Re: [Killietalk] Thiosulfate de-chloroamine in city water

["Karen Perdue" <windamyr at peoplepc_com>]

Thanks so much for the offer Charles!! Lesson learned for me, I'll be 
ordering a chorine kit this week, it was an experience I never want to have 
again, just watching my fish die in minutes, I had to calm down a bit before 
calling the county water department to ask what they'd done, will also be 
warning all my customers to be extra careful when doing their water changes 
too!

Karen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles & Sue Harrison" <csharrison at inkmaker_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Thiosulfate de-chloroamine in city water


> Nothing takes the place of testing chemically.  I do have some Glow
> Light Rasboras  in 3 Thiosulfate treated tanks and you are welcome to
> some if you will test the water before you put fish in it.
>
> I have to increase the amount of  de-chlorinator in my change water
> this summer as usual.  BUT, it doesn't take the place of testing. I
> learned long ago when the Chlorine broke through the Carbon filters
> in my plant's water treatment system and we lost $10,000 worth of dye
> based ink to the chlorine. it wasn't just the ink raw materials, the
> final product becomes hazardous waste and we had to dispose or
> convert it.
>
>  Testing has no match.
>
> Charles H
>
>
>>  From: "Karen Perdue" <windamyr at peoplepc_com>
>>Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Thiosulfate de-chloroamine in city watyer
>>To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
>>
>>This discussion comes at an interesting time for me, did my water changes
>>today at the store, used a product for dechlor provided by TLC, I've used 
>>it
>>before with no problem, but TODAY, I put in the proper amount and start
>>refilling tanks, by the time I'd half finished the second tank, my tank of
>>danios was dying, all of a sudden the new unnamed tetras, glolight tetras,
>>and neons start doing the whirley twirley, I'm wondering WHAT in the heck 
>>is
>>going on, only thing I can figure is county water supply has extra
>>chloramines due to summer heat etc and crummy water, quick, grab the 
>>Amquel,
>>and start dosing all the tanks. By the time it's all over, I'd lost apx 6
>>tetras, and about as many danios, none of the fish in tanks treated with
>>Amquel first were affected. So, valuable lesson learned for me, I'll stick
>>to my Amquel<G> ANd yes, it's the old stuff, not the plus, any store can
>>order the original for you, it's not been discontinued by Kordon.
>>
>>Karen
>
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