water conditioners etc

[anonapersona]

ultimately cheap

if you want to be really cheap, get sodium thiosulphate, 5 lbs for $16 shipped, 1 oz makes 1 quart of simple dechlorinator, no extras.

5 lbs = 80 ounces

80 ounces makes 80 quarts

Use at 1 drop per gallon of water.... Oh, man, this will last me for decades!

 

[alphabetta]

Great !! (cackle cackle happily) I got some good input. Yay. Not always a sure thing on message boards, too many ppl want to explain the process rather than just tell me what they use sometimes

Just a couple more ?s, does the sodium thiosulphate take care of chlorine and chloramines? I know its the main thing in these products.

And since I have a planted tank, and since I would rather not use something that interferes with readings from ammonia tests, just a de-chlorinater/de-chloramineater should be sufficient right??

Thanks you all, appreciate it.

 

[meangene714]

anonapersona: where can I get some of this sodium thiosulphate, and how will I know concentration?

 

[boyohboy]

Re: ultimately cheap

Originally posted by anonapersona
if you want to be really cheap, get sodium thiosulphate, % lbs for $16 shipped, 1 oz makes 1 quart of simple dechlorinator, no extras.

5 lbs = 80 ounces

80 ounces makes 80 quarts

Use at 1 drop per gallon of water.... Oh, man, this will last me for decades!

heh I guess that will work too
But see so far I have 2 bottle of 16oz AquaPlus, both on sale at different times, for a total of $15+tax Canadian dollar. They will probably last me for couple of years. Awhile ago one store has 2 Liter bottle for $19 Cdn too, didn't buy it tho. Still not as cheap as using thiosulphate, but bit easier for those not quite sure about chemicals. It's cheap enough I guess. For other stuffs like fertilizer I'd use chemicals, MUCH cheaper for those.

Talking about it... someone was looking for thiosulphate all over the place in our department (biochem labs)... I wonder why lol