Slicksmitty
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Tap water is fine you just let it set for a bit to allow chlorine to evapoate.
Nutrient Flush
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Don't Bogart
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24 to 48 hrs
Also read your town water report.
It's annual.
I suggest rain water.
Here,, where I live town water harmed my plants.
Slicksmitty
Member
Yeah your right if you use any tap water you have to watch them closely to make sure there are no adverse affects.
jondamon
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General rule of thumb.
If you can drink your tap water then it’s fine for plants.
wait until you realise you can use it straight from the tap As chlorine is used by plants as a nutrient lol.
I haven’t “off gased” My tap water for years.
GanjaJack
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Do I have to repeat this every other day?
Do you flush tomatoes before harvest?
Do you flush any vegetables before harvest?
Do they flush tobacco before harvest?
If you have a problem with chlorophyll it's not flushing that's the problem, it's the cure.
Also, most plants start shutting down towards the end of their flowering, and will use up available nutrients at the leaf rather than what the roots sit in. So plants will tend to use up the nutrients you want to flush out.
At this point they are focusing on allowing their flowers to live as long as possible, to ensure as many seeds as possible mature to propagate the next generation.
Do you flush tomatoes before harvest?
Do you flush any vegetables before harvest?
Do they flush tobacco before harvest?
If you have a problem with chlorophyll it's not flushing that's the problem, it's the cure.
Also, most plants start shutting down towards the end of their flowering, and will use up available nutrients at the leaf rather than what the roots sit in. So plants will tend to use up the nutrients you want to flush out.
At this point they are focusing on allowing their flowers to live as long as possible, to ensure as many seeds as possible mature to propagate the next generation.
GanjaJack
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the only time I have ever "off gassed" was when I was keeping Discus fish, I set up a 20 gallon bare tank with nothing but water so off gas the tremendous amounts of chlorine that they put in that towns municipal water.
Before I did that, the chlorine killed my fish dead... I was so pissed. Discus are wicked sensitive to chlorine but they can tolerate lower levels a bit more. Usually before fall rains they would dump a bunch of chlorine in....
jondamon
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I used to have a tropical tank myself but used SEACHEM PRIME to neutralise chlorine
when I cycled my tank I did it with ammonia from work so didn’t sacrifice any fish either.
nothing majorly sensitive in my tank though. Bolivian Rams, tetras, Armano shrimps and pleco.
GanjaJack
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I'm a cheap bastard, I never buy things when I can achieve the same result for free. LOL! No matter how inconvenient free might be.
jondamon
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I had no way at the time to store 40L of water for offgasing lol.
so I would add the SeaChem prime to the tank prior to filling back the 20% after water changes.
once I went to a fully planted tank though the nitrate levels etc stayed pretty good and didn’t require as frequent water changes.
GanjaJack
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Speaking of plecos... a friend of mine grew one in a 100 gallon tank, the thing was near 2 foot long, if not 3.... when he would feed him, it would swim upside down to the top of the water and suck the pellets off the top of the water....
And he would let you itch his belly and stuff, WICKED COOL FISH!!!!
Star Dog
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With that said you'll have an idea of the sap ec?
I've got so sick of this pish being spouted I've gathered and tested the sap on a flushed plant and one not
Jfc grown to maturity then 4 days of water to finish.
Care to guess the ec?
I'll just post of both of these replies over here too:With that said you'll have an idea of the sap ec?
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I've got so sick of this pish being spouted I've gathered and tested the sap on a flushed plant and one not
Jfc grown to maturity then 4 days of water to finish.
Care to guess the ec?