Goldfish Aquarium Dechlorinator
Goldfish Water Quality
If you get your water from a municipal water source, ie, from a tap or a garden hose, it will no doubt have some trace of chlorine or chloramine in it. When you initially set up your goldfish tank or pond, you might have no other choice than to use this water. Now, the best thing you could do is to fill up your tank or pond and let it sit for a day or two to allow the chlorine to evaporate. This technique can also be done when you do a 20% water change of your goldfish aquarium. This solution is free but only works to eliminate chlorine not chloramine. Chlorine is volatile and evaporates quickly while chloramine is not volatile and does not evaporate quickly.
You should use a Water Dechlorinator but not just any dechlorinator. Using a plain dechlorinator might neutralize the chlorine but leave the chloramine. Check to find out what your municipal water source contains, but, be aware that they might switch back and forth using both chlorine and chloramine. Be on the save side, use an aquarium dechlorinator that eliminates both.
Be careful not to get caught up into buying a fancy high end aquarium dechlorinator, as you might not need everything it has to offer. Using one that has an ammonia remover can screw with your tanks biological filter. You can eliminate ammonia in other safer ways.
It is important that you follow the instruction carefully and only use the recommended dosage since overdoses can build up in your goldfish pond or tank and potentially kill your goldfish.
Sure I suppose that would remove the chlorine. If you do though, you have to make sure the water is completely cooled off before using it. I would try to boil the water and then test it for ph. I’m not sure if boiling the water changes the ph or not?
Can I boil the water and let it cool, and then use it on the fish tank?