Too Much Aquasafe?

[20%nitro]

So I finally got around to adding water to my tank and went to put in some aquasafe to dechlorinate. The directions say add 5mL for every 10 gallons. I started adding some in but was having trouble reading how much I had put in off of the container. Then I realized the the brand new bottle was almost empty. It turns out that I added about 70mL, more than 4 times the required amount for my 30 gallon tank.

Is too much aquasfe detrimental to the fish?

 

[bubblesburst80]

im afraid i dont know if too much is bad but i just wanted to say i use a medicine spoon - unused - to measure mine as i cant judge the bottle either!

xXx

 

[20%nitro]

Yea, I've never read anything about this either. I also found out that a teaspoon is 5mL, so I'm just going to use that in the future. Though I'll probably have to find a plastic one right?

 

[afishdude]

take 50% of the water out and add fresh water with no delorinate. then there is no doubts about it.

 

[Underwurlde]

It is very difficult to OD this stuff as up to 20x the recommended dose is 'safe'.

Also, it works al,most instantly, hence I pour my (tap) water in my tank and then put the dechlor directly into my tank.

Finally, I use pond dechlor - far, far cheaper.....

Andy

 

[afishdude]

Finally, I use pond dechlor - far, far cheaper.....

lol that reminded me of when i went to my lfs the other day. they had aquasafe pond and regular aquasafe, so i said hey the pond would be cheaper. the 500ml bottle was $16 for the pond. the 250ml bottle of regular was $7. ?? thats only $14 for 500ml. so thats not alwase true.

 

[Underwurlde]

dude, no way!

Constant vigilance then people. CONSTANT!

 

[20%nitro]

Thanks for the replies.
I'm gonna do a 50% water change and then just put straight tap in. Sound good?

 

[Underwurlde]

Sounds good to me, but I'd just leave it.

Up to you of course!

Andy

 

[20%nitro]

Sounds good to me, but I'd just leave it.

What's your reasoning for leaving it as is?

 

[Underwurlde]

Erm, laziness really: The amount you added is perfectly safe IMHO.

Useful, yet at the same time extremely boring info on dechlor's:
http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/rev-cond.htm
http/www.vcnet.com/koi_net/finalnet.html

Andy

 

[20%nitro]

lol, alright. Thanks for the links. The chart in the first one is useful.

 

[tennis4you]

I read today that AquaSafe can overdose a tank and stress the fish. I use AquaSafe too and have never had the problem, but I would do the 50% water change as well!

 

[vgames33]

I usually end up adding a few extra drops because they'll come out too fast and I can't count them. Doesn't seem to bother Rufus.

 

[20%nitro]

I ended up doing about a 40% change. Hopefully everything is better now.