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Re: Chlorine is bad - Chloride is not a problem



At 07:14 AM 3/9/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Chlorine is bad  -  Chloride is not a problem
>
>ammonia is bad - ammonium is not a problem
>
>         Both are pH dependent

Charles,

What do you mean that chloride is pH dependent. If you add salt (sodium 
chloride) there is no way that varying the pH in an aquarium can convert it 
to chlorine. Chlorine in solution forms hypochlorite, not chloride. Please 
explain.

Barry
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Barry J. Cooper, Prof., Dept. Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Current address: 27505 Riggs Hill Rd.
Sweet Home, OR 97386 (bjc3 at cornell_edu)

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