replacing your fish bowl water with clean water for your betta fish
2007-05-20 09:22:31 · 9 answers · asked by lkrunning 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Assuming it's just chlorine gas, you can let it sit out for 24 hours or you can place an air stone in the container with it and it will be ready to use in 12 hours.
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2007-05-20 09:26:27 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can age it as mentioned to gas out the chlorine. Water movement is what causes this gassing, so having the water sit stagnant for any length of time doesn't guarantee removal - the aeration part is very important. Any method that disturbs the water to aerate it will do the same thing. Running it through the Brita filter as mentioned does work because of this, but it's not the carbon itself that removes the chlorine, just the disturbance of the water.
You must be absolutely certain that your tap water doesn't contain chloromines. This is chlorine attached to ammonia to make it more stable - it can't be gassed out and many water companies have converted to this for the very reason that it is stable. If you aren't sure, call your water supplier and find out.
You should still be using conditioner though - while chlorine can be gassed out, there are other harmful metals and such in the water that can't be - these elements won't kill your fish out of hand, but can cause longer term health issues.
2007-05-20 10:01:49 · answer #2 · answered by Ghapy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot more elements in tap water than just chlorine that are more harmful than the neutraliser (Sodium Thiosulphate).
Heavy metals, pollutants, algaecides, paracitides and worst of all chloramine ions. Agitate the water surface for 24 hours & gas exchange will release almost all traces of chlorine but it won't remove the other nasties (particularly chloramine).
Use a neutraliser/conditioner, its pretty harmless and we've been using it on ou reef tanks for years. If corals are un-affected you can be damn sure fish aren't bothered by it either.
2007-05-20 12:15:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A filter won't take out chlorine, and if you listen to those people, your fish will die. Always have a few extra gallons of water sitting around, and as long as it's been sitting out for 24 hours or more, the chlorine will have evaporated.
2007-05-20 09:46:14 · answer #4 · answered by boncarles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Filter it in a Brita water pitcher.
2007-05-20 09:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by Klingon 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know if a charcole filter gets rid of clorine but try that.
2007-05-20 09:27:31 · answer #6 · answered by Reta, Bears mommy 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
by boiling or letting set for a day
2007-05-23 14:37:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With a filter.
2007-05-20 09:33:45 · answer #8 · answered by zombi86 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
buy bottled water
2007-05-20 09:27:11 · answer #9 · answered by Miles Batty 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋