dechlorinator

Well from the instructions on a bottle of Prime:

May be added to aquarium directly, but better if added to new water first. If adding directly to aquarium, base dose on aquarium volume.

Now I do 50% water changes weekly on my 50g and I don't really care to lug around close to 25g of water so I just treat the tank myself.
 
so it seems i'm wrong ... the directions on these 'dechlorinators' are based on the number of gallons in your tank and not on the concentration of chlorine in your water? humph! what a way to run a business. ;)
 
liv2padl said:
so it seems i'm wrong ... the directions on these 'dechlorinators' are based on the number of gallons in your tank and not on the concentration of chlorine in your water? humph! what a way to run a business. ;)
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I think you are right, liv2padl..;) Now that you have explained it..the mathmatical way. :)

Blue
 
Actually also on the label of prime it states that 5 ml removes .6 mg/l of ammonia, 3 mg/l chloramine, or 4 mg/l of chlorine. My problem is that I have no idea how much of what is in my tap water nor do I have testing equipment on hand to tell really. Well my ammonia test shows none, but how would I be able to tell the other 2? Just easier to go with the 5 ml per 50g dosing.
 
Also keep in mind that your local water company is great at telling you what the water is like when it leaves the plant, but aren't so good at predicting what may be happening between there and your house all the time. My inlaws live in an area of high iron concentration and for some 3 months in a row recently their tap water was brown. According to the water company in their area nothing was wrong with the water leaving the plant and that they can't always be in control of what happens to the water after that.
 
Hi, I am always surprised to see you people in the US put dechlorinisers in your tanks and I am curious. Is it because your tapwater is so heavely chlorinised? I also know chlorine will leave the water if you let the water stand in a bucket for a day or two, it sort of evaporates. In The Netherlands we use rainwater a lot, mix it with tapwater before putting it into the tank
 
Most if not all public supplied sytems use chlorine or chloramine. I have too many tanks that get huge water changes, some more than once a week. I'd trip over the buckets and never have enough. :cool:

The cost of a water conditioner is minimal and I can just proceed from one tank to the next with the python. Of course, I have two different water sources at my house. Our own private well that is not treated with anything, and a community system, from wells, that is treated.
 
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