Least Expensive Dechlorinator?

[Toby_H]

This is using prices from Dr Foster & Smith on bottles in the $10 +/- range…

Cost to Use
Stress Coat - .56 cents per gal
Dr F & S brand - .33 cents per gal
Prime - .30 cents per gal
Amquel+ (liquid) - .71 cents per gal
Amquel+ (powder) - .89 cents per gal
Ammo Lock - .70 cents per gal

To find these numbers I divided the price by the gallons treated (for a bottle at that size)… Most of the products happen to be on sale the day I did this comparison (today) but Prime was not on sale…

It is quite obvious, Prime is the least expensive of the products commonly available to be used as a dechlorinator… and has a reputation as a quality product as well…

Note: I made this comparison to as a response in another thread and then determined it was a bit too far off topic, so I shared it here as it's own thread...

 

[selki]

Use Genesis.. works great

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

I love these threads.

Now calculate this one into your line up.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173898&highlight=low+cost+dechlorinator

http://cgi.ebay.com/Koi-Pond-Dechlo...0?hash=item2ea5a5ea3a&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

4oz to make 1 gallon. So a 2lb order can make 8 gallons of dechlorinator for $11.70.

5ml of solution will dechlorinate 10g's of new tank water as well as break the chloramine bond.

There is 3785.4118ml in 1 gallon. Multiply by 8 = 30,283.2944 ml of solution per 2lb order for $11.70.

30,283.2944ml of solution will decholrinate 60,566.5888 gallons of water for $11.70.

So

sodium thiosulfate
.00019376 cents per gallon to remove chlorine and chloramines.

Since that number is so low it maybe hard to understand the relation.

So basically you can remove chlorine and chloramine in 150 gallons of water for 29 cents.

I have been using this stuff for a few years now. Alot of people need a pretty bottle with alot of printing on it promising rediculous things to them if the use it. Personally I do not.

 

[cichlaguapote]

Niiiice.. Prime is the shizznit..

 

[justonemoretank]

Great comparison. Some other products may seem cheaper, but so little Prime is needed that it ends up being cheaper. Of course, if we'd start actually measuring it, instead of just dumping some in, it would save money too.... Gonna work on that.

 

[Adhlc]

Great comparison. Some other products may seem cheaper, but so little Prime is needed that it ends up being cheaper. Of course, if we'd start actually measuring it, instead of just dumping some in, it would save money too.... Gonna work on that.

Amen to that. I've always found that the first half of the bottle goes much quicker than the second half...

 

[sostoudt]

do they all help slime coat?
any major differences in secondary effects?

 

[Zoodiver]

I use two ways:
Sodium thiosulfate or just time.

Yes, in a pinch I like to fill a container and toss airstones in it over night. Does the trick and keeps it cheap.

 

[Toby_H]

Like I said, I made that comparison to post elsewhere but chose not to in order to refrain from creating a tangent… I just didn’t want my time to be completely wasted


Hybrid Theory - Prime also gets cheaper when purchased in bulk, about .15 cents per gallon… It doesn’t get anywhere near as cheap as your reference…

Prime does hold a bit of an advantage of “binding” ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and a small handful of other claimed advantages… The link you provided doesn’t give any details of any such advantages…

I’m by no means criticizing the product you linked us to, simply pointing out some differences… The users will have to decide if these differences are worth the cost…


Sostoudt - I’ve ‘heard’ (I encourage you to second guess heresy) that conditioners promote slim coat by agitating the fish which triggers the fish’s natural slime coat production. Which to me doesn’t sound very kind to the fish (IF, big if, it’s true)…

Feel free to be the one to research that topic and fault me if it’s not. I couldn’t get anywhere with it beyond manufacturers claims… Which I also encourage you to second guess…

 

[sostoudt]

Feel free to be the one to research that topic and fault me if it’s not. I couldn’t get anywhere with it beyond manufacturers claims… Which I also encourage you to second guess…

well i dont think you will get anywhere with out seachem on that as they dont tell you whats in prime that stimulates slime production but i will ask