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Is it necessary to add water conditioner to a tank when the local tap water contains no chemicals?
The city I live in now adds no chemicals to its water supply, and I am 100% sure of this as the city is quite proud of this fact and they make it well known when summer comes and they place water restrictions on us.
Just curious is there is a need for the water conditioner when the local water contains none of the chemicals the conditioner removes.
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You live in a city that does not add chlorine/chloramine to its tap water? If that's really the case, then no, you wouldn't water conditioners. Maybe I need to move there.;)
20 gallon long
Lionhead - Kiko
Calico Lionhead - Little Bean
29 gallon
Fantail - Oliver
Black Moor - Damian
Calico Ryukin - Serafina
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You really should go and check for sure that they do not add anything to the water supply. Every public water supply that I know of treats their water with something.
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I emailed the city and this was their response.
The City of Chilliwack
currently adds no chemicals
to the drinking
water supply. The full time
use of chlorine in the drinking
water system ceased in 1998
when the City closed down its
surface water intakes and
transferred 100% of its
drinking water production
efforts to the Sardis-Vedder
Aquifer. The water produced
by the wells is of extremely
high quality and the City’s
drinking water quality
assurance program helps maintain the high quality of the water
from the wells all the way to the consumer’s tap without the use of
chemicals.
I didn't use a conditioner when I did my water change Friday morning and the fish are as happy as always.
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The full time use of chlorine in the drinking...
Sounds like you really don't need the conditioner. I would still see if you can check on whether they ever use it as emergency measure, based on the wording above, and maybe just keep a bottle around in case you notice anything wrong with your fish. Just as a precaution. Other than that, I'd say sounds good.
20 gallon long
Lionhead - Kiko
Calico Lionhead - Little Bean
29 gallon
Fantail - Oliver
Black Moor - Damian
Calico Ryukin - Serafina
2.5 gallon
male betta - Pirate
10 gallon planted
minnow, betta, guppy
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Does sound like you are one of the lucky few who don't have to worry about chlorine and chloramines in your tap water. Princess' idea of asking them if they ever do add anything is a good one. I know that I am on the list for the little town I live in where if they are doing anything to the water that is at all different, they will let me know in advance. There is one other guy here who has a lot of fish, and a couple of folks on dialysis -- and the water dept lets us know if there are goping to be any changes.
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