how many people don't use dechlorineator? And just use straight tap water. I find myself going with out it alot since I frequently do water changes. I run out of prime and maybe to budget to go pick up more. I saw on some message board there was a cheap DIY way to make your own dechlorinator for pennies
No dechlorineator
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You can usually buy sodium thiosulfate from a science store or cheimal supplier and make your own for pennys a dose. Any chemistry book should be able to point you in the direction of how much you'd need, or check out Standard Methods for Water and Wste water at the library, it is the bible of the water industry and has any recipe or test method you'd ever need.
Sodium thio is a salt, you mix it up in water and in a few moments it's done and ready to use, totally simple, and it's the active ingredient in all over the counter dechlorinaters.
Sodium thio is a salt, you mix it up in water and in a few moments it's done and ready to use, totally simple, and it's the active ingredient in all over the counter dechlorinaters.
sodium thiosulfate doesn't work as well for chloramine as chlorine. chloramine is ammonia added to chlorine. there's a few different types of chloramine but from what i understand, when you use sodium thiosulfate on chloramine it breaks the ammonia off from the chlorine, then the chlorine gets broken down as normal, but you end up with a lot of ammonia in the water, which is obviously also deadly to fish.
chlorine will off gas from water in about 2 days. a fella at the fish store told me chloramine takes 42 days to completely dissappear (is he exagerating?).
a question I have though is... if you hit chloramine with sodium thiosulfate and you end up with the ammonia in your water, how long does it take ammonia to off gas? or does it?
the dechlorinatores that take care of chloramine aren't usually sodium thiosulfate and they end up binding the ammonia up in some fish safe way as well.
i've researched this quit a bit because i'm raising fish to eat and i try not to use any chemicals. you should be able to google your cities water utility and see what they use, or maybe give them a call.
chlorine will off gas from water in about 2 days. a fella at the fish store told me chloramine takes 42 days to completely dissappear (is he exagerating?).
a question I have though is... if you hit chloramine with sodium thiosulfate and you end up with the ammonia in your water, how long does it take ammonia to off gas? or does it?
the dechlorinatores that take care of chloramine aren't usually sodium thiosulfate and they end up binding the ammonia up in some fish safe way as well.
i've researched this quit a bit because i'm raising fish to eat and i try not to use any chemicals. you should be able to google your cities water utility and see what they use, or maybe give them a call.