Adding dechlorinator with Python??
- Thread starter Ronne
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I must not understand how the python works then. Does it not hook directly up to your faucet? Is there a valve or something for adding dechlor. or something?
No, all it is is a long hose that connects to your faucet. When you turn on the water, it goes through the hose to the other side where you are holding it as the water goes into your tank. As the water is going into your tank, you can just add your dechlorinator, or, you can just wait until the tank fills and then add it.
NJDF- thanks for the info, i remember reading your info on the python b4 so i hoped you would chime in.
When I refill the tank, I use the python to fill a large bucket for the amount that I'm putting back in to the aquarium. Then I treat the water in the bucket with the dechlorinator and add any salt or baking soda for the amount that I'm putting back in. Then to get the water from the bucket back into the aquarium, I use a power head with some tubing which brings the water from the bucket on the floor up to my aquarium (about 5 feet higher than floor level). This works exellent for me.
Baking soda is very alkaline. I'd assume the reason for adding baking soda would be to raise the ph of the water for fish that prefer 7.8 and up ph. I used to do this when my tap water was very acidic and I was keeping high-ph loving fish. (I have since decided that it is too much of a PITA to keep altering the ph of my tapwater and keep fish that are suited to the environment I'm dealt. Luckily, I live in an area with nearly-neutral but slightly alkaline water now, which is great for almost all the fish I like...)
I can't think of any other reason for doing this, though.
