Water treatment

[leighton]

While at the Edinburgh Hospital for Small Animals recently, we were warned that Edinburgh had changed its 'secondary disinfectant' from chlorine to chloramine, and that this had been causing problems for pet owners, and at the zoo. They gave us a list of water treatments that do and do not deal with chlorine, chloramine and ammonia. I'm reproducing this below in case you find it useful:

Deals with Chlorine, Chloramine and Ammonia:
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API Ammo Lock (www.aquariumpharm.com)
Aquascience ultimate (aquascienceresearch.com/Ultimate.html)
Kent Ammonia Detox (www.kentmarine.com)
Kordon Amquel (aquascienceresearch.html)
Marineland BIO-Safe (www.marineland.com)
Seachem AmGuard (www.seachem.com)
Seachem Prime (www.seachem.com)
Tetra Aquasafe (www.tetra-fish.com) * This is the one that I (and Aberystwyth Uni) use

Deals with Chlorine and Chloramine; NOT ammonia:
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API Stresscoat (www.aquariumpharm.com)
Seachem Chlorguard (www.seachem.com)

Deals with Chlorine; Chloramine doubtful, NOT ammonia:
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Hagan/Nutrafin Aquaplus (www.hagenpet.com)
Kordon Novaqua (aquascienceresearch.com)
Wardley (www.hartz.com)
Waterlife Haloex (www.waterlife.co.uk)

Deals with Chlorine; NOT chloramine, NOT ammonia:
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API Tap Water Conditioner (www.aquariumpharm.com)
Kent Chlorinex (www.kentmarine.com)
Kent Pro Tech Coat Freshwater (www.kentmarine.com)