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    Re: removing chlorine from tap water with Vitamin C?

    My wife just happened to have some ascorbic acid handy, so I've been using it since it was first posted ...... I have to add about 10 gallons every couple of days, and I've had no ill effects on the guppies or 'dads You can get ascorbic acid in the health-food section of the grocery store
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    Re: removing chlorine from tap water with Vitamin C?

    I got my sodium ascorbate today. I tested my water and it has .5 ppm chloramines. I drew out a gallon and took a small pinch of sodium ascorbate and added it to the water mixed well then tested.

    0 ppm chloramine. Myth Confirmed!

    Well done folks!
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    Re: removing chlorine from tap water with Vitamin C?

    Quote Originally Posted by badflash
    I got my sodium ascorbate today. I tested my water and it has .5 ppm chloramines. I drew out a gallon and took a small pinch of sodium ascorbate and added it to the water mixed well then tested.

    0 ppm chloramine. Myth Confirmed!

    Well done folks!
    Awesome !

    First question where did you get it (sodium ascorbate )?
    Second question What test kit do you have that tests for chloramines and where can I get it?

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    Re: removing chlorine from tap water with Vitamin C?

    http://www.iherb.com/NutriBiotic-Sodium ... 10178?at=0

    Please use referral code UDE519, and you get $5 off.

    I get some bennies on my next order if you do

    Lifegard Chlorine/Chloramine Test Strips are what I'm using. Really easy to use and accurate.
    http://www.aquatichouse.com/test%20kits.asp
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    Re: removing chlorine from tap water with Vitamin C?

    Thanks, this may solve some water hauling issues I have.

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    Re: removing chlorine from tap water with Vitamin C?

    Yes, add 1/8 tsp to a 55 gal drum, fill it with a hose & pump it to the sump. Another way would be to turn off your pump, add it to the sump and fill the sump with the hose, mix & turn on the pump.
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    Re: removing chlorine from tap water with Vitamin C?

    Wow, see what I miss when I have been gone for so long... I am shocked
    I just bought a 2.2 lb container of Chlorine remover for pools and spas when I could have just bought Vit C???
    Who would have thought vitamin C could do that?
    We have Chloramines here too but so fa,r apparently not enough to be of any problem but, with summer being here I have been worried, now I will just drop a tab into the ponds whenever I top them off.
    I may still use the chlorine remover anyway since you can smell the chlorine when you turn on the tap.
    I would never think to drink our water straight from the tap, thank goodness for the reverse osmosis machines at the grocery store or I would never drink water.. LOL
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    Re: removing chlorine from tap water with Vitamin C?

    Quote Originally Posted by mommyhen42
    Wow, see what I miss when I have been gone for so long... I am shocked
    I just bought a 2.2 lb container of Chlorine remover for pools and spas when I could have just bought Vit C???
    Who would have thought vitamin C could do that?
    We have Chloramines here too but so fa,r apparently not enough to be of any problem but, with summer being here I have been worried, now I will just drop a tab into the ponds whenever I top them off.
    I may still use the chlorine remover anyway since you can smell the chlorine when you turn on the tap.
    I would never think to drink our water straight from the tap, thank goodness for the reverse osmosis machines at the grocery store or I would never drink water.. LOL
    Welcome back young lady ..... hope all is well with you, glad to see you again
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    Re: removing chlorine from tap water with Vitamin C?

    believe it or not shredded Mylar potato chip bags, Shredded PVC (do not use those flimsy plastic bags from the grocery store they are not the right kind of plastic) stuff that is an old fishnet stocking place in a 2" pipe 16" long reduced a each end. You have your own recyclable material bio filter.

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    Re: removing chlorine from tap water with Vitamin C?

    Quote Originally Posted by aquaarche
    believe it or not shredded Mylar potato chip bags, Shredded PVC (do not use those flimsy plastic bags from the grocery store they are not the right kind of plastic) stuff that is an old fishnet stocking place in a 2" pipe 16" long reduced a each end. You have your own recyclable material bio filter.
    Good point! I'm working on something similar myself, although I need it for a 500 gallon tank!
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