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    Choose your anti-chlorine carefully.

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    Just a little alert for the novice planted tank keepers. Choose your anti-chlorine and/or water conditioners carefully. Read the labels and make sure that they do not bind heavy metals. It will bind iron and deprive your plants of it.

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    I suggest you get those in crystal form. those are just sodium thiosulfate. and doesn't have any other funny stuff inside it. I've also heard that those with herbal extracts etc can introduce algae

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    This is quite controversial. I think most conditioners contains chelators to bind metals. In the liquid plant nutrients, most metals are in form of chelates. Therefore, IMO it does not make a difference.

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    the topic here is antichlorine
    strictly speaking, you only need sodium thiosulphate to remove hypochlorous (OCL-) which is what kills fish
    the problem arises when maufacturers play on psychological factors
    "the more it does, the better"
    many of us are very kiasu when it comes to our tanks
    *shrug*

    however, do take note some water conditioners do remove chloramine as well, and as such are worthy of mention

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    read somewhere that best anti-chlorine is to leave the water aerated overnight.. what are your views on this?[]
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    yes
    but it doesn't remove chloramines
    rumours have it that PUB adds it to our water
    haven't seen any evidence (i do changes straight from the tap) to show otherwise

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    yeah.. me too.. to both my FW and SW tank.. []
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    i dont use anti-chlorine at all

    but i am waiting for verification of chloramine in tap water

    if they have, i will need to get those with anti-chloramine properties

    I hate to add chemicals to my tanks


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    i change my water strg from the tap to the tank i don't add anything else to it.
    Cheers!

    Benetay

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    me too do water change straight from the tap..... cos too lazy. So far so good. At themomment I only add baking soda during WC, nothing else (even ferterlizer).
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    I don't know if this is scientifically sound.

    choloramine = chlorine - ammonia

    sodium thiosulphate does break up choloramine leaving behind ammonia

    using a test kit should detect that ammonia.

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    my last test on tap water, result was negative for ammonia

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    Vinc did mention that some conditioner binds Fe and deprive the plant of it. I am quite skeptical about it.

    However, being kiasu, I am considering to switch to Seachem Safe which is said to remove chlorine, chloramines and amonia, after I finish my current bottle of water conditioner.

    BC

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