Dechlorinator. Whats The Difference?

[Tolak]

This depends on your water usage. With a larger setup anywhere you can safely pinch pennies is to your advantage.

 

[raptorrex]

Every time you buy dechlorinator you are buying a sodium thiosulfate solution, so I think it is quite legal.

yes i am aware of that, however the constituent parts of any purchased product, are not always avaliable to the public for sale, in the UK

Is it really worth it when you can pick up pond dechlor so cheap? As i said above, i spent £8 and worked out it should last 9 years. I couldn't be bothered making my own solution and using trial and error for dosing and testing for chlorine. Seems a lot of work for little benefit.

no! quite true, but its fun to learn something new!

 

[andywg]

humm, just need to find a, legal supplier in the uk!

I recall it is used in photo developing, consider asking in a photographic supply store.

 

[raptorrex]

humm, just need to find a, legal supplier in the uk!

I recall it is used in photo developing, consider asking in a photographic supply store.

lol thanks. considering my past, i now feel rather silly lol "hypo" or its main active ingredient anyway. still it's been twenty years since i did the COSHH on this sort of chem. shame i can't use an old bag of "ilfo fix", bet i could find one if i looked hard enough at home.

 

[who-izzet]

I found aqua tap safe really cheap but you have to buy in bulk.

Zooplus

£28.90 for 5 Litres. If you buy 2 lots and spend over £50, then postage is free.

 

[andywg]

I found aqua tap safe really cheap but you have to buy in bulk.

Zooplus

£28.90 for 5 Litres. If you buy 2 lots and spend over £50, then postage is free.

But that stuff is shocking when it comes to amounts needed. The Tetra calculator states that it requires 182ml to treat 80 gallons. I use 10ml of my pond dechlor (1 litre cost me £15)for 80 imperial gallons (which will be close to 100 US gallons, the presumed unit used by Tetra).