On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 01:10:37 GMT, wrote:

the chlorine/chloramine reacts with organic matter, this is what saves the butt of
people who do water changes without dechlor. putting the dechlor in the pond is
fine. I would suggest an experiment to somebody on the list. Try running water thru
a container of peat moss or other organic material and see what the chlorine levels
are. Weigh the peat moss, run the water thru until the test shows chlorine. this
could well be an emergency dechlor method if regular dechlor isnt available. but
idea needs to be tested first. Ingrid

If you add the dechlor to the pond first you run the risk of the dechlor
reacting with the organic matter or other in the pond rendering it less
effective on the chlorine/chloramine.

Interesting idea Ingrid. ;o)

Dechlor can hang around for a couple of days, keep that in mind when using
PP as dechlor will deactivate PP. ~ jan

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