Please help me with my water change procedures

[perrito_blanco]

What do you guys do to remove chlorine from tap water when doing water changes? Is there a product out there that removes only the chlorine and NOT other things from the water?

I use supplements for my plants and most chlorine nuetralizers also remove iron and other nutrients plants use, not to mention the plant supplements. Letting the water aerate overnight to let the chlorine excape as a gas is not an option for me. No room for this.

Any suggestions?

My tank setup is the following:

65 gallon (36x18x24)
densely planted
DIY CO2 injection (2 3-liter bottles)
3 25-watt full spectrum bulbs
two thirds flourite gravel
Seachem plant supplements (Excel, Flourish, Trace, Potassium, Iron, root tabs)

10 rummynoses
7 pristellas
5 otos
1 guppy
1 small ancistus
1 med. rhino loricaria
7 corydorus pygmaeus
7 corydorus habrosus

[djlen]

Pick up some 'Tap Water Conditioner'. One drop per gallon replaced. I use Aquarium Pharmaceuticals and it also takes care of Chloramine if there's any present, and detoxifies heavy mentals in your tap water. Your LFS will have it.
Len

[perrito_blanco]

Won't this remove the iron too? Trace elements?

[anonapersona]

From Puregold website (goldfish info)

Stock solution of SODIUM THIOSULFATE
4 oz of sodium thiosulfate crystals in 1 gallon of water is the stock solution.
Use one drop of stock per gallon of water, but be sure to check the water to make sure the chlorine is inactivated. Always test the strength of each batch. Bulk is available at Aquatic Eco-systems. In water, it has a lot of leeway before it could make fish sick so add more rather than risk under dosing and not getting all the chlorines or chloramines.

[djlen]

You're going to add back your Traces and Macros anyway, so what difference does it make? I don't feel like I lose much for the convenience of worry free 50%ers, and then add back everything right after.
Len