Not a newbie, but a newbie question about pythons

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red_wall

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How do you stop the chlorine from contaminating the water? I get the whole system on how it works except that. Is chlorinated water okay to keep in a tank for a little while without conditioner? Whats stopping me from just bringing in a hose from outside and just doing it like that? Or can I just put the amt. of de-chlor in the tank and fill it up with de-chlor in there? Thanks guys!
 
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I add Prime as the re-fill starts..for the size of the tank, not the size of the water change...regardless of how I am re-filling.
 
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What Mr. Bishop says.
You can bring a hose in from outside... if you can adjust the water temp. Or if you don't mind shocking your fish with some really really really (it's wintertime here) cold water.
 
red_wall

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We've got a warm spell here, 78 degrees haha. Benefit of living in southern GA. You put the de-chlor in as it's filling up? Or before you start?
 
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red_wall said:
We've got a warm spell here, 78 degrees haha. Benefit of living in southern GA. You put the de-chlor in as it's filling up? Or before you start?
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I always do it before it starts. I have a hose to drain and a house to fill so as I'm moving hoses around, I'm dosing with prime.
 
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red_wall said:
How do you stop the chlorine from contaminating the water? I get the whole system on how it works except that.
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I just pour in the correct amount of Prime (about 1 1/2 cap fulls) for my tank size (75g) near where the new water is flowing into the tank. It's worked for me for four years now.
 
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