ageing water

[zoomo]

Does anybody do it and how long for and will i still need to use stress coat afterwards?

[mralgae]

dont use this method myself but from what i know you age it for 24/48 hrs to rid chlorine but not sure if it rids chloromine. stress coat as far as i am aware only rids chlorine in the water. i think jackpike uses this methed he would be better to answer this for you.

[jackpike]

I age my water for a couple of days before using it for water changes, I don't use water conditioner with aged water, If i need the water from the tap in a hurry then i will use conditioners. But because water chemistry might be different for u in hawaii this might not be right for u.

[jackpike]

I looked into this abit more. Chlorine is unstable it will turn into gas and dissipate from water after 24/48hr. But Chloramine is much more stable and won't dissipate from water quite so easily. So if u have Chloramine in your water you will have to use water conditioner to remove it. An easy way to tell if you have Chloramine in your water is to fill a large white container, bucket or bath. If the tap water has a green tint to it then u have Chloramine in your tap water. it also helps to see the colour if you compare it with distilled water. Another interesting fact i found was that Chloramine is derived from Chlorine and ammonia. Now if your water conditioner states that it removes Chlorine and Chloramine but doesn't remove ammonia. Then your water conditioner will remove the Chlorine in the Chloramine and leave the ammonia behind. So what you thought was nice clean de-Chloramined water for your aquarium is actually tainted with ammonia.

And as we all know even in small amounts ammonia is BAD.

[karen]

ah now thats very intresting indeed.

[anthony]

jackpike said:

I looked into this abit more. Chlorine is unstable it will turn into gas and dissipate from water after 24/48hr. But Chloramine is much more stable and won't dissipate from water quite so easily. So if u have Chloramine in your water you will have to use water conditioner to remove it. An easy way to tell if you have Chloramine in your water is to fill a large white container, bucket or bath. If the tap water has a green tint to it then u have Chloramine in your tap water. it also helps to see the colour if you compare it with distilled water. Another interesting fact i found was that Chloramine is derived from Chlorine and ammonia. Now if your water conditioner states that it removes Chlorine and Chloramine but doesn't remove ammonia. Then your water conditioner will remove the Chlorine in the Chloramine and leave the ammonia behind. So what you thought was nice clean de-Chloramined water for your aquarium is actually tainted with ammonia.

And as we all know even in small amounts ammonia is BAD.

I think you have that a little mixed up mate.
If it removes chloramine then you are ok. If it removes chlorine only then you will be left with ammonia. Chlorine is the bond. It all comes down to particle size. I know how the principal works but the rest is beyond me.