Water Conditioner

[Humanist]

I finished a bottle of water conditioner recently and replaced it with a different brand. The old conditioner was measured by drops. This was really easy to use because I do water changes of 10 litres of water at a time using a marked bucket. It was just a matter of adding 3 drops to each bucket.

But the new conditioner is measured by the cap, one cap per 30 litres of water. The cap is uneven making it impossible to guess what a third of a cap is.

It seems most conditioners use the measuring cap method and now I have forgotten what brand I had which used the drop method. Can anyone tell me if they have a water conditioner which uses my preferred method of measurement, and what brand it is please?

 

[hanny93]

was it seachem prime by any chance?
a lot of people talk about using drops with pprime.

 

[Humanist]

was it seachem prime by any chance?
a lot of people talk about using drops with pprime.

I don't think it was. Just looked seachem prime up on eBay and all the labels are red, mine was yellow. Also, looking at the lids, they look like they might be the measuring cap method too. Don't know though.

 

[Wigster]

Pour a capful into a measuring tube. Divide by 3.
Get that third amount, then see how many drops it takes you to use it all up.

 

[Humanist]

It might have been Tetra Aquasafe. Can anyone check for me?

 

[StandbySetting]

Do what Wigster says, or suck it up into a syringe and divide that value by three, it doesn't need to be accurate, most dechlorinators are actually over dosing anyway, even at their stated dose.

 

[raptorrex]

I finished a bottle of water conditioner recently and replaced it with a different brand. The old conditioner was measured by drops. This was really easy to use because I do water changes of 10 litres of water at a time using a marked bucket. It was just a matter of adding 3 drops to each bucket.

But the new conditioner is measured by the cap, one cap per 30 litres of water. The cap is uneven making it impossible to guess what a third of a cap is.

It seems most conditioners use the measuring cap method and now I have forgotten what brand I had which used the drop method. Can anyone tell me if they have a water conditioner which uses my preferred method of measurement, and what brand it is please?

I think the first thing here is not to worry about the amount given. there is no, real, side effects to overdosing. (within reason)
usually caps are 4-5ml .
to me, either (roughly) 1/2 a cap. or buy a syringe (I'll give you some, if you are in Leicester) and measure it yourself, that way.

above all, dont worry too much.

 

[Essjay22 137]

Can anyone tell me if they have a water conditioner which uses my preferred method of measurement, and what brand it is please?

I use API tap water conditioner. That uses 1 drop per US gall/3.8 litres for chlorine or 3 drops per US gall/3.8 litres for chloramine. It doesn't contain aloe vera or anything to detoxify ammonia, it just removes chlorine and heavy metals, and breaks the chloramine bond leaving the ammonia part in the water.

 

[raptorrex]

Can anyone tell me if they have a water conditioner which uses my preferred method of measurement, and what brand it is please?

I use API tap water conditioner. That uses 1 drop per US gall/3.8 litres for chlorine or 3 drops per US gall/3.8 litres for chloramine. It doesn't contain aloe vera or anything to detoxify ammonia, it just removes chlorine and heavy metals, and breaks the chloramine bond leaving the ammonia part in the water.

if you use prime you use a few drops for an entire tank.

Use 1 capful (5 mL) for each 200 L (50 gallons*) of new water.
This removes approximately 1 mg/L ammonia, 4 mg/L chloramine, or 5 mg/L chlorine.
For smaller doses, please note each cap thread is approx. 1 mL
May be added to aquarium directly, but better if added to new water
first. If adding directly to aquarium, base dose on aquarium volume.
Sulfur odor is normal. For exceptionally high chloramine concentrations, a double dose may be used safely.
To detoxify nitrite in an emergency, up to 5 times normal dose may be used.
If temperature is > 30 °C (86 °F) and chlorine or ammonia levels are low, use a half dose.

several interesting point in this.
first, one thread of a cap is, roughly 1ml (this is so for mamy conditioners.)
its safe up to 5x dosage.
its safe to treat the entire aquaria, even if you only change a fraction of the water.
it does not really matter if you add to the changed water or the tank.
I know this is for PRIME. but the same rules hold true for conditioners, as a whole.

 

[Essjay22 137]

According to Seachem's website, you use 5ml for 50 galls. The API one I use also says 1.25ml in 20 gall for chlorine, 3.75ml per 20 gall for chloramine. So if you have chlorine in your tapwater like me you use less API water conditioner than Prime, but for chloramines Prime uses less.

 

[Louiseness]

It might have been Tetra Aquasafe. Can anyone check for me?

I'm using tetra aquasafe at the moment. It does have a yellow bottle but it tells you to measure it out using the cap, which is marked for 5ml and 10ml. 10ml per 20 litres is what the bottle recommends.

 

[raptorrex]

According to Seachem's website, you use 5ml for 50 galls. The API one I use also says 1.25ml in 20 gall for chlorine, 3.75ml per 20 gall for chloramine. So if you have chlorine in your tapwater like me you use less API water conditioner than Prime, but for chloramines Prime uses less.

yep, but i was taking overall dosage. that, is after all, how most of us dose.

 

[Essjay22 137]

The OP says he uses buckets like me. The dosage is the same as my water conditioner, which is why I was giving the name of mine in case the one he was looking for was the one I use.