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I sent my parenst to buy some dechlorineator at the pet store today. The shop that they went to keeps alomost only fish. Anyway they said the same thing as the woman who works in the other pet store: You do not need dechlorinator beceause there is barley no chlorine in the water here. So they came how without dechlorinator. I don't know if they use that for their fishes either. Now I'm worried, should I go buy some dechlorineator or will my frog be fine?
I really do think that there is barley no chlorine here but I'm still quite worried.

And another thing, have anyone of you noticed how high pacmans jump? I just fed my frog a cricket and he jumped and bit my finger when I was feeding him wath a tonge

Anyway, I really appreciate replays.

Thanks In Advance
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CokeOfMan

I would just let the water sit out overnight. It is cheaper than using dechlorinator, and I am always paranoid about using anything chemical around my frogs.
I wouldn't use it straight out of the tap, though, because even a small amount of chlorine could be bad for frogs.
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*~Ginevive~*

I should mention, our water is well water and has no chlorine. Sorry, you guys must think I'm a few cards short of a deck (and you may be right!)

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*~Ginevive~*

Those pet store people are idiots. Amquel and NovAqua can be purchased online. thatpetplace.com
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Ok, I'll try to buy some again. But deos it help letting the water stand over night? Thanks again.
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CokeOfMan

No, I don't think it does. I just found out recently it does nothing.
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We all know our pets will eat us if we were small enough.

Hey,

Ya I read somewhere also that there is no scientific evidence that letting water sit outside overnight does anything to the chlorine...that it's sort of a myth. It might evaporate some, but many chemicals still remain.

Hmm..if I can find literature on this, I'll post again.

Johnny

It DOES evaporate chlorine (which evaporates faster than water), however, a single day probably isn't enough... and you wouldn't know when to stop, anyway, unless you can and do test for traces of chlorine.

As mentioned, though, there are other chemicals that won't evaporate the same way. You should still treat the water for these chemicals.
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Just more info - I work at a tropical fish store outside Los Angeles and I know that letting it sit out does not reduce the traces of chlorine in tap water (but then again we are talking about LA tap water here lol), maybe over a long period of time, but not overnight.

Also, don't waste your money on NovAqua, we sell it at my store, but I really is not necessary by any means, Amquel removes all the chemicals you would be concerned about. Trust me, I use only Amquel on all of our 120 tanks.
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How fast chlorine dissapates is relative to factors such as how many ppm level, how large a surface area to volume, exposure to the air; is it still water or is it aggetated by an airstone, pump, etc. Needless to say this has nothing to do with chloramine, heavy metals and such, just chlorine.

That's easy to test with a chlorine test kit. It's no myth.