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..
