When You Do A Water Change And Add Conditioner....

[Sp00ky]

do you add it to the bucket of water you have taken from the tap and calculate the amount there for that, or add it to your tank when you had added the water and calculate the amount based on the size of your tank?

 

[Bloo]

You should caluclate it on the amount you're refilling - not the whole tank

I add mine into the bucket, but it doesn't reallymatter. People who use pythons just squirt it directly into the tank.

 

[Fat Boy]

Same here, I just add it to each bucket as it's filling with water.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Same here, I just add it to each bucket as it's filling with water.

Me too, i just use 10litre buckets, makes it easy to dish out acurate quantitys of dechlorinator while i'm filling them with water .

 

[Fat Boy]

Hey Tokis, what part of Somerset are you from?

Any good LFS your way, not 1 good one in bristol really.

 

[Sp00ky]

i wonder if thats why all my tanks smell of farts then LOL!!

cause i keep adding it directly to the tank. However, it isnt overly clear on the bottle wether to add it to the tank or the water. will try adding it to the bucket from now on !

 

[BigIan]

would you add it to each bucket or just dish a load out into the first one?

 

[Sp00ky]

would you add it to each bucket or just dish a load out into the first one?

each bucket dude. Its something like 10ml per 90litres of water or something like that

 

[timmystood]

each bucket dude. Its something like 10ml per 90litres of water or something like that

Depends on the type of dechlorinator your using.

 

[Sp00ky]

each bucket dude. Its something like 10ml per 90litres of water or something like that

Depends on the type of dechlorinator your using.

he will be using the same as me mate

 

[BigIan]

mines one mil per 70 litres... acctualy...


just wondering how the fudge i get one seventh of a mil per bucket...

 

[nightowl2912]

i just use 10litre bucket and mix 5ml in bucket, makes it easy, Depends on the type of dechlorinator

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Hey Tokis, what part of Somerset are you from?

Any good LFS your way, not 1 good one in bristol really.

The only large chain lfs i know of near me is "Watermarque" in a town called Yeovil- it has a very good selection of fish, well over 200 tanks i would say, plus a lot of rare tropical, marine, brackish, sub tropical and colwater fish etc.
The staff knowledge there is pretty average though as far as lfs's go(i.e pretty poor), and they somtimes mislabel plecs and other rare fish, but other than that its pretty good- it also has a huge range of fish merchandise(i.e foods, meds, tank decor, plant stuff like CO2 systems etc), tanks(lots of tanks exceeding 100gals too) and ponds, garden stuff and other pets(mainly birds, reptiles like turtles/tortises, lizards, snakes, rodents, weird insects/bugs/critters) including a lot of other pet related stuff and some awesome display tanks /
I would really recommend it for everything fish or pet related you want to buy, its a huge place, but its not a place you would go to for good fish advise or info on the fish or animals they sell- and not a good place to go to go if you are prone to impulse buys as it has some very awesome fish and stuff there .
It has its own parking area outside, although not very large, i've never gone there and found no parking places so its ok- its quite out of the town centre though, you couldn't really walk there from the town centre due to all the busy roads and distance, so you really need to get there in a car .
Other than that i just go to my main local bog standard small lfs .

 

[Fat Boy]

Thanks for that Tokis, I've been to the Watermarque in Taunton but not the 1 in Yeovil.

I am very much the impulse buyer ( just can't help myself ) so I better take my credit card I guess when I go there !

 

[andywg]

You can add to the tank, but remember to calculte for the amount being refilled, not the total volume. I pour the dechlor straight in the tank and connect the hose to the bathroom taps. Can't be bothered messing around pouring 10 litre buckets in a 680 litre tank...