Chlorine

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William Fontaine DeLaTeur Dauterive
Oct 30, 2005
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Columbus, OH
Is there any way to test the Chlorine in the water.

I recently dumped 8oz of bleach in my 10G QT. I let it run for a few hours, then emptied it, rinsed it and filled it up with water and 5x dose of declorinator. I let that run overnight, and then rinsed and repeated the whole declorinating process again for another day.

I rinsed and repeated last night and I think the tank is void of all bleash as it does not smell and the fact that I treated it two days with declorinator.

Is there any way to test and confirm the absence of chlorine? I remember reading somewhere that clorine can show up as NO3..any truth in that?

I want to make sure that all chlorine is gone before I dump a new load of fish in the QT.

Thanks

P.S. the QT will be instantly cycled by a sponge filter from the main tank
 
I think you may be able to buy a chlorine test kit from some LFS, or take your water to your local pet store and they should test it for you.
 
I've seen chlorine test at Swimming Pool stuff shops, but their scales is way higher than what an aquarist need.
 
Well to relieve some stress from you. Sodium Hypochlorite (bleach) is very unstable and will break down during the drying process. If you want to be 100% sure that there is no chlorine in your tank, just air dry it and you will be fine. Also 2x the regular dose of dechlorinator after refilling the tank will be good enough.
 
I would definately say you have nothing to worry about. In a circulated tank chlorine will gas off fairly quickly, dechlorinator neutralizes it almost instantly and dillution of course will reduce the levels quickly. There is little or no chance of chlorine remaining after rinsing, dechlorinating, and circulating for two days.

As far as Chlorine test kits, I Have an Aquarium pharmaseuticals kit that tests for chlorine at low levels. You may have to go on line to find one, but they are available. I don't know if they still do but AP used to include them in their Freshwater master test kit.

Dave
 
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