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Pickles89 Small Fry Posts: 4 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Feb-2009	Edited by Pickles89 Hi everyone, Just wondering, my new place has a water tank for rain water. Is this better than using water out of the tap. Do you need to use dechlorinator with it? Thanks.
Posted 03-Mar-2009 12:41
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, Rainwater does not require de-chlorinator. That is used to remove chlorine and chloramine which is added at the water treatment plant. Rain water should be soft, and if it passes through industrial smoke, it will become acidic "acid rain." Depending upon how old the tank is, you may want to rinse it out to get rid of any dirt, leaves, etc. Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 03-Mar-2009 17:37
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	Rain water is good proving is does not have impurities. It all depends on your location and even the direction of the rain. The type of roof/spouting/downpipes and how old they are. The tank age,type and what it is made from. Then there is all the general pollution, air, birds ans animals on the roof. Personally I would never use it for a fish tank. *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 04-Mar-2009 05:53
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Pickles, We've been using nothing but rain water for our tanks (and consumption) since October 08. Before that we were on town water but used the water tank we had installed for water changes. Had been doing that for about a year, again no real issues. But it does depend on what the quality of water is coming out of the tank. Ours is good enough that we drink right out of the tap (though we do also use a brita filter). ^_^
Posted 04-Mar-2009 07:28


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