Our town water supply has just been cited for high trihalomethane content.
What effect does this have to the fish and how can it be removed?
After a large water change 4 of my 5 java loaches died. There are alot more factors involved in that than just a waterchange (new job + no time = no water changes = 1000 plus nitrates...yeah i know bad..i dont need a tongue(keyboard?) lashing)
According to the inet trihalomethane is created by the reaction between chlorine and organic matter (in other words the shrapnel, secondary fires, ruins, etc after the water treatment kills everything).
A brief search results in some unsubstatiated claims that carbon filtration will remove it. I am currently using about a 10x dosage of purigen in the filter to get the nitrates down faster.
thanks
What effect does this have to the fish and how can it be removed?
After a large water change 4 of my 5 java loaches died. There are alot more factors involved in that than just a waterchange (new job + no time = no water changes = 1000 plus nitrates...yeah i know bad..i dont need a tongue(keyboard?) lashing)
According to the inet trihalomethane is created by the reaction between chlorine and organic matter (in other words the shrapnel, secondary fires, ruins, etc after the water treatment kills everything).
A brief search results in some unsubstatiated claims that carbon filtration will remove it. I am currently using about a 10x dosage of purigen in the filter to get the nitrates down faster.
thanks
