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Adding water to pond, QUESTION????
I had to add water to pond. I am concerned about the cholrine in the
water..will it hurt tje Koi?? --Kathy |
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Hi Kathy - a lot of people add dechlor to any new water they add to their
pond - if you have chlorine in your water supply and not chloramine a lot of us get away without using dechlor as long as the amount you add is not too much (an inch or so) - I also put together a filter which will take out 95% of the chlorine in my water if I have to add a large amount (5"+) For the smaller amounts. I "spray" the water into the pond to help aerate and dissipate as much chlorine as possible Gale :~) "WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... I had to add water to pond. I am concerned about the cholrine in the water..will it hurt tje Koi?? --Kathy |
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Hi Kathy - a lot of people add dechlor to any new water they add to their
pond - if you have chlorine in your water supply and not chloramine a lot of us get away without using dechlor as long as the amount you add is not too much (an inch or so) - I also put together a filter which will take out 95% of the chlorine in my water if I have to add a large amount (5"+) For the smaller amounts. I "spray" the water into the pond to help aerate and dissipate as much chlorine as possible Gale :~) "WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... I had to add water to pond. I am concerned about the cholrine in the water..will it hurt tje Koi?? --Kathy |
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I had to add water to pond. I am concerned about the cholrine in the water..will it hurt tje Koi?? Maybe not. How much are you adding? Better to be safe than sorry and add some De-Chlor |
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I had to add water to pond. I am concerned about the cholrine in the water..will it hurt tje Koi?? Maybe not. How much are you adding? Better to be safe than sorry and add some De-Chlor |
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Maybe not. How much are you adding? adding about 250 gallons |
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Maybe not. How much are you adding? adding about 250 gallons |
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"WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... Maybe not. How much are you adding? adding about 250 gallons How many gallons does your pond hold? |
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"WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... Maybe not. How much are you adding? adding about 250 gallons How many gallons does your pond hold? |
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"Gale Pearce" wrote in message ... Hi Kathy - a lot of people add dechlor to any new water they add to their pond - if you have chlorine in your water supply and not chloramine a lot of us get away without using dechlor as long as the amount you add is not too much (an inch or so) - I also put together a filter which will take out 95% of the chlorine in my water if I have to add a large amount (5"+) For the smaller amounts. I "spray" the water into the pond to help aerate and dissipate as much chlorine as possible Activated charcoal filters become useless over time and will stop removing chlorine and chloramine. Spraying water over a pond will not knock chloramine out of the water. There are inexpensive dechlor products on the market, so IMHO, just buy some and when you add water, add dechlor. That is the BEST way to ensure the safety of your fish. We have an article on this topic at http://www.ilovemypond.com/topic.asp?aid=99170. BV. P.S. Some of you may notice the url is ilovemypond and not iheartmypond. We are currently transfering the iheartmypond site to a new server/ISP so we have set up ilovemypond.com to assist in the transfer and minimize down time. When the transition is complete, both URL's will work. |
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"Gale Pearce" wrote in message ... Hi Kathy - a lot of people add dechlor to any new water they add to their pond - if you have chlorine in your water supply and not chloramine a lot of us get away without using dechlor as long as the amount you add is not too much (an inch or so) - I also put together a filter which will take out 95% of the chlorine in my water if I have to add a large amount (5"+) For the smaller amounts. I "spray" the water into the pond to help aerate and dissipate as much chlorine as possible Activated charcoal filters become useless over time and will stop removing chlorine and chloramine. Spraying water over a pond will not knock chloramine out of the water. There are inexpensive dechlor products on the market, so IMHO, just buy some and when you add water, add dechlor. That is the BEST way to ensure the safety of your fish. We have an article on this topic at http://www.ilovemypond.com/topic.asp?aid=99170. BV. P.S. Some of you may notice the url is ilovemypond and not iheartmypond. We are currently transfering the iheartmypond site to a new server/ISP so we have set up ilovemypond.com to assist in the transfer and minimize down time. When the transition is complete, both URL's will work. |
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Hi BV - I don't use the Activated Charcoal type - I use the Diaphram type
and the type of filter for the incoming waterline to your home - it says it is good for 3 - 6 months for home usage , so I am sure @ ~ a couple thousand gals/yr it will last the whole season if used strictly for the pond before I need to change it - I have never used dechlor in 10 yrs, just sprayed any water I added to aerate it and had no problems with chlorine - Actually I was just reading that dechlor does not remove chloramine from water anyway - it just "breaks" the bond between chlorine and ammonia (chloramine) so the chlorine will dissipate and your biofilter takes care of the ammonia - I don't have the wepage bookmarked anymore, but someone here sent me the link and it's under "Tip 18" Gale :~) "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "Gale Pearce" wrote in message ... Hi Kathy - a lot of people add dechlor to any new water they add to their pond - if you have chlorine in your water supply and not chloramine a lot of us get away without using dechlor as long as the amount you add is not too much (an inch or so) - I also put together a filter which will take out 95% of the chlorine in my water if I have to add a large amount (5"+) For the smaller amounts. I "spray" the water into the pond to help aerate and dissipate as much chlorine as possible Activated charcoal filters become useless over time and will stop removing chlorine and chloramine. Spraying water over a pond will not knock chloramine out of the water. There are inexpensive dechlor products on the market, so IMHO, just buy some and when you add water, add dechlor. That is the BEST way to ensure the safety of your fish. We have an article on this topic at http://www.ilovemypond.com/topic.asp?aid=99170. BV. P.S. Some of you may notice the url is ilovemypond and not iheartmypond. We are currently transfering the iheartmypond site to a new server/ISP so we have set up ilovemypond.com to assist in the transfer and minimize down time. When the transition is complete, both URL's will work. |
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Gale Pearce wrote:
I have never used dechlor in 10 yrs, just sprayed any water I added to aerate it and had no problems with spraying also helps with temperature - your added water may not be pond temperature, but at least closer to air temperature than your typical water supply. It's not particularly good to add a solid stream of water that might be 20F cooler than the pond. chlorine - Actually I was just reading that dechlor does not remove chloramine from water anyway - it just "breaks" the bond between chlorine and ammonia (chloramine) so the chlorine will dissipate and your biofilter That was definitely true of the old dechlorination products - I don't know if it's still true. In any case, people tend not to think that chloramine contains _two_ things that are bad for your fish - chlorine and ammonia takes care of the ammonia - I don't have the wepage bookmarked anymore, but someone here sent me the link and it's under "Tip 18" http://www.pondrushes.net/tips.htm believe it or not, I just googled: "tip 18" chloramine -- derek |
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Gale Pearce wrote:
I have never used dechlor in 10 yrs, just sprayed any water I added to aerate it and had no problems with spraying also helps with temperature - your added water may not be pond temperature, but at least closer to air temperature than your typical water supply. It's not particularly good to add a solid stream of water that might be 20F cooler than the pond. chlorine - Actually I was just reading that dechlor does not remove chloramine from water anyway - it just "breaks" the bond between chlorine and ammonia (chloramine) so the chlorine will dissipate and your biofilter That was definitely true of the old dechlorination products - I don't know if it's still true. In any case, people tend not to think that chloramine contains _two_ things that are bad for your fish - chlorine and ammonia takes care of the ammonia - I don't have the wepage bookmarked anymore, but someone here sent me the link and it's under "Tip 18" http://www.pondrushes.net/tips.htm believe it or not, I just googled: "tip 18" chloramine -- derek |
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How many gallons does your pond hold? ond holds 5000 gallons |
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