I dont know if I've seen info or heard about or dreamt it..but..does anyone know about making homemade dechlorinator?
homeade dechlor
- Thread starter WharfRat
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I really know very little except what I've read around here, but the active ingredient is sodium thisulfide (sp) and my understanding is that a lifetime supply of sodium thisulfide costs less than a bottle of stress coat. I couldn't tell you where to buy it or how much to use though.
Dave
Dave
I thought it was sodium thiosulphate. I might be wrong.. anyway, whatever it is, it's a photographic chemical. very cheap. the dechlor you buy at the store is a very very dilute sodium thiosulphate/ide solution, and you only use a few drops. you can get a large jar for only a few dollars. I'll look into it and report back with my findings.
here's what I found...
http://www.illianagardenpond.org/newsletternov01.htm
Sodium Thiosulfate crystals can be purchased from Aquatic Eco-systems. (1-877-347-4788)
5 LB. - $10.90
50 LB.- $52.00
How much do I need?
It will take 6 grams of Sodium Thiosulfate to react away each gram of chlorine. Or you would use 3 Tablespoons of Sodium Thiosulfate crystals for every 1000 gallons of water.
How do I mix the dechlorinator?
Place 15 Tablespoons into 2 liters (2000ml.) of water and use 400ml. per 1000 gallons. Place 1 cup into a 1/2 gallon of water and use 1 1/2 cups per 1000 gallons.
Things to remember.
Solutions of Sodium Thiosulfate are both light and air sensitive. So keep the solution out of the sunlight, and in a container with a tightly closed lid. Mix only what you will use in 30 days.
better mixing directions from http://www.koivet.com/html/articles/articles_details.php?article_id=75
You should obtain fish-safe aquacultural (not the penta-anhydrous form of photo hypo) Sodium Thiosulfate:
If you put 130 grams in a liter jug, then add water quantity sufficient to make 1 liter, your stock solution will contain 130 grams/Liter.
Each teaspoonful [5 cc] will contain 650mg active Sodium Thiosulfate. This is a 13% solution.
Simply add 2 drops of the stock solution per 1 gallon of the body of water to be treated . One liter of your solution can treat 10,000 gallons. Over-dosage is virtually impossible.
HTH
http://www.illianagardenpond.org/newsletternov01.htm
Sodium Thiosulfate crystals can be purchased from Aquatic Eco-systems. (1-877-347-4788)
5 LB. - $10.90
50 LB.- $52.00
How much do I need?
It will take 6 grams of Sodium Thiosulfate to react away each gram of chlorine. Or you would use 3 Tablespoons of Sodium Thiosulfate crystals for every 1000 gallons of water.
How do I mix the dechlorinator?
Place 15 Tablespoons into 2 liters (2000ml.) of water and use 400ml. per 1000 gallons. Place 1 cup into a 1/2 gallon of water and use 1 1/2 cups per 1000 gallons.
Things to remember.
Solutions of Sodium Thiosulfate are both light and air sensitive. So keep the solution out of the sunlight, and in a container with a tightly closed lid. Mix only what you will use in 30 days.
better mixing directions from http://www.koivet.com/html/articles/articles_details.php?article_id=75
You should obtain fish-safe aquacultural (not the penta-anhydrous form of photo hypo) Sodium Thiosulfate:
If you put 130 grams in a liter jug, then add water quantity sufficient to make 1 liter, your stock solution will contain 130 grams/Liter.
Each teaspoonful [5 cc] will contain 650mg active Sodium Thiosulfate. This is a 13% solution.
Simply add 2 drops of the stock solution per 1 gallon of the body of water to be treated . One liter of your solution can treat 10,000 gallons. Over-dosage is virtually impossible.
HTH
Then why doesn't the store bought stuff have a "use within 30 days" notice on it? Maybe its the preservative and that's why they can charge so much?
Great info ChicoRaton!
Does this stuff work on Chloramine? My cities water is PERFECT for my native fish (since it comes from the same lake I collect from) but they add chloramine. My plants love it (free food from the ammonia) but I dunno if hypo breaks the chloramine bond.
It does, but it requires twice the dose as for plain chlorine. (I use home-mixed sodium thiosulfate on my chloriminated water.) Also, the ammonia freed when the chlorine is neutralized (usually 1 ppm ammonia or less in my tap water) is not affected.
HTH,
Jim
HTH,
Jim
Thanks J!
So long as I do a small water change, and early in the day, the plants make quick work of any ammonia. There is always a growth spurt.
So long as I do a small water change, and early in the day, the plants make quick work of any ammonia. There is always a growth spurt.