Dechorinator ?

[bobross]

I was just reading through an aquarium product catalog and noticed that there's about ten different types of dechorinating products on the market. Most of them remove chorine as well as chloramine from the water - they mostly all aid in slime coat protection as well. My queston is, if there are so many to choose from, which one(s) would anybody recommend over the rest of them? Assuming that the several that are the same in what their functions are, I can't see what difference it would make other than the name on the bottle.


p.s. - after some thought, I guess the multiple choices applies in more than just dechorinator (brands of filtration, food, heaters, lighting, etc. )

Thanks in advance

BobRoss

 

[sophos9]

I've always used API Stress Coat, never tried anything else as I guess when something works well, why change it!

 

[andywg]

Best things to use are those that are higher in concentration, such as Prime by Seachem or pond dechlorinators. these will often do 80 to 100 gallons of water from just 10ml, so last a long time.

Ignore slime coat stuff on de-chlor. All most of them do is irritate the fish into producing more of a slime coat, not the best way of doing it. So long as you have a mtured filter and regulary water changes then the fish will keep a ahealthy slime coat all on their own.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Best things to use are those that are higher in concentration, such as Prime by Seachem or pond dechlorinators. these will often do 80 to 100 gallons of water from just 10ml, so last a long time.

yes if you've a decent sized tank then getting the pond dechlors is great.... but don't bother if you've a small tank. We looked into it at one point and worked out to dose my 10g tank for a 30% water change i would have had to use a fraction of a milliliter..... it'd be nigh on impossible to dose anywhere near accurately for a small tank. And while if you overdose on dechlor on the odd occasion it's not gonna do much harm, it's not a practice to employ for every water change

 

[vinylman]

I've always used Tetra AquaSafe without any problems. Half a capful in a 10l bucket of water is fairly economical, too; especially if you buy the largest bottle.

 

[ghostchoir]

I too use Tetra AquaSafe.

 

[celaeno]

tetra aquasafe is more economical, but harder to measure if you have small tanks like me. thus, i use hagen nutrafin aqua-plus and dose half a capful every 2.5 gallons (my bucket size).

 

[timmystood]

or ...And while if you overdose on dechlor on the odd occasion it's not gonna do much harm, it's not a practice to employ for every water change...

Why?

I use pond declohinator and overdose every water change because like you say it's impossible to dose for a small tank.

 

[sophos9]

Hi

Found an interesting website (clicky here) and have just bought some Seachem Prime...

Great!

 

[sophos9]

I've had a clown pleco for over 6months and it does not seem to have grown

.... although I would not really know cus I never see him, the most elusive fish in my collection

 

[smmetz]

I suppose that if you use the pond stuff and have a hard time measuring for your smaller tanks - you can dilute some in a seperate bottle just for your small tanks.

 

[Amy86]

I've just bought King British safe guard for my new tank- is it any good??

 

[idlefingers]

I read somewhere that the result of dechlorinating is often ammonia and so something which removes the ammonia is good, too. Can't remember where I read it, tho.. probably just a manufacturer's website where they were promoting their product as the best!

I use seachem prime and it does the trick. Like anywg said, it'll last forever, too!

 

[Miss Wiggle]

yeah i don't know the full facts about it but the ammonia thing is true. either the chlorine or the chloramine contains ammonia, when you add your dechlorinator it breaks it down and your left with ammonia and something else. it's only a very small amount of ammonia and your filter will sort it out pretty much straight away. But if you've ever noticed your fish flicking immediately after a water change they probably got caught up in some water with ammonia in before the filter got to it.

it shouldn't be a problem for most people, maybe if your water was very heavy with chlorine or chloramine you might find it's a problem.

 

[Amunet]

Well I usually use TopFin tap water conditioner stuff that I get at petsmart. But I got stress coat this last time and well they both have worked just fine.
Think I'll be going back with the topfin stuff though. Lot cheaper heh.