leaving water to stand to remove chlorine?

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Astro

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May 16, 2006
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Hi Zoo - I meant should I use 'tap water conditioner' which treats chlorine and chloramine, as opposed to 'prime' or so something which does chlorine, chloramine and the resulting ammonia.

Anyway - I treated a bucket of tapwater with 'tap water conditioner' and then tested for ammonia (I didn't know how quick the conditioner works, so I tested immediately, an hour later, and 5 hours later). No detectable ammonia. So that answers my question, I can steer clear of the ones that do ammonia (I prefer to add the least ammount of chemicals necesary)
 

TheZoo

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Apr 12, 2006
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oh... yeah, as you found out, it should be fine. Any resulting ammonia will be negligable and easily removed w/ water changes. I used API "tap water conditioner" for a long time, have had trouble finding it lately though.
 
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