Tapwater without chlorine?

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Viriatha

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Bought Tetra EasyStrips 6-in-1 Aquarium Test Strips to test my water and had some happy results but one really surprising one, no chlorine registered. I rechecked it and nope, no chlorine in my tap water (city water, not well water). Should I be concerned? Are the chlorine levels so low they won't register on a strip? Are the strips defective?
 
Rbishop

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Test strips can be fairly inaccurate....a liquid test kit is generally more reliable. Many water systems do not use chlorine..they use chloramine.
 
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All test strips are notorious for being inaccurate. City water has varying levels of chlorine and chloramine. It changes all the time.

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