Chlorine removing conditioner during cycleing

drab911

I was just reading the bottle on my water conditioner and I noticed that it removes chlorine... Will this kill all the ammonia that I add in.. because if i dont add this stuff then the chlorine kills the bacteria and if I do add it it kills the amonia.. could someone please explain this to me

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3437

The ammonia is not alive so you can't kill it, but yes, chlorine will kill the bacteria so you need to use a dechlorinator.

-Chelle

drab911 · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:27 pm Post subject:

sorry I mis read the bottle thought it said that it gets rid of amonia

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3437

There are some products that do remove ammonia (not kill it) and there are some that convert it to a less toxic form. You should definitely avoid anything that actually removes it (you'd be removing the food for your bacteria) but the stuff that converts it should be fine (may give you false ammonia readings though).

-Chelle

kc5gvn · Moderator Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 1147

Hi drab911, Try looking at the Kordon products, Novaqua and Amquel or Amquel + (Amquel plus). I use both Novaqua and Amquel or Amquel+ religously when doing my water changes and never had a problem (including harming the bacterial filter) with either of them.