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wrote in message ... until something starts draining the pond really fast and the water starts flowing into the pond big time and you come home to all your fish dead from chlorine/chloramine poisoning or cold shock. I mean, how long does it take to turn on the hose and top up the pond, toss some dry dechlor in? If you absolutely wont sit there, use a melnor water timer that adds X gallons that is dialed in and then shuts off. at 11 bucks or so, cheap insurance. snip I agree 100%. The fish are under your care. You are responsible for their safety. BV. |
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wrote in message ... until something starts draining the pond really fast and the water starts flowing into the pond big time and you come home to all your fish dead from chlorine/chloramine poisoning or cold shock. I mean, how long does it take to turn on the hose and top up the pond, toss some dry dechlor in? If you absolutely wont sit there, use a melnor water timer that adds X gallons that is dialed in and then shuts off. at 11 bucks or so, cheap insurance. snip I agree 100%. The fish are under your care. You are responsible for their safety. BV. |
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"George" wrote in message . .. "WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... How many gallons does your pond hold? ond holds 5000 gallons Mine holds 1,500 gallons, and I typically don't add dechlor to the water when topping it off (I usually don't add more than about 100 gallons). With that much water in your pond, if you spray the water in, agitating it vigorously when you add it, you should be ok. But, if in doubt, just add a little dechlor (I use stress coat). I do not believe (and I recognize this is subjective) that chloramines knock out of water as readily as chlorine does. BV. |
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"George" wrote in message . .. "WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... How many gallons does your pond hold? ond holds 5000 gallons Mine holds 1,500 gallons, and I typically don't add dechlor to the water when topping it off (I usually don't add more than about 100 gallons). With that much water in your pond, if you spray the water in, agitating it vigorously when you add it, you should be ok. But, if in doubt, just add a little dechlor (I use stress coat). I do not believe (and I recognize this is subjective) that chloramines knock out of water as readily as chlorine does. BV. |
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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "George" wrote in message . .. "WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... How many gallons does your pond hold? ond holds 5000 gallons Mine holds 1,500 gallons, and I typically don't add dechlor to the water when topping it off (I usually don't add more than about 100 gallons). With that much water in your pond, if you spray the water in, agitating it vigorously when you add it, you should be ok. But, if in doubt, just add a little dechlor (I use stress coat). I do not believe (and I recognize this is subjective) that chloramines knock out of water as readily as chlorine does. BV. You are correct. However, chloramine levels are typically low in public water supplies, at least enough so that if you are only adding a small percentage of make up water to the total amount of water in the pond, it should have no adverse effect of the pond life. But like I said, if in doubt, add dechlor. And I usually add a little more stress coat than is needed to neutralize the chlorine and chloramine, so there should be some leeway there. As you know, stress coat is not only good for neutralizing these compounds, but also aids in the healing process, such as helping to repair split fins, which pond some fish frequently get. Using this product, and carefully adding measured amounts of water, I've never had a problem with chlorine or chloramine. |
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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "George" wrote in message . .. "WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... How many gallons does your pond hold? ond holds 5000 gallons Mine holds 1,500 gallons, and I typically don't add dechlor to the water when topping it off (I usually don't add more than about 100 gallons). With that much water in your pond, if you spray the water in, agitating it vigorously when you add it, you should be ok. But, if in doubt, just add a little dechlor (I use stress coat). I do not believe (and I recognize this is subjective) that chloramines knock out of water as readily as chlorine does. BV. You are correct. However, chloramine levels are typically low in public water supplies, at least enough so that if you are only adding a small percentage of make up water to the total amount of water in the pond, it should have no adverse effect of the pond life. But like I said, if in doubt, add dechlor. And I usually add a little more stress coat than is needed to neutralize the chlorine and chloramine, so there should be some leeway there. As you know, stress coat is not only good for neutralizing these compounds, but also aids in the healing process, such as helping to repair split fins, which pond some fish frequently get. Using this product, and carefully adding measured amounts of water, I've never had a problem with chlorine or chloramine. |
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Problem is that water systems change, new management comes in, legal
requirements change, industry standards change, chemical prices change, etc etc etc. My point is that your water company could start using chloramines at any time. Mine recently did when they started buying water from a nearby city. Your only warning might be a layer of belly-up fish on the surface one morning. Mike On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:49:58 GMT, "Everwyrd" SPAM wrote: Might be a moot point. Some water companies (such as mine) do not add chloimine to the water. Of course they still add chlorine. Been five years of adding water right from the hose for me...so far so good. Alan "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "George" wrote in message . .. "WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... How many gallons does your pond hold? ond holds 5000 gallons Mine holds 1,500 gallons, and I typically don't add dechlor to the water when topping it off (I usually don't add more than about 100 gallons). With that much water in your pond, if you spray the water in, agitating it vigorously when you add it, you should be ok. But, if in doubt, just add a little dechlor (I use stress coat). I do not believe (and I recognize this is subjective) that chloramines knock out of water as readily as chlorine does. BV. Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin |
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Problem is that water systems change, new management comes in, legal
requirements change, industry standards change, chemical prices change, etc etc etc. My point is that your water company could start using chloramines at any time. Mine recently did when they started buying water from a nearby city. Your only warning might be a layer of belly-up fish on the surface one morning. Mike On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:49:58 GMT, "Everwyrd" SPAM wrote: Might be a moot point. Some water companies (such as mine) do not add chloimine to the water. Of course they still add chlorine. Been five years of adding water right from the hose for me...so far so good. Alan "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "George" wrote in message . .. "WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... How many gallons does your pond hold? ond holds 5000 gallons Mine holds 1,500 gallons, and I typically don't add dechlor to the water when topping it off (I usually don't add more than about 100 gallons). With that much water in your pond, if you spray the water in, agitating it vigorously when you add it, you should be ok. But, if in doubt, just add a little dechlor (I use stress coat). I do not believe (and I recognize this is subjective) that chloramines knock out of water as readily as chlorine does. BV. Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin |
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