2007-11-23 10:41:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Chlorine needs a full 24 hours to sit and evaporate. However, many municipal water streams have chloramine, which won't evaporate. It's safest to kill all the heavy metals with an inexpensive conditioner. You can also filter your water to help.
2007-11-23 10:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by boncarles 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Back in the day most municipalities used plain old chlorine and it would work it's way out of the tap water in 24 hours,nowadays most of them use Chloramine,a combination of chlorine and ammonia,and a much more stable or tenacious compound. De-chlorinating chemicals are required. However after it's de-chlorinated allowing it to sit near the Betta's tank will get the temperature to match and isn't a bad idea, too.
2007-11-23 19:48:24 · answer #2 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah you do. If you use the water conditioner, you don't need to let it sit at all by the way. It's not that expensive really, you do get a lot of use out of it :)
2007-11-23 18:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by pinhead_hey 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah 24 hours but still get water conditioner
2007-11-24 18:58:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends,where do u live&how r u'r water conditions>Me(australia)I used to be able to boil it&use it,but now we have drought&bad water,even boiled i not only have to condition it but ph-down as well,just to get it to ph;7(neutral)
2007-11-23 20:47:45 · answer #5 · answered by fighterfish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there are Chloramines, that are in your tap that can make sudden ammonia spike.
2007-11-23 19:21:44 · answer #6 · answered by Chris 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋