Is this true as like the idea of using less chemicals mine is a tropical aquarium .
2007-10-16 18:53:45 · 9 answers · asked by EMMA P 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Leaving the water out for a day will remove chlorine in the water, but not chloramine. If your water contains chloramine, the only way to remove it is by using water conditioner. You can contact your local water supplier to find out whether chloramine is present in your tap water. If you can't find out, I'd use the water conditioner just to be safe.
2007-10-17 01:58:02 · answer #1 · answered by ninjaaa! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. It all depends on what your water supplier uses to treat the water. If chlorine is used, this will dissipate in about 24 hours and be safe for your fish. If it's chloramine, it won't be. Because chlorine is lost so quickly, more water suppliers are using chloramine, which is a molecule that combines chlorine and ammonia. This doesn't dissipate like chlorine, so you'd need to use a conditioner to remove it. And to make things even more complicated, you need to use the correct conditioner. If it's one only meant to remove chlorine, or one that "breaks the chloramine bond", these release ammonia into the tank. Ammonia can be toxic to fish in relatively small amounts. Look for one that says it "removes" or "neutralizes" chloramines. There are some products that will remove both chlorine and chloramine, but the dosing is different.
So my suggestion would be to contact your water supplier and find out how your water is treated, and you go from there
2007-10-16 19:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of people doing this and being very successful with it.
I myself circulate the water in my tank for a month before adding starter fish to the tank. I use less chemicals and I have extremely healthy fish in each of my tanks.
2007-10-16 19:00:40 · answer #3 · answered by Aravyndra 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
leaving water to sit for about three days is usually sufficiant, espec. if you add an air stone / pump. However, this will only remove chlorine and other chemicals, and not heavy metals, which can still be toxic to fish. It honestly depends on the water in your area.
2007-10-16 19:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have a friend who does just that,he as a few barrels that he fills and leaves full for a month before he uses them in his tank.
he breeds fish and sells them to a pet shop so guess it must be a safe good way of doing what ever he is doing with the water
regards x kitti x
2007-10-16 18:57:58 · answer #5 · answered by misskitti7® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of this and it seems to work but in my area I have had to treat the water because of chemicals used in my local municipal water supply. Check with your water supplier.
2007-10-16 21:41:35 · answer #6 · answered by stargrazer 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes you could do that as long as the water is not too acid and kept clean and is circulated. It was said that fish will always swim in water where other fishes have een swimming in.
2007-10-16 23:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. Yeah I have read in articles that you can leave water for weeks and use less chemicals but i haven't tried it myself yet. Be sure to email me when you manage to try it. Thanks :)
2007-10-16 19:19:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you let it stand for 24 hours (overnight should also be OK) you shouldn't need any additive.
2007-10-16 20:29:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋