Dechlorinator

[Hoppy]

Hi

Sanity check required please .

When you do a water change, do you add enough dechlorinator to treat the water you are replacing (this is what I do) or do you add enough to treat the whole tank?

I just wanted to check that I was doing the right thing as I wasn't sure if the dechlorinator weakened over a period of time and the whole tank needed re-dosing with each water change.

I know it's a stupid question but someone had to ask it!

Thanks

Hoppy

 

[Mr Miagi]

Enough to treat the water being replaced. I always added a few drops extra.

 

[MHunt]

Yeah, you're treating the water that you're taking out of the tap, the water in the tank has had the chemicals that we are treating for removed or broken down.

 

[brads]

Hi, I have a Rena aqua 100 (42uk gal tank, 192 litres) I change three buckets of water a week (36litres). I treat each bucket that I replenish before it goes in the tank with API stress coat. I've been doing this for five months now and everthing seems ticky boo!!

Brads

 

[Squid]

Hoppy..

Once the dechlorinator has got rid of the chlorine it doesn't come back. The chlorine is only in there because the water company put it in there to kill off any bacteria. Effectively, that is why we remove it as it would kill off our friendly tank bacteria. People do say that if you leave the water in a bucket for a couple of days you don't even need dechlorinator (unless you still have chloramines or whatever they are), so your tank water which will have been sitting there for a while will have had no problems by now.. The dechlorinator though works pretty instantly, so i just add it to the bucket, run the water and pour it into the tank. No problems doing it this way.

Some people use a python syphon (like a two way hose) to add water into the tank. Even then people say that they put the amount of dechlorinator into the tank to cater for the amount of water they have changed. Although some people say that they overdose just slightly.

Cheers
Squid

 

[Hoppy]

Thanks for all of your replies.

It appears that I am doing the correct thing

Cheers again.

Hoppy

 

[muzzy]

Sorry but I'm going to hijack the thread i little.......

This python syphon thing, is it any good? I'm forever spilling water all over the place and something like that would be really good. Only thing is how would you go about dechlorinating the water if its direct from the tap?

 

[Squid]

There have been a number of threads on this. Do a search for python and see what comes up, as I can't remember exactly what people said. I believe that the majority of people just pour the dechlorinator straight into the tank as they add the new water. It works instantly, and a number of people have been doing this without any issues.

I'd like one too, but I don't want it in the kitchen sink (well the missus wouln't like the poop there), and the other dowstairs one goes through a pump which would be ok with all the fish waste, but i worry about the sand that i would be hoovering up with it.

Squid

 

[muzzy]

Cheers Squid!! Ill have a look.
If there are no problems with adding the dechlorinator and then water from the tap i think i might get one..... I'm not to bothered about cleaning, i can still use a bucket for that if the girlfriend didn't approve of fish poo in the sink!!

 

[loveforfhishies]

i use prime for my water, but have been hearing alot about the stress zyme latly.. is it bad to switch your dechlorinators?

 

[bobross]

I can't see why switching from one to another would matter as long as they both do the same thing.

 

[three-fingers]

i use prime for my water, but have been hearing alot about the stress zyme latly.. is it bad to switch your dechlorinators?

'Stress Zyme' is not a dechlorinator. 'Stress Coat' is the dechlorinator made by API.
'Stress Zyme' is API's product for cycling a tank with, and supposedly to replenish the bacteria in the water when you do water changes.
I use it because I have it, but IMO it's a waste of money.