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To: pandoraou812
"They added it to my water a few years ago. I had a leak in my koi pond & added hose water. Killed 25 of my koi fish. Now I have to use an additive when using my hose water to fill the pond."

That's an attribute of chloramine, not fluoride. Chloramine is used as a disinfectant. It's a compound comprised of chlorine and ammonia, typically in a 4 to 1 ratio. Very harmful to aquatic life but not harmful to humans or their pets.

You're most likely adding sodium thiosulfate to neutralize it.

44 posted on 12/11/2009 9:26:15 AM PST by telebob
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To: telebob

Oh stop letting facts get in the way of a good rant. That’s not the way things are done on FR.


45 posted on 12/11/2009 9:33:45 AM PST by ASA Vet (Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
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To: telebob

Very interesting. I know they sent a letter around saying the town was adding more fluoride but I don’t think they mentioned Chloramine. I use some additive if I have to use hose water but I don’t know what it is. My koi dealer suggested something & I went with that. Since I changed to a very heavy duty liner things have been better too. Some of those koi I lost were so big. We raised them from babies & we could hand feed them.


67 posted on 12/11/2009 4:59:13 PM PST by pandoraou812 (time to dump tar & feathers on DC)
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