aging water outside or inside?
- Thread starter jagsandpits
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If sealed imo it wont matter, but then the chlorine cant gas off, so you would have to leave the water outside uncovered or at least not air tight, at that point who knows what could get into it, not to mention the temp changes could have an affect...
Id go with inside.
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Where inside, and where outside?
If inside, you want it in a clean chemical free area, uncovered (or at least semi-ventilated), and where things such as large amounts of dusk, pet fur, or any kind of sprays can't settle in it.
If outside, same rules, but keep it out of the sun also.
You're better off with it inside though. Outside, there's so many more variables to deal with and many more opportunities for things to mess up. Inside is much more controlled.
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Where inside, and where outside?
If inside, you want it in a clean chemical free area, uncovered (or at least semi-ventilated), and where things such as large amounts of dusk, pet fur, or any kind of sprays can't settle in it.
If outside, same rules, but keep it out of the sun also.
You're better off with it inside though. Outside, there's so many more variables to deal with and many more opportunities for things to mess up. Inside is much more controlled.
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Have you always aged your water instead if using dechlorinated?
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.....dechlorinators...damned phone auto corrected me.
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Aging water with simple chlorine in it works well, but if you have chloramine in your water supply it's not so easy. Chloramine is much more stable and can take weeks to dissipate, although sunlight hastens the process (sunlight with also produce free floating algae). And if you do lots of water changes like I believe is needed, you would need vast amounts of water storage.
I have chloramine in my tap water and tested a closed container, the choramine had a 50% concentration after a week.
I use sodium or calcium thiosulfate to remove the chlorine molecule from chloramine. much faster, and not expensive, a 5 gal bucket of sodium thio dry salts last for years.
Below...
chloraminated water sample direct from the tap
By the way, the meter above is calibrated to test the amount of chlorine within the
chloramine molecule.
It is used to measure the amount of trace choramine, at the farthest of the water distribution system in my area.
You can easily test your own water with a swimming pool kit, if is sensitive enough and calibrated to measure chloramine at levels below 1.00ppm up to 4.00ppm.
Below photo a tap water sample after being treated with sodium thiosufate
I have chloramine in my tap water and tested a closed container, the choramine had a 50% concentration after a week.
I use sodium or calcium thiosulfate to remove the chlorine molecule from chloramine. much faster, and not expensive, a 5 gal bucket of sodium thio dry salts last for years.
Below...
chloraminated water sample direct from the tap
By the way, the meter above is calibrated to test the amount of chlorine within the
chloramine molecule.
It is used to measure the amount of trace choramine, at the farthest of the water distribution system in my area.
You can easily test your own water with a swimming pool kit, if is sensitive enough and calibrated to measure chloramine at levels below 1.00ppm up to 4.00ppm.
Below photo a tap water sample after being treated with sodium thiosufate
Aging water with simple chlorine in it works well, but if you have chloramine in your water supply it's not so easy. Chloramine is much more stable and can take weeks to dissipate, although sunlight hastens the process (sunlight with also produce free floating algae). And if you do lots of water changes like I believe is needed, you would need vast amounts of water storage.
I have chloramine in my tap water and tested a closed container, the choramine had a 50% concentration after a week.
I use sodium or calcium thiosulfate to remove the chlorine molecule from chloramine. much faster, and not expensive, a 5 gal bucket of sodium thio dry salts last for years.
Below...
chloraminated water sample direct from the tap
By the way, the meter above is calibrated to test the amount of chlorine within the
chloramine molecule.
It is used to measure the amount of trace choramine, at the farthest of the water distribution system in my area.
You can easily test your own water with a swimming pool kit, if is sensitive enough and calibrated to measure chloramine at levels below 1.00ppm up to 4.00ppm.
Below photo a tap water sample after being treated with sodium thiosufate
well i age it a week then put prime a day b4, were did u get that tester thingy i gotta get me one of those
I worked as a water chemist for years, and we had these testing units, but they are a bit expensive. The same concept kind of tests are available at pool supply stores, but little less high tech, and also reasonable in cost.