The latest insanity

[Becca]

Because the water won’t be as conducive for the South Americans that I keep due to the hardness and such

RAIN BARRELS.

At one point I tried convince my husband to let me drill a small hole in the back wall of the house so I can run an insulated line directly to the back-yard barrels and set it to drip into this tank, but it was a tough idea to sell. Now that the tank is in place, it'd be pretty damn difficult.

 

[Aquatica87Heaven]

Chlorine and chloramine are different.

I know that. Either way I can smell the chemicals in the water.

 

[bossanova]

RAIN BARRELS.

At one point I tried convince my husband to let me drill a small hole in the back wall of the house so I can run an insulated line directly to the back-yard barrels and set it to drip into this tank, but it was a tough idea to sell. Now that the tank is in place, it'd be pretty damn difficult.

If you already got a 300 plumbed to the house, I don’t see how a couple rain barrels would be that hard of a sell

 

[Becca]

If you already got a 300 plumbed to the house, I don’t see how a couple rain barrels would be that hard of a sell

Oh, I have 5 rain barrels, I've just been unsuccessful convincing anyone to let me run water into the house from them.

 

[JLW]

I know that. Either way I can smell the chemicals in the water.

Odd -- I wonder if that's something else you're smelling that you might want to get checked out -- something funky entering your local water supply. We actually have /really/ low levels of chlorine in MoCo, especially from the Patuxent. Potomac water is a bit higher, but not terribly.

 

[Aquatica87Heaven]

Odd -- I wonder if that's something else you're smelling that you might want to get checked out -- something funky entering your local water supply. We actually have /really/ low levels of chlorine in MoCo, especially from the Patuxent. Potomac water is a bit higher, but not terribly.

Must be the construction around me.

 

[Aquatica87Heaven]

Odd -- I wonder if that's something else you're smelling that you might want to get checked out -- something funky entering your local water supply. We actually have /really/ low levels of chlorine in MoCo, especially from the Patuxent. Potomac water is a bit higher, but not terribly.

So you don’t use prime?

 

[Becca]

So you don’t use prime?

I think we all use Prime or something similar for large water changes. What we don't use it for is when we add 5 gallons of water to a 300 gallon tank.

 

[JLW]

You can also remove chlorine with carbon filtration (that's basically all a britta type filter is).

 

[DiscusnAfricans]

Must be the construction around me.

They can and generally do add chemicals or extra chlorine during or after construction so I'd be careful during water changes, go smaller or add extra dechlorinator.

 

[Adam Luna]

wow - jealous of the water change system..

 

[Vinh2o]

Nice!