Chlorine

[Aiglos]

Hey;

Good news everyone,  I just called my local water (petawawa) and found out that they don't use Chloramine;  So ive been WAY overdosing in my water conditioner

They do use chlorine and it is at 1.6ppm;  can somone tell me if this is alot or very little.  Im just curious becuase I do alot of water changes and my water conditioner is starting to get pretty expensive,  now that I know I can cut the doses down becuase of the lack of chloramine can am I good just doing the recommended chlorine amount ?

Thanks. . .  

I am not an expert in chemistry so any help would be good.

[darkdep]

An option...if they are using Chlorine you can technically use no water conditioner at all.  Chlorine will evaporate from standing water within 24 hours.  You can put it in a bucket and use it the next day straight.

[BigDaddy]

Better to put an airstone in it for the day.

[darkdep]

It is better to put an airstone in it, but you CAN get away without.

[Iceman]

Before Ottawa went to chloramine, I never used conditioner. Let the water sit for 24 hours and never had a problem. If you are a little worried about it, put the airstone in.

[Nelson]

Before Ottawa went to chloramine, I never used conditioner. Let the water sit for 24 hours and never had a problem. If you are a little worried about it, put the airstone in.

I have storage containers for both freshwater and brackish water changes.  The containers each have a submersible pump, heater and an air stone that is intended primarily for uniform heat distribution, but also useful to dissipate chlorine/chloramine.

[Aiglos]

Right on; On my smaller tanks I will definatly start doing that, great news..

Unfortanatly I do large weekly water changes on my 125  with my python so I will have to stick to using water conditioner ; sometimes living in a small town has its advantages.  

thanks for the input

[BigDaddy]

I have storage containers for both freshwater and brackish water changes.  The containers each have a submersible pump, heater and an air stone that is intended primarily for uniform heat distribution, but also useful to dissipate chlorine/chloramine.

Airstones won't dissipate chlormine in standing water Nelson.  That's why you need a conditioner to break the chlorine/ammonia bond.