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Unread 01/25/2020, 08:43 AM   #18
Timfish
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Originally Posted by mcgyvr View Post
@Timfish Well water? City Water?
Any pretreatment for Chlorine/Chloramines (if used), settling tank, waiting period while mixing salt would likely remove most if not all Chlorine, etc prior to use?
Just curious..
City water drawn from a local reservoir. The 90 gallon the water is mixed, dosed with ammo detox and sits about 20 - 30 minutes, the amount of time it takes to wipe algae off the glass and siphon out the amount for the water change minus evaporation. I've posted Triton ICP results for the 90 gallon tapwater and system water on the local forum here.

For the 210 started in '97, water goes through a carbon filter then sits in a 55 gallon barrel with a dash of ammo detox for a few days before being mixed for the water change.


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