Guppygirl Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 A friendly reminder--It's spring runoff time again. The water companies are adding the chemicals again in higher dosages. The water In Grande Prairie smells like a swimming pool and tastes chemically (at least to me). Time to double dose our water conditioners to protect our fish. Also time for me to go to bottled water at least until the runoff is done-I don't like the taste out of the tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Spring is in the air when there is a heavy fog and the salt laden transmission wires catch fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Try filling your bath tub the day before a water change and throw a small airstone in it works like a charm even better if you have a jetted tub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 i just did a 30% on my 300 gal and yeah i double dosed as the water smelled on Chlorine!!!!! happy to say next day all fronts happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Unless your water is treated with chloramine. Chloramine has a half life of 26 hours... while being boiled. That's some stable stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 If you have chloramine your options really are RO/DI including the carbon filtering, a binding agent such as Prime, or UV. I'm not sure how long UV takes to degrade the chloramine. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-11/rhf/feature/ Is a really good article about removing chloramine for aquarium use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Oops. Double post. Edited April 10, 2013 by cainechow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) If your water company uses chloramine they will typically be treating at near the same strength as the rest of the year. In Edmonton & Red Deer that would be 2 mg/l, (2ppm). While the water takes on a slightly offensive odor this time of year it is due to the chemical reaction with organics, not just because of an increase in disinfectant. One can use a bit extra Prime/Safe to treat any additional chlorine residuals during spring run off, but there's really no need to double dose. From the RDC Q&A .......... Chlorine is used as a disinfectant in the water treatment process year round. Because of the high levels of organic present during the runoff, the amount of chlorine in the springtime is greater than that used at other times of the year. This additional chlorine is used up by the organic in the raw water. The amount of chlorine in the tap water is the same year round. The tap water may have a slight chlorine smell in spring conditions, due to organic, which have combined chemically with chlorine. Edited April 10, 2013 by RD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 If your water company uses chloramine they will typically be treating at near the same strength as the rest of the year. In Edmonton & Red Deer that would be 2 mg/l, (2ppm). While the water takes on a slightly offensive odor this time of year it is due to the chemical reaction with organics, not just because of an increase in disinfectant. One can use a bit extra Prime/Safe to treat any additional chlorine residuals during spring run off, but there's really no need to double dose. From the RDC Q&A .......... Chlorine is used as a disinfectant in the water treatment process year round. Because of the high levels of organic present during the runoff, the amount of chlorine in the springtime is greater than that used at other times of the year. This additional chlorine is used up by the organic in the raw water. The amount of chlorine in the tap water is the same year round. The tap water may have a slight chlorine smell in spring conditions, due to organic, which have combined chemically with chlorine. fair enough but double stocking is expensive and prime aint that bad!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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