Dechlorinator
- Thread starter Kasakato
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I have several Rubbermaid trash cans (45 and 32 gallons, I think) for aging water. They work quite nicely.
Jim
Jim
Essentially if you don't have room then refer back to using a dechlorinator. Or find a closet or some other space. for small quantities it shouldn't be extemely difficult, but by the same token, the cost of dechlorinator isn't very high for small quantities either. I usually change 60 gallons a week minimum and often change as much as 150 gallons per weekend. Dechlorinator would be quite expensive at that rate, plus I try to put as few things as possible in my water, so not using it is a prefered method for me.
I keep my water in the basement storage room, I have 3 30g rubbermade trash cans with heaters, and powerheads running in them. My tap water is KH deffecient, so in addition to the offgassing of undesireables, I use the cans to adjust KH. all cans have crushed coral in the bottom, and I add other KH helpers as needed.
Dave
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effulgent said:
Someone else may have answered this, but I'm so sleepy I didn't see it. I add the Stress Coat/Aquasafe directly to my tank in an appropriate amount for the amount of water I am adding. Then I add the water directly from the tap. My fish are never stressed by these water changes, so it's claim to instantly neutralize the chlorine is evidentally not too far off. Many others on here do their water changes (with a python) the same way.
One of my Rubbermaid trash cans is 55 gallons, the other is 40 gallons. Additionally I use 30s, 20s, and 15 gallon tanks beneath larger tanks as aging reservoirs for water for partials on the display tanks above them.
