RE: Chlorine

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Pat, are you worried about your plants or fish—

            The chlorine in your home water is a gas that is added. It is a quick killer to your fish as it burns their gills. You should request an analyses of your water.. you may also have chloramines. When you treat water that has chloramines with Sodium Thiosulfate, you neutralize the chlorine, except the ammonia remains. Check your ph with a good tester for both free and bound ammonia. Ammonia blocks the oxygen transfer from the gills to the blood. You may want to add an aquarium air pump / stone to the bucket of standing water for a few days. It will help break down both chlorine and chloramine.  I will leave it at that- since this is a plant list (sorry Chris)… and ask one question— Let say you have both chlorine and chloramine in your water- and you use Sodium Thiosulfate, which leaves the ammonia intact… what effect would it have on a plant?  

 

Donna

P.S. Don… nice chemistry lesson :) and I don’t understand why every pond owner doesn’t use the crystal form of Sodium Thiosulfate… you can get a five year supply for the price of one small bottle of  pre-mixed declorinator… most ponders already know how to control the ammonia..