Dechlorinator

[Delloy12]

Where can I buy dechlorinator. (I don't want to use eBay)

 

[minnnt]

LFS

 

[Delloy12]

I've got no car few a days and I can't bothered to walk 15miles ......

 

[StandbySetting]

Aqua Essentials, Charter House Aquatics, you could even buy Sodium Thiosulphate crystals if you really wanted to save money.

 

[markandhisfish]

order yourself some seachem prime from warehouse aquatics

 

[SchottayB]

order yourself some seachem prime from warehouse aquatics

+1. £13 for 500ml

 

[Blubble37]

leave a bucket of water still for 2 days and dexhlorinated water is yours!

 

[StandbySetting]

What if your water supply contains Chloramine? Which most do nowadays. I use Sodium Thiosulphate crystals, a lot cheaper.

 

[Hermithall]

What if your water supply contains Chloramine? Which most do nowadays. I use Sodium Thiosulphate crystals, a lot cheaper.

Would you be so kind to elaborate on the DIY dechlorinater please? I can get some crystals but I'm unsure how to proceed from there..

 

[Blubble37]

What if your water supply contains Chloramine? Which most do nowadays. I use Sodium Thiosulphate crystals, a lot cheaper.

thats where my solution falls down

I use sodium thiosulphate solution mixed in with [font="arial][size="2"]EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid[/size][/font] and sodium sulphite for mine.

Works a treat

 

[StandbySetting]

You would dissolve them in water, obviously some calculations are required, you'd need to find out the average concentration of Chloramine in your water supply, in order to calculate how many moles of Sodium Thiosulphate would be required to neutralise the chlorine.

 

[Hermithall]

Sounds like using Sodium Thiosulphate to neutralize chlorine in water which contains the compound chloramine (chlorine plus ammonia) is potentially hazardous to fish because of the ammonia which would be released into the water during water changes, especially large 50% or more water changes.
Unless, is there a DIY way to then convert ammonia into ammonium, rendering it harmless to fish? If so, I'd consider using Sodium Thiosulphate in conjunction with this, but until then I'll stick with commercial water conditioners which remove both chlorine and chloramine.

 

[StandbySetting]

That's the only hitch, a lot of dechlorinators nowadays do have ammonia de-toxifiers added to them, luckily for me my water supply contains chlorine only.

 

[Blubble37]

Sounds like using Sodium Thiosulphate to neutralize chlorine in water which contains the compound chloramine (chlorine plus ammonia) is potentially hazardous to fish because of the ammonia which would be released into the water during water changes, especially large 50% or more water changes.
Unless, is there a DIY way to then convert ammonia into ammonium, rendering it harmless to fish? If so, I'd consider using Sodium Thiosulphate in conjunction with this, but until then I'll stick with commercial water conditioners which remove both chlorine and chloramine.

There is a way and i think it is called ammo lock or something, but after a while it gets rediculously expensive.

I just use my normal cocktail and then add some bottled bacteria stuff to it which seems to work.

None have ever died because of the water so...

 

[StandbySetting]

The ammonia left over as a result of dechlorination is small, and is soon dealt with by filter bacteria/plants etc.