Off Gassing Chlorine

[navmatt]

Will Chlorine off gas in a closed contained, the be exact one of those one gallon jugs you buy water or milk in. The residence hall I just moved into has water with a bit of sediment in it, so to make it drinkable I put it through a britta. I'm thinking of doing the same thing with my fish water instead of buying bottled water, which I've been doing hence the left over jugs.

Thanks
Matt

[famman]

the top should be open to 'gas off' any chlorine, though eventually it will decompose into a salt. however, just because you don't like the taste of the tap water doesn't mean the fish won't like it. Just be sure to use a dechlorinator, just a few $ at the lfs. might be easier and cheaper in the long run.
what kind of fish? what kind of tank? any idea about your tap water parameters?
good luck
:)

[VoodooChild]

Be careful as well of chloramines. Most municipalities use this now instead of chlorine and it's much more stable than chlorine, therefore taking over a week to dissapate into the air. Totally agree with Fanman. Spend a couple of bucks on dechlorinator.

[navmatt]

Ok sounds good I'll keep using the dechlor.

famman- I don't filter the water for taste I filter it for particulates, the pipes in the building are quite old and the water has a yellow tint out of the tap, but it's nice and clean post britta.

I have two tanks here at school, an Eclipse System6 and a System3. The six houses a pair of drawf cichlids and the three has a pair of Forktail Blue-eye Rainbows with 5 dwarf rasboras. Both tanks are lightly planted with low light plants.

I've attached a pic of the System 3