic to then it won't help you any.
>My guess is that you don't have the space to age your water? An airstone
>overnight will get rid of chlorine, but not chloromines, have to treat to
>get rid of that.
>
>Cheers
>Peter Unmack
>