Is 'instant' Dechlorinator Really Instant?

[ZoddyZod]

Since I have been doing up to 50% water changes recently (fish-in cycle, unfortunately) it occured to me that the time frame between filling 12L buckets with dechlorinator (Nutrafin Aqua Plus to be precise) and moving it to the tank may not be long enough for the water to be fully dechlorinated.

Should the water be left to stand for a certain amount of time before adding to the tank? The manufacturers instructions certainly dont mention this.

 

[Bobtastic]

So far I have only used AquaSafe on my Jewul tank and I have been performing water changes with buckets (apart from once with a hose) and I haven't had any problems with adding the dechlorinator into the bucket and then once the blue has desolved pouring it straight into the tank.

In fact the time I used the hose I pour enough AquaSafe directly into the tank to dechlorinate the water I was adding into the tank.

Both ways I haven't had any problems whatsoever. I can only assume that it is instant on contact.

 

[m00se]

I fill mine with a hose, and as bob says I just add my dechlor straight to the tank after removing the water, then turn on the hose. Never had a problem.

 

[drain_bamaged]

it is instant on contact, instantly bonding the ammonia/niterate/nitrite into a harmless form. It will not affect your filter bacteria either way (unless it says it promotes a healthy filter in some way, obviously!)

 

[ZoddyZod]

it is instant on contact, instantly bonding the ammonia/niterate/nitrite into a harmless form. It will not affect your filter bacteria either way (unless it says it promotes a healthy filter in some way, obviously!)

OK so it's instant on contact, but if I'm placing 2ml in 12,000ml of water surely it takes some time for the 2ml to disperse and bond with the ammonia/niterate/nitrite?

I would have thought that there was some sort of 'curing' time required before the water could be added to the tank?

I fill mine with a hose, and as bob says I just add my dechlor straight to the tank after removing the water, then turn on the hose. Never had a problem.

Could this not lead to some chlorinated water coming into conatct with the filter media if the dechlor has not fully mixed with the new water?

 

[vinylman]

Dechlorinator is as near instant as you can get; certainly by the time you've given the bucket a quick stir, there'll be nothing to worry about.

 

[saltynay]

Just stir it and you are done as you say it does need to come in contact and dispersal time is a factor but most are nigh instant with quick stir. Tetra Aqua safe is the only one I have used where it was a bit viscous to properly mix so need an extra few seconds of stirring.

 

[ZoddyZod]

Thanks for all the confidence inspiring feedback . Just wanted to be sure that I'm not harming the bacteria colony before it gets a chance to establish itself.