Re: [Killietalk] Cloromine (sic)

[Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net>]

Markus,

Markus&Heather Brown wrote:

> "snip" To my:
>
> --I prefer to avoid "Amquel" o/e when possible. It seems to kill the small
>
> > critters we call infusoria, so deprives babies of some early essential
> > variety in their diet

> Wright, do you have a sugestion for a dechlorinator? Aside from your carbon
> filter? I have been using a product called Aqua-Plus without any noticible
> loss in flora in my tanks. Just curious
> Markus

I avoid products that are advertised like "snake oil" and don't give 
their ingredients or how they work. IDK what is in Hagan's "Aqua Plus" 
but suspect it is an ultra-expensive version of plain old photographer's 
hypo. That will not kill infusoria, AFAIK. It possibly will give your 
fish gill damage, if you have any chloramine.

The one thing I advocate is never, ever using a product called a 
dechlorinator, any more. It must be a dechlor*am*inator, to be safe 
(despite Charles' protests :-)). Those work on *either* chlorine or 
chloramine. You can't lose.

I like "Amquel" because it seems a bit more stable than the more 
concentrated "Prime." I have also used and liked "Ammo Lock 2."

I'm in Lee's camp though, thinking that carbon filtering is cheap and 
easy, and provides a more natural environment for our fish. All the 
current crop of dechloraminators are based on compounds similar to 
formaldehyde. Those kill small, unarmored critters, and may tend to 
toughen gills and skin of bigger animals. [My understanding is that they 
act as tanning agents on organics.]

HTH

Wright

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