Water conditiner remove salt?

[Sgooosh]

This is probably a dumb question but does api tap water conditioner remove salt? It removes chlorine and salt is NaCl so i dont know…..

 

[AbbeysDad]

Nope - You'll need to do (perhaps several) partial water changes to remove salt.

 

[Sgooosh]

Nope - You'll need to do (perhaps several) partial water changes to remove salt.

thanks, i was being kinda dumb then, i mean the salt in the bucket that i am using to change water...
it is Chloride not Chlorine and it is different so it wont remove, right?

 

[Fishmanic]

right

 

[StevenF]

Water conditioners don't remove chlorine. They bind with the chlorine creating a safe byproduct that doesn't harm fish.

 

[Tacocat]

Water conditioners don't remove chlorine. They bind with the chlorine creating a safe byproduct that doesn't harm fish.

And therefore, if you want the sciency explanation,
the salt, which is NaCl, which is an ionic compound, comes apart in the water, which is a polar compound, which due to the properties of H2O, will make hydrogen bonds with the charged chlorine and sodium. This won't happen with the dechlorinator as it can only bind to certain types of chlorine as the ones that it's meant to remove have certain amounts of valence electrons, and can only bind to certain molecules. As it turns out, salty chlorine will not bind, therefore you have to water change the salt out.

P.S. That's why salt crystallizes and makes fancy patterns. It is reforming using the Na and Cl from the now rapidly evaporating water.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

And therefore, if you want the sciency explanation,
the salt, which is NaCl, which is an ionic compound, comes apart in the water, which is a polar compound, which due to the properties of H2O, will make hydrogen bonds with the charged chlorine and sodium. This won't happen with the dechlorinator as it can only bind to certain types of chlorine as the ones that it's meant to remove have certain amounts of valence electrons, and can only bind to certain molecules. As it turns out, salty chlorine will not bind, therefore you have to water change the salt out.

P.S. That's why salt crystallizes and makes fancy patterns. It is reforming using the Na and Cl from the now rapidly evaporating water.

I think I'm in love!

I know, I know...I need to get out more.

 

[Essjay]

Thiosulphate, the chemical in many dechlorinators which 'removes' chlorine, turns the chlorine into chloride. Chloride is not harmful to fish like chlorine.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Thiosulphate, the chemical in many dechlorinators which 'removes' chlorine, turns the chlorine into chloride. Chloride is not harmful to fish like chlorine.

...Or beneficial bacteria.

 

[Colin_T]

Thiosulphate, the chemical in many dechlorinators which 'removes' chlorine, turns the chlorine into chloride. Chloride is not harmful to fish like chlorine.

It's Sodium Thiosulphate in dechlorinators, you missed the sodium

 

[Essjay]

It's the thiosulphate part which converts chlorine into chloride so I didn't bother with the sodium half.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

It's Sodium Thiosulphate in dechlorinators, you missed the sodium

It's the thiosulphate part which converts chlorine into chloride so I didn't bother with the sodium half.

Chemistry was such, such fun...two or more completely different things combining to make something else completely different.
I remember being introduced to basic sodium...even more fun!

 

[Essjay]

I remember a non-chemistry teacher once writing this equation on the blackboard
Ca + Hg -> CaO + Ag

The chemistry students in the class argued it was rubbish, but he claimed it wasn't.

The explanation anyone?
Hint - we all groaned at what he said.......

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Lessee...
Calcium plus Mercury makes Quicklime and Silver.

Nope...please put me out of my misery.
Something to do with Mercury and Quicksilver?

 

[Essjay]

You got it

Lime + quicksilver turns into quicklime + silver.

It had to be an English teacher to come up with something like that