On (11 May 96) Martin Cukjati Rambled On  To Dan Laflin...
DL>>   Ok you let it stand, btw it is not just to get rid of
DL>>   Chlorine, there can be other gasses too in the
DL>>   water.
 MC> Like what?
  What am I ? A chemist? ;-)
  Different areas, different waters,  just that there can be other
  things sides chlorine, depends on how your city treats water,
  what is already in the water, etc.
  Just observing  that water standing is allowed to let
  any other trapped gases to escape it.
DL>>   I do recommend you turn of spare bubbler the day before do change,
DL>>   to let Dirt, etc settle OUT of the water,  I add water and
DL>>   do not add the last 2-3 inchs  in from bottom which usually has
DL>>   dirt, etc tha'ts settled out.
 MC> No dirt in our water. It's too damn clean. :)
   Wanna bet?  Get a good Microscope and look at some "clean water" ;-)
   You know the best way? use a diatom filter to filter the water before
   putting it in ;-)
   Then it be much cleaner ;-)
 MC> Lots of dissolved limestone though.  =hard.
     In that case you might want to limit fish you
     buy to those  which do best in hard water, and
     alkaline, if you lose fish, check what they
     do best in before blaming it on sickness.
 MC> My wife uses the bucket to wash the floors. She puts some stuff in
 MC> called Ceramic Shine. Even though see rinses it out, the plastic can
 MC> have some residue in it that comes out when the water sits in it a few
 MC> days. I'll be getting some dedicated buckets.
   YIPE!  You BETTER!  you well could be slowly poisoning
   fish, even if they don't die right off, if
   any gets in it could accumulate in the fish till x  x
                                                      Q
   If anyplace sells water in jugs, I recommend you buy a bottle
   and use that after drink the water, or of course buy a new
   bucket and HIDE it from the wife ;-)
   Of course maybe that ceramic shine will "wax" up the fish,
   they might even look nice and shiny, until they drop dead ;-)
    G,D&R
 
 
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