I had to add water to pond. I am concerned about the cholrine in the
water..will it hurt tje Koi??
--Kathy

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

Maybe not. How much are you adding?

adding about 250 gallons

"WilsonKKW" wrote in message
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Maybe not. How much are you adding?

adding about 250 gallons

How many gallons does your pond hold?

How many gallons does your pond hold?

ond holds 5000 gallons

"WilsonKKW" wrote in message
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How many gallons does your pond hold?
ond holds 5000 gallons
Maybe not. How much are you adding?
adding about 250 gallons

250 gallons out of 5000 is about 0.5% of the pond's volume. According to
the EPA, drinking water has a residual chlorine level of 0.2 - 6 mg / L. For
the sake of argument, let's assume you live in area that has a higher
chlorine level.
See: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemfact/s_chlori.txt

250 gallons of water gives you 5678 mg of chlorine. Diluted into 5000
gallons of water, that works out to 0.3 mg/L, which is pretty low. If the
water is being circulated by a pump over a waterfall or some other water
feature, the chlorine will dissipate in an hour or less, plenty of bacteria
in the pond water for the chlorine to react with.

If your tap water has 0.2 mg /L chlorine, then your pond will end up with
0.01 mg/L, which is really nothing.

If it helps you sleep at night, toss in a bit of dechlor as well, otherwise
I wouldn't bother. On the otherhand if you filled up half the pond, then I'd
say toss some dechlor in as well.

Snooze

"WilsonKKW" wrote in message
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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).

On 16 Sep 2004 19:13:40 GMT, (WilsonKKW) wrote:


How many gallons does your pond hold?

ond holds 5000 gallons

Mainitaining good urinary hygiene, I see.
--
Crashj

"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).

"WilsonKKW" wrote in message
...

How many gallons does your pond hold?
ond holds 5000 gallons
Maybe not. How much are you adding?
adding about 250 gallons

250 gallons out of 5000 is about 0.5% of the pond's volume. According to
the EPA, drinking water has a residual chlorine level of 0.2 - 6 mg / L. For
the sake of argument, let's assume you live in area that has a higher
chlorine level.
See: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemfact/s_chlori.txt

250 gallons of water gives you 5678 mg of chlorine. Diluted into 5000
gallons of water, that works out to 0.3 mg/L, which is pretty low. If the
water is being circulated by a pump over a waterfall or some other water
feature, the chlorine will dissipate in an hour or less, plenty of bacteria
in the pond water for the chlorine to react with.

If your tap water has 0.2 mg /L chlorine, then your pond will end up with
0.01 mg/L, which is really nothing.

If it helps you sleep at night, toss in a bit of dechlor as well, otherwise
I wouldn't bother. On the otherhand if you filled up half the pond, then I'd
say toss some dechlor in as well.

Snooze

On 16 Sep 2004 19:13:40 GMT, (WilsonKKW) wrote:


How many gallons does your pond hold?

ond holds 5000 gallons

Mainitaining good urinary hygiene, I see.
--
Crashj

"WilsonKKW" wrote in message
...

Maybe not. How much are you adding?

adding about 250 gallons

How many gallons does your pond hold?

Maybe not. How much are you adding?

adding about 250 gallons

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
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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??
--Kathy

"Gale Pearce" wrote in message
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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

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.

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