Api Tap Water Conditioner Question

[cowgirluntamed]

I just bought some of this today but haven't used it yet. I have smaller tanks at the moment and I know this is dosed at one drop per gallon. (1 ml per 20 gallons). However, the dosing cap is rather big and has the 2 measurements of 5ml and 10ml.

I was looking at some glass bottles with droppers on amazon.

https/www.amazon.com/Greenhealth-Cobalt-Glass-Bottle-Dropper/dp/B00SA0H3UC/ref=sr_1_7_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1467154852&sr=8-7&keywords=2+oz+glass+dropper+bottle

Can I store this water conditioner in these glass bottles? It would make it so much easier to dose the tank without the need to put a small dropper in a big 16oz bottle! Lol.

 

[Byron]

I supposed that would work.  The droppers are not measured though...so I guess you would just count drop by drop?  I find this tedious, and I bought a glass dropper that has ml marked on the glass, and as the least I use is 5 ml for half my 10g, this works well.
 
Be careful not to get any water in the dropper, or in the conditioner.  After I rinse the dropper (which I do not do every week) I let it air dry completely before I will put it back in the bottle.  I don't know if this matters, but it seems a good idea not to get water in the conditioner.
 
Byron.

 

[cowgirluntamed]

Um...you're dosing 5ml for 5 gallons of water? Isnt that high? The directions on the back of my bottle say...To remove chlorine and detoxify heavy metals: Add 1ml for each 20 U.S. gallons. To detoxify chloramines: Add 5ml for each 30 U.S. gallons. (I googled and 20 drops equal 1ml, at least of water, hence where I got the 1 drop per gallon from)


I only have the 20, 10 and 5 gallon tanks currently, so just adding some drops isn't too hard. The dropper would stay in the glass bottle as it's part of the lid. Shouldnt get any water in it hopefully. I probably wouldn't rinse it, just stick it back on the bottle. That should work ok....right?

 

[NickAu]

I use a small syringe, Being a diabetic I have plenty of those.

 

[Akasha72]

I have a small syringe too ... I bought a pack off amazon 
 
https/www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KD25GJA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
I add 3 drops to each 6 litre bucket 

 

[cowgirluntamed]

Thanks for the tips guys.

 

[Essjay]

The dose rate for API Tap water Conditioner is:
Chlorine - 1 drop per US gallon/3.8 litres
Chloramine - 3 drops per US gallon/3.8 litres.
 
The bottles used to come with a dropper lid which they've now changed to a measuring cup lid. The dose rate in mls on the cup-lid bottles is the same as the dose rate in mls for the older dropper-lid bottles. So that dose rate in drops is the same for the cup-lid bottles as well as the dropper lid bottles.
 
When I realised they were changing to cup-lids I kept the dropper-lids from my old bottles and just swap the lid when I start a new bottle.
 
 
 
I add the TWC to a bucket of water before adding it to the tank. The bucket hold 8 litres to the brim so I fill it to 7.5 litres so I don't spill it when carrying it. I add 2 drops to this amount of water (7.5 litres is 2 x 3.8 litres)
If I had a 6 litre bucket, I'd use just 2 drops!
 
 
 
 
I see from API's website that the smallest bottle now looks exactly the same as their test kit bottles. It might be worth buying one of these small bottles and when it's finished, top it up from a big, more cost effective, bottle.

 

[Akasha72]

I was using three cos I was worried 2 wasn't enough ... I'm re-thinking that now. Thanks Essjay

 

[Essjay]

I've just looked again at API's website (my husband was waiting for me last time I posted) and it seems they do still make a dropper lid bottle. Google suggests it's the 30 ml/1 fl oz size. The dropper lid fits the bigger bottles.

 

[Byron]

Um...you're dosing 5ml for 5 gallons of water? Isnt that high? The directions on the back of my bottle say...To remove chlorine and detoxify heavy metals: Add 1ml for each 20 U.S. gallons. To detoxify chloramines: Add 5ml for each 30 U.S. gallons. (I googled and 20 drops equal 1ml, at least of water, hence where I got the 1 drop per gallon from)


I only have the 20, 10 and 5 gallon tanks currently, so just adding some drops isn't too hard. The dropper would stay in the glass bottle as it's part of the lid. Shouldnt get any water in it hopefully. I probably wouldn't rinse it, just stick it back on the bottle. That should work ok....right?

 
That was an error, sorry...not sure what I was thinking of.  One does not want to overdose conditioner.

 

[cowgirluntamed]

I've just looked again at API's website (my husband was waiting for me last time I posted) and it seems they do still make a dropper lid bottle. Google suggests it's the 30 ml/1 fl oz size. The dropper lid fits the bigger bottles.

 
API has a dropper bottle lid? I looked on their website and didn't see anything about it. Do you have a link at all for this?
 
 
 

 

Um...you're dosing 5ml for 5 gallons of water? Isnt that high? The directions on the back of my bottle say...To remove chlorine and detoxify heavy metals: Add 1ml for each 20 U.S. gallons. To detoxify chloramines: Add 5ml for each 30 U.S. gallons. (I googled and 20 drops equal 1ml, at least of water, hence where I got the 1 drop per gallon from)


I only have the 20, 10 and 5 gallon tanks currently, so just adding some drops isn't too hard. The dropper would stay in the glass bottle as it's part of the lid. Shouldnt get any water in it hopefully. I probably wouldn't rinse it, just stick it back on the bottle. That should work ok....right?

 
That was an error, sorry...not sure what I was thinking of.  One does not want to overdose conditioner.
 

 
Lol. I hoped it was an error!
 
 
 
 
 
I don't really want to just buy the small bottle and refill it from bigger ones...I'd still have to have a dropper or syringe! Lol. My idea was to "skip" that step a bit and only use an empty glass bottle that comes with a dropper lid(usually used in essential oils and other stuff) that I can refill and not lose the dropper or have it break because it's loose and such.

 

[Essjay]

This is the Tap Water conditioner page on API's website
http/www.apifishcare.com/product.php?sectionid=1&catid=19&subcatid=0&id=655
 
It has a photo of one of the larger bottles with the cup lid and below the big photo are four smaller ones. Click the left arrow until the one that looks like an ammonia tester bottle is in the middle. The bottle on the left has the cup lid, the bottle on the right has the drop lid.
 
Since a picture paints a thousand words, I'm attaching a photo.
On the left is the lid from one of the larger API TWC bottles with the measuring cup.
In the middle is a cap from an old bottle of API TWC showing the pop-up drop dispenser.
On the right is the lid from a bottle of Aqua One conditioner that came with a tank.
 
Looking at the photo on API's website of the bottle with the dropper lid I think they've changed the style from the middle one in my photo to the same as the Aqua One lid.