Does the water I add in my tank has to be treated with conditioner? What if the water is settled?
2007-08-03 05:28:28 · 3 answers · asked by $_$ 5 in Pets ➔ Fish
To answer this correctly, you'd have to contact your water company to find out what's used to treat the water. If they use chlorine, this will go away if you let the water sit out for 24 hours. Since it doesn't last very long, more water companies are switching to chloramine, which is a combination of the chlorine and ammonia molecules. If this is what's used, you need to treat this with a conditioner which is made specifically to remove or neutralize chloramine. If you use one that's just for chlorine, or one that only says that it "breaks the chloramine bond", you'll be releasing ammonia (toxic to fish) into the tank.
2007-08-03 05:35:10 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no, dont use settled water because its harmful and may even kill your fish. and yes use conditioner in your tank water, make sure its fish safe though.
note, dont use the settled water in any case.
2007-08-03 12:37:46 · answer #2 · answered by sunnydayxx 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
no seeing as settled water can have bacteria which can be harmful to your fish.
2007-08-03 12:33:49 · answer #3 · answered by Andrew R 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋