Attention Seachem Safe users

[RD.]

My advice would be to call your local water municipality or water treatment facility on monday & find out what level of chloramine they are treating the local water supply with. Then factor in the numbers posted above with regards to chloramine, and treat accordingly. If you feel that your water purification system removes chloramine, then I guess you do what you feel is best.

 

[RD.]

According to the 2012 stats found in the following link http://www.emwd.org/home/showdocument?id=6283 it looks like the average chloramine residuals from the Mills plant (that supplies Menifee) were 1.3 ppm chloramine. They show a range of <0.2 - 3.2, so assume that during periods of high rain fall, or anything else that affects the organic levels in your area, the level of chloramine could be higher than the average of 1.3. Personally, I would assume 2 ppm year round to be on the safe side, which means that you can go by this: Chloramine: use 5 g (1 tsp.*) to each 1250 L (300 gallons*) of tap water (removes 4 ppm).

Now cut those values in half, as you aren't treating for 4 ppm, but will be treating for 2 ppm. So one teaspoon will treat 600+ gallons in total. Go to the local dollar store and get a set of measuring spoons, then crunch some numbers. 1/2 tsp treat approx 300 gallons, 1/4 tsp treats approx 150 gallons, 1/8 tsp treats approx 75 gallons, etc.


That should set you on the right path.

 

[that_fish_Guy]

According to the 2012 stats found in the following link http://www.emwd.org/home/showdocument?id=6283 it looks like the average chloramine residuals from the Mills plant (that supplies Menifee) were 1.3 ppm chloramine. They show a range of <0.2 - 3.2, so assume that during periods of high rain fall, or anything else that affects the organic levels in your area, the level of chloramine could be higher than the average of 1.3. Personally, I would assume 2 ppm year round to be on the safe side, which means that you can go by this: Chloramine: use 5 g (1 tsp.*) to each 1250 L (300 gallons*) of tap water (removes 4 ppm).

Now cut those values in half, as you aren't treating for 4 ppm, but will be treating for 2 ppm. So one teaspoon will treat 600+ gallons in total. Go to the local dollar store and get a set of measuring spoons, then crunch some numbers. 1/2 tsp treat approx 300 gallons, 1/4 tsp treats approx 150 gallons, 1/8 tsp treats approx 75 gallons, etc.


That should set you on the right path.

Thanks so much RD for the awesome help. I really appreciate a fellow fish keeper willing to bear with me in my bouts of dumbness lol. This helps me out alot! And now I won't be wasting loads of safe as prior to your post I just planned to use one or two teaspoons to treat a 180! Thank you.

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[Dieselhybrid]

To my knowledge salt softeners do not remove chlorine or chloramine.

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[RD.]

No problem, Michael. Now when someone says that you simply add a capful of Prime per 50 gallons, or a teaspoon of Safe for 300 gallons, you can explain to them how those dosage rates are totally dependent on the level of disinfectant in the tap water.

 

[Pharaoh]

I put it right into the tank prior to turning on the water.