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Chloramine in tap water
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Sparda
Addicted to Corns
The same thing happened here this summer. At first I bought the bottled spring water, then I just kept a couple of the jugs, and started "making" my own water. You can go to a pet store in the fish section and buy a bottle of Insto Chlor, ($3) it removes the chlorine and chloramine from the water. You just add 2 drops per gallon, and shake it up. I have been using this for a couple of months and it works great.
Just make sure you read the bottle, because some the stuff adds slime to the water for the fish, and you don't want that.
Good Luck!!!
Just make sure you read the bottle, because some the stuff adds slime to the water for the fish, and you don't want that.
Good Luck!!!
leia
New member
Yeah I had some stuff like that for my betta, I used the same bottle of filtered water but wanted to be extra safe because he actually lived in the water rather than just an occasional visit.
The stuff I had like that stunk pretty badly, and the squirty lid got clogged, so I stopped using it.
Another thing is, I think if you just let tap water stand, the chlorine will evaporate out, I'm not sure about that other stuff though. For our turtles at home, my sister just lets the water stand for a week or two, but I think for our big fishtank my dad adds a chemical and lets it stand.
The stuff I had like that stunk pretty badly, and the squirty lid got clogged, so I stopped using it.
Another thing is, I think if you just let tap water stand, the chlorine will evaporate out, I'm not sure about that other stuff though. For our turtles at home, my sister just lets the water stand for a week or two, but I think for our big fishtank my dad adds a chemical and lets it stand.
hi
I have kept fish for about 20 years and have found that if you let water sit for about 1 day 60% of the chlorine will come out... if you let it sit for 2 days almost all of the chlorine will come out. When I change water on the tank, I let it stand for 2 days and aerate it with a small bubbler and it is absolutely fine, there is no chlorine and it is also warmed up which is good....
Just my 2cents...
I have kept fish for about 20 years and have found that if you let water sit for about 1 day 60% of the chlorine will come out... if you let it sit for 2 days almost all of the chlorine will come out. When I change water on the tank, I let it stand for 2 days and aerate it with a small bubbler and it is absolutely fine, there is no chlorine and it is also warmed up which is good....
Just my 2cents...
MegF.
That's for sale???
Haven't the faintest idea Skye. All I can tell you is that when I had the water out of my faucet tested, it came out to more than 400 ppm of who knows what. Not just chlorine. My reverse osmosis system tested as 99% pure by contrast. The guy that tested the water took some of the city water with him to try to find out what was in it, as even his pufication system showed chemicals or something still in there.
Magic Kiwi
New member
We have that in our tap water here in Calgary. Doesn't seem to have caused our snakes any ill effects. However their teeth are very white and strong! (j/k)
Acradon
New member
Right guys, take it from a chemist.
Chloramine is definitly not a good thing. Amines in general are quite nasty things. And any stuff that supposingly remove it from the water is not getting rid of it. It may change it into another molecule but that does'nt neccesarily make it better.
The BRITA could be an option to remove it.
Luckily I'm living in an area where nothing is added to the water,....but then again I have copper pipes....!!?
Personaly I do use the BRITA to purify the water from metal contaminants and limestone.
If my water would be treated with anything harsh, such as chloramine I would certainly go over to still mineral water for my snakes.
Hope I could help.
Acradon
Chloramine is definitly not a good thing. Amines in general are quite nasty things. And any stuff that supposingly remove it from the water is not getting rid of it. It may change it into another molecule but that does'nt neccesarily make it better.
The BRITA could be an option to remove it.
Luckily I'm living in an area where nothing is added to the water,....but then again I have copper pipes....!!?
Personaly I do use the BRITA to purify the water from metal contaminants and limestone.
If my water would be treated with anything harsh, such as chloramine I would certainly go over to still mineral water for my snakes.
Hope I could help.
Acradon
Acradon
New member
Hey just found that:
http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/CH/chloramine.html
Have a read and decide for yourself.
Acradon
http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/CH/chloramine.html
Have a read and decide for yourself.
Acradon
CHLORINE
Hello, I do agree with cornkid. Living in South Florida you have to continuely add chlorine to your swimming pool because of evaporation of the chemical. So what I do is fill up containers of water from my tap that is purified through a filter cartridge and still let it set for a couple of days with the lid open, before using it for my corns and other critters. I believe Chloromine is chemically very similar to chlorine, but more stable. Hence in my spa, they recomend to use bromine instead of chlorine. The main reason is because when you heat the water to 100-104 F. the bromine is less likely to have the high and low spikes. But it still evaporates and thus I have an inline feeder, that when the spa cycles itself or in use it is constantly feeds an adjustable amount of bromine. I hopes this helps a little. REG
Hello, I do agree with cornkid. Living in South Florida you have to continuely add chlorine to your swimming pool because of evaporation of the chemical. So what I do is fill up containers of water from my tap that is purified through a filter cartridge and still let it set for a couple of days with the lid open, before using it for my corns and other critters. I believe Chloromine is chemically very similar to chlorine, but more stable. Hence in my spa, they recomend to use bromine instead of chlorine. The main reason is because when you heat the water to 100-104 F. the bromine is less likely to have the high and low spikes. But it still evaporates and thus I have an inline feeder, that when the spa cycles itself or in use it is constantly feeds an adjustable amount of bromine. I hopes this helps a little. REG
moonshadow
Keeper of the Menagerie
umm, no chloramine does NOT evaporate, so you can't leave water out for a day or to to evaporate it like you can with chlorine treated water. The question that I have (and everyone else it seems) is whether or not the presence of chloramine in our snakes drinking water will greatly affect their health. When I think about it, I drink the tap water, and my dog drinks the tap water, but I treat the water before I add it to my fishtank. As far as the snake is concerned I haven't a clue how bad it would be. Also, I can't use the same product that I use for my fishtank to treat my snakes water because it contains lots of other chemicals as well. I used to use a brita, and even though I always cleaned it out and changed the filters when I should, the bottom always felt slimy, like there was bacteria growing in there, and I figured there must be bacteria living in the filters when it got close to the time to change them... so which is worse, chemicals or bacteria?
tyretosmom
New member
Ewwww
If i leave my water sitting out it gets gross. Things start to float in it. But then again I do live in So. cal. and I think they have some of the worse water. Not to mention I live on camp pendleton and every three months they fush the pipes and the water turns brown "but its okay to drink" according to the goverment.
needless to say I have one of those water towers in my house.
Jaimee
If i leave my water sitting out it gets gross. Things start to float in it. But then again I do live in So. cal. and I think they have some of the worse water. Not to mention I live on camp pendleton and every three months they fush the pipes and the water turns brown "but its okay to drink" according to the goverment.
needless to say I have one of those water towers in my house.
Jaimee
Acradon
New member
Well as far as i'm concerned I make up fresh water every day with the Brita. I just drink a lot. So I don't really get the bacteria making up a slimy ground. Of course there might be a coouple of bacteria in the water. But hey why not. It's good for the immune system to keep it working a bit. Otherwise you start getting allergies and all that sh**.
While chloramine (as shown in the MSDS sheet I linked earlier) can act as a mutagen. Means in can mutate cell DNA. In other words it can cause cancer and other nasty things like infertility and so on...
I rather go for the bacteria.
Acradon
P.S.: I really don't know whats going on in the states. On the one hand the government bans medication, pestizides and food supplements cause of a suspected threat to human health on the other side it uses chemicals that should only be used short term wise as EMERGENCY DESINFECTANTS as an everyday water additive. But I suppose the hippocracy is all over the world.
While chloramine (as shown in the MSDS sheet I linked earlier) can act as a mutagen. Means in can mutate cell DNA. In other words it can cause cancer and other nasty things like infertility and so on...
I rather go for the bacteria.
Acradon
P.S.: I really don't know whats going on in the states. On the one hand the government bans medication, pestizides and food supplements cause of a suspected threat to human health on the other side it uses chemicals that should only be used short term wise as EMERGENCY DESINFECTANTS as an everyday water additive. But I suppose the hippocracy is all over the world.