Chlorine filter?

Question

Hi I am setting up a fishroom and I was wondering if there is something I could use so I do not need to add dechlorinator to my water or let it sit, I want to be able to just turn the faucet on and have chrloine and chloramine free water. Is this possible?

Answer 1

A reverse osmosis unit will remove all of the chlorine and chloramines from your water, but it's not really what you are looking for I don't think. I have one and can tell you this about them: They are expensive, especially if you want many gallons per day.... yeah, gallons per DAY. Second, they are expensive to maintain. The membranes need to be replaced fairly often and they are not cheap. And most importantly, they remove not only what you want, but everything else from the water too. You get 0 hardness water with a pH of about 6.8. Cleaner than distilled and unsuitable for fish without being mixed with something else.

What you need is a under sink water purifier available at Walmart or home improvement stores. Get two, one for your cold water in your tank room and one to put in the water line before it goes to the hot water heater. You do have to maintain these filters as well, but it's not very expensive and you get chlorine free water on demand. I have them and use them in my tank room for exactly the same purpose, works great.

MM

Answer 2

It takes less than 5 seconds to put two drops of tapsafe into a bucket so why go to the expence

Answer 3

Um there are many products that claim to do these things, but they usualy kill your fish and or cloud your tank with dechlorinator which will eventualy kill your fish, the safest and cheapest thing to do is use dechlorinator.

Answer 4

its called a reverse osmosis deionization filter that attaches to your existing pipes under your sink.
This is an example.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/NavResults.cfm?N=2004+113773