Tap Water Conditioner

[SchottayB]

Hi guys, got my tap water conditioner today,

This is for my fresh water tropical aquerium, on the bottle it says:


TO REMOVE CHLORINE
5mL treats 38 L

TO REMOVE CHLORAMINE
10 mL treats 38 L

TO PROTECT SCALES & FINS. (i have no fish, when do I add this?)
10 mL treats 38 L


what do I need to do, go for the 10 mL per 38 L or go for the 5 mL per 38 L? and what do I do about the protect fins, i have no fish in there!)


Many thanks!

Scott

 

[SchottayB]

Any pro know? wanted to just make sure I do the rite thing lol! I'm ready and waiting to add the water treatment now


5 mL or 10 mL per 38 L?

Thanks!

 

[rocknurworld2006]

10mls as you need it to remove chloramines as well.

you may want to try something like prime as means ull use less liquid each time compared to this

 

[SchottayB]

Thanks for the reply. Ok I will look into that, many thanks!

Scott.

PS this will be fine for the time being though yes?

 

[gaz gun man]

Thanks for the reply. Ok I will look into that, many thanks!

Scott.

PS this will be fine for the time being though yes?

yep

 

[three-fingers]

TO PROTECT SCALES & FINS. (i have no fish, when do I add this?)
10 mL treats 38 L

Never IMO, it would just be a waste of dechlorinator, I remember reading somewhere that these claims were rubbish because it stimulates the fishes mucous by irritating the fish in the fist place. That might not be true, but regardless, it would never be needed anyway.

IMO it's a good way to waste more dechlorinator so you have to go out and buy more sooner, more money for the company!

Best dechlorinators are Seachem Prime or any brand of pond dechlorinator, they are much more concentrated for the same price (or cheaper) and are made of the same chemical anyway .

 

[SchottayB]

Just added 16 mL, for my 60L tank, thats got 55L water in... thats about right isn't it?


Let me know if I need to add more or anything, many thanks!

I will look for that Seachem Prime tomorrow, thanks again

Scott

 

[Truck]

i would add another 4ml, bring it up to 20ml you cant overdose dechlor unless you put litres in

 

[three-fingers]

I wouldent bother adding any more than needed, I personally wouldent even bother measuring it beyond a "dash" for a whole tank and a "drop" for a bucket of water when doing a water change .

If you either over or under dose dechlor it's not the end of the world, it's more of a useful precaution to use it in the first place .

 

[rocknurworld2006]

not the best advice there. especially to beginners as they should be following the bottle so that the water is properly dechlorinated as they could end up with tank of dead fish in the end up

 

[three-fingers]

not the best advice there. especially to beginners as they should be following the bottle so that the water is properly dechlorinated as they could end up with tank of dead fish in the end up

Cite one case where that has happened? As long as some dechlor is used, its really not worth worrying about. It's possible to do water changes without it (it's amazing how many people do), but it's not recommended since it's so cheap and does no harm, its a great precaution. You would be stupid not to use it (or just old-school).

Say a <50% water change, add a drop dechlor, if its slightly too little, you have got rid of say at least half of the chlorine/chloramine anyway, which is again further diluted in the tank and will be quickly dealt with by gassing off (fish tanks have good water movement and often even surface agitation) and filter bacteria consuming the ammonia part of chlorine (the bacteria would have come from your tap water in the first place, so will be capable of this).

Risk to fish: negligible.

Don't want people wasting time and money, or getting too worried about exact measures when keeping fish tanks is meant to be fun .

Dechlor is cheap, it doesn't matter if you overdose, but when you are short on time, its just more important to get the water change done than bother faffing about with counting mls of dechlor, so guesstimation is an excellent tool.

 

[buckiejim2]

Find out from your water board if they are adding chloramine. Depending on their reply will tell you what to dose for. If you are unsure if chloramine is added it does no harm to assume there is chloramine in the water and dose for both chlorine and chloramine. Lets face it - for only a few tanks water conditioer works out cheap enough. If cost is a concern somebody else mentioned using a treatment for ponds. Basically many of our treatments are more concentrated for ponds thus making it more economical to use for our tanks. So it is good enough adevice providing you have a lot of tanks to treat. BJ

 

[OldMan47]

The 10 ml for 38 litres is a very large amount of dechlorinator. I don't doubt it says that on the label but the Prime that I use has me use 1 ml to treat that much water. With Prime, I do use a pipette instead of just adding a splash because it is so concentrated that I don't want to overdose. Anything more than a double dose is really not a good idea for the filter bacteria so I try to stay at a double dose or less.