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Old December 29th 03, 07:18 PM
Harry Muscle
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Could someone recommend a good chlorine/chloramine remover to get, that
works good, and is cheap in the long run? I'm thinking I'm gonna stick with
a product that just removes the chlorine/chloramine/ammonia and nothing else
(ie: no slime coat stuff, etc.). Which means I'm trying to choose between
the following: (taken from http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/rev-cond.htm)

API Ammo-Lock
Kent Ammonia Detox
Kordon Amquel
Marineland BIO-Safe
Seachem AmGuard

Any of these better than the other? Which one would be best and most
economical (though money is second p , I'd rather go for best)? Any help
in choosing is greatly appreciated. If you know of any other that you
really like, I'm willing to consider them too.

Thanks,
Harry




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Old December 29th 03, 08:31 PM
Bob Alston
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Find out if your water has chloramine or just plain chlorine. If just plain
old chlorine, then sodium thiosulfate is your cheapest alternative. One
pound, which I bought locally for $8.00, will probably last my lifetime.
See this link for more info on chlorine removers:

http://members.cox.net/tulsaalstons/...hlorineRemoval

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"Harry Muscle" wrote in message
...
Could someone recommend a good chlorine/chloramine remover to get, that
works good, and is cheap in the long run? I'm thinking I'm gonna stick

with
a product that just removes the chlorine/chloramine/ammonia and nothing

else
(ie: no slime coat stuff, etc.). Which means I'm trying to choose between
the following: (taken from http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/rev-cond.htm)

API Ammo-Lock
Kent Ammonia Detox
Kordon Amquel
Marineland BIO-Safe
Seachem AmGuard

Any of these better than the other? Which one would be best and most
economical (though money is second p , I'd rather go for best)? Any

help
in choosing is greatly appreciated. If you know of any other that you
really like, I'm willing to consider them too.

Thanks,
Harry




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Old December 29th 03, 08:47 PM
Harry Muscle
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Default Recommendation for chlorine/chloramine remover?

"Bob Alston" wrote in message
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Find out if your water has chloramine or just plain chlorine. If just

plain
old chlorine, then sodium thiosulfate is your cheapest alternative. One
pound, which I bought locally for $8.00, will probably last my lifetime.
See this link for more info on chlorine removers:

http://members.cox.net/tulsaalstons/...hlorineRemoval

--
Bob Alston



Actually it can have one or the other. According to my city's web site,
there are two pumps that provide water, one uses only chlorine, the other
chloramines, which one I actually get my water from, I'm not sure, and I'm
guessing it might be dynamic depending on water demands, etc.

So I have to assume the worst and plan for chloramines all the time.

Thanks,
Harry




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Old December 29th 03, 08:53 PM
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Default Recommendation for chlorine/chloramine remover?

AMQUEL is the best.

Harry Muscle wrote:
Could someone recommend a good chlorine/chloramine remover to get, that
works good, and is cheap in the long run? I'm thinking I'm gonna stick with
a product that just removes the chlorine/chloramine/ammonia and nothing else
(ie: no slime coat stuff, etc.). Which means I'm trying to choose between
the following: (taken from http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/rev-cond.htm)

API Ammo-Lock
Kent Ammonia Detox
Kordon Amquel
Marineland BIO-Safe
Seachem AmGuard

Any of these better than the other? Which one would be best and most
economical (though money is second p , I'd rather go for best)? Any help
in choosing is greatly appreciated. If you know of any other that you
really like, I'm willing to consider them too.

Thanks,
Harry




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Old December 30th 03, 09:15 PM
Chuck Gadd
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:18:19 -0500, "Harry Muscle"
wrote:

Could someone recommend a good chlorine/chloramine remover to get, that
works good, and is cheap in the long run? I'm thinking I'm gonna stick with


I use seachem prime. It deals with Chlorine and Chloramine.


Chuck Gadd
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua
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Old December 30th 03, 09:16 PM
LtWolfe
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Default Recommendation for chlorine/chloramine remover?

I prefer Seachem Prime. It's cheaper that Am-quel, as the dosege (sp?) is less (about 1ml per 10
gallons).
Len wrote in :

AMQUEL is the best.



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Old December 30th 03, 09:19 PM
Chuck Gadd
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:31:06 -0600, "Bob Alston"
wrote:

Find out if your water has chloramine or just plain chlorine. If just plain
old chlorine, then sodium thiosulfate is your cheapest alternative. One


More and more water treatment facilities are switching to Chloramine,
so you need to be careful that yours doesn't switch without telling
you.

Additionally, be aware that even if your local water treatment plant
only uses Chlorine, it is possible that trace amounts of ammonia (from
agricultural runoff, etc), could combine with the chlorine and form
chloramine.


Chuck Gadd
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua
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Old December 31st 03, 02:34 AM
Harry Muscle
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"LtWolfe" wrote in message
. ..
I prefer Seachem Prime. It's cheaper that Am-quel, as the dosege (sp?) is

less (about 1ml per 10
gallons).


Thanks, the only thing I don't like about Prime is that it does more than
just remove the chlorine/chloramines ... which isn't always a bad thing, but
I'd rather use just the minimum amount of chemicals needed to get the job
done. Check out the bottom of this site for a better explanation of what I
mean:

http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/rev-cond.htm

Thanks,
Harry


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Old January 1st 04, 12:02 AM
LtWolfe
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Default Recommendation for chlorine/chloramine remover?

Hmmm... I didn't know about that other Seachem Ammonia product. Sounds cheaper than Prime
Will have to check it out. Thank _you_. I didn't care for the other things Prime did, either.
"Harry Muscle" wrote in
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"LtWolfe" wrote in message
. ..
I prefer Seachem Prime. It's cheaper that Am-quel, as the dosege
(sp?) is

less (about 1ml per 10
gallons).


Thanks, the only thing I don't like about Prime is that it does more
than just remove the chlorine/chloramines ... which isn't always a bad
thing, but I'd rather use just the minimum amount of chemicals needed
to get the job done. Check out the bottom of this site for a better
explanation of what I mean:

http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/rev-cond.htm

Thanks,
Harry




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Old January 1st 04, 09:48 PM
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Chuck Gadd wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:18:19 -0500, "Harry Muscle"
wrote:

Could someone recommend a good chlorine/chloramine remover to get, that
works good, and is cheap in the long run? I'm thinking I'm gonna stick with


I use seachem prime. It deals with Chlorine and Chloramine.


Chuck Gadd
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua


Ditto here, and Amquel.
Regards,
Tom Barr
 




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