Nutrafin Water Conditioner

[ronanphilip]

when i first set up my tank the water here was contaminated with cryptospyridium so i brought water from a domestic well at my parents. now that the water has been ok for a while i think it is time to start using the local water. i know i should do this gradually.

bought some nutrafin water conditioner today. is this a good conditioner? says to use 10ml (approx 2 lids) per 70l to remove chlorine and 10ml per 35l to remove chloramine. problem is i dont know what is added to the water here. is it harmful to bare on the safe side and use the high dosage?

also i will prob only add about 7l (10% of 70l tank) the first few times if i put in slightly more than say half a lid could the little extra cause a prob

also i bought a fairly big bottle which should last a long time useing this amount, does it go out of date when its been opened for a long time?

i also red this about it

* Note: Products where the second "Y" is in brackets are those which state that they remove chloramine, but in most cases contain only sodium thiosulfate (the same as standard dechlorinators for chlorine only). Usually, a higher dose is recommended for chloramines - this is to make sure the chlorine part is split from the chloramine and neutralised - however, this releases the ammonia part, so the chloramine is not fully dealt with. An example of the manufacturers' awareness of this, is shown by the fact that API recommend Ammo-Lock in conjunction with Stress Coat, if you need to deal with ammonia. In cases where the ingredients are not stated for standard dechlorinators, it is highly likely that the dechlorinator is sodium thiosulfate.

does this mean it wont do the job properly

thanks for any advice

 

[corey01]

ive been wondering the same thing..it doesnt give enough advice on th bottle its not like we do a full water change all the time, they could just put how much to add for say a 10% waterchange.

 

[Meds081603]

Well I've never used that product but I can speak for Prime. It is the only dechlorinator I use and it works wonders. The dosage says 1 cap per 50 gallons of water. I just use enough for how much water I am adding rather than the what the directions say.

 

[XPANDA]

ived used nutrafin water conditioner for a while and it works fine. i agree that the dosage instructions are rubbish but i just add one capfull per bucket! good luck

 

[Mr Bee]

I use Tetra AquaSafe dechlor.

Just work it out how much to add for how much water you put in, for example the Tetra I use says "5ml aquasafe per 10L water"

So, as I add it 2L at a atime (cos I only have a 2L jug!) then I add (5/10) x 2

Which is 1ml of aquasafe to the 2L tap water I'm adding.

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So if you need to add 10ml per 70L water for the Nutrafin conditioner:

If doing 10% change; 7L water, then you need to add (10/70) x 7 = 1ml conditionar to 7L water adding

If doing 25% change; 17.5L water, then you need to add (10/70) x 17.5 = 2.5ml conditionar to 17.5L water adding

etc. - so you can easily work out how much dechlor. to add to how much water - then you just need a way to measure the volume. If you have any sort of pipette, that is ideal, and is what I use.

I use something similar to this, which measures accurately to within 0.05ml.....which I *ahem* .... borrowed from work