I do believe-in-pH > 7 the monochloramine (NH2Cl) is the dominant
species. There are also NHCl2 and NCl3 species that occur.
> I'm going through this because-in-1ppm of chloramine (a common
> concentration in drinking water) you would end up with .31ppm. 1ppm =
> 1mg/liter, so this could potentially be in the toxic range if you did
> a big water change, depending on pH. besides - even if it's not
> toxic, it just gets converted to nitrate and I have more algae growing
> and I have to change the water sooner.
If you keep live plants you have to add nitrates and phosphates to keep
the algae from growing ;)
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