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09-24-2003, 08:14 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Phila. Burbs
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|  water treatment--Ozone ? I don't know if anyone noticed an item in The Phila. Inquirer the other morning that a few water treatment plants in N.J. are using Ozone instead of Chloramine for bacteria control. What does this mean for the aquarist ? Any thoughts anyone ?.....Rich |
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09-25-2003, 03:00 AM
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| not too much as water supplyers still add chlorine,but ozone is nice and and has no toxic effects on a customer level.ozone can be toxic if used at home but that is neither here nor there.ozone treated is perfectly safe for your tank.
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09-25-2003, 10:43 AM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stavanger, Norway
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| Depends on what else is in the water, and what you want to do with it - chloramine is just one more thing that may render your tapwater useless for delicate fish. If your tapwater contains tons of nitrate or phosphate for example you'll be prone to algae, chloramine or ozone or whatever |
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09-26-2003, 02:47 AM
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| all you need is to add some de-chlor an you should be fine.no other treatment is needed
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09-26-2003, 01:29 PM
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| because they may still add chlorine which is less stable than chloramine but does the same job.where i live,las vegas we use ozone and chlorine.odds are you water supplyer still has to ensure that the water is safe from bacterial infection after it leaves the treatment plant.
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09-26-2003, 07:28 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Phila. Burbs
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| Thanks for an answer Mike, i know water companys will never go back to just simply putting chlorine in the water but i wish they would. Our whole hobby was SO much simpler then, just aerating the water to let it de-gas & not have a need for ANY chem's at all. As you can tell, i've been keeping fish as a hobby for a VERY long time (45yrs ).....Rich |
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