Agents and methods for removing chloramine, chlorine, and other active chlorine compounds from water used for keeping water organisms

Abstract

The invention describes novel agents und methods thereof for removing chloramine, chlorine, and other active chlorine compounds from water used for keeping organisms living in aquariums, garden ponds, or other aquaculture systems. The agents consist of sodium hydrogen sulfite, salts and organic derivatives thereof, or adducts of sodium hydrogen sulfite, preferably an adduct of aliphatic aldehydes of the general formula X—(CH2)n—CO—H, wherein n means the numbers 0 to 3 and X means a —OH, —COOH or —CO—H group, wherein X may not be —OH if n=0.

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