Dechlorination of water by reptisafe

highdave

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I'm a new grower with a low budget. Filling up a water jug last night I could smell the chlorine in the water. Seedlings aren't looking too happy. But it's not the temp 74-82. Really let them dry out over the last couple days so I don't think it's over watering.
Started thinking maybe it's all this chlorine. Well I have this stuff for my beardies. Supposed to take out any chlorine and cholramines as well as ammoina.
Has anyone used a replitle or aquarium decholrization agent for your plants water?
 

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Resinhound

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I have no idea but its interesting,I dont have alot of chlorine luckily so I havent checked into stuff like this much,a quick search on reptisafe says it includes "synthetic polymers" not sure id want that on my roots...or in my reptiles if I had them,but thats just me I geuss.It also says it includes electrolytes..probably sodium too...Ive heard people having good success removing chlorine by just letting the water sit in the open and let the chlorine evap off,24hrs is the commonly referenced time frame.
 
Purpsmagurps

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I set 3 5 gallon buckets out filled with water for 3 days, most of the ph drop happens within 24 hours but I noticed the full drop happens in 3 (right next to the treatment plant)
 
highdave

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Nice thanks for the replies. Had a gallon jug sitting out that one of my roommates keeps drinking. :wall: so didn't have much time to let any sit out. Then saw that. Sitting on the shelf and had this thought. Probably not the greatest. But knew I would only be a few waters and defiantly not during flower.

I live in a big city in california. They defiantly add a shit ton of chorline and chloramines. I looked at our city water quality sheets.

Going to be a small grow in a tent when all said and done 4 to 6 plants. Probably will go with RO water from the store. Just need to go grab some cal mag. I see this as a experiment grow. Will update.
 
Purpsmagurps

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make sure you go full chem if you are using botanicare cal-mag, no microbial life if you have it in your regiment... the nitrates kill them.
 
highdave

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Good to know. Seeing as it's my first real grow I'm going to be going chem. Did a lot of research on organic last year when I was playing with the idea of growing. Lost all of my organic notes due to a wet notebook. Now need to do more reading. Will be watering with the "reptisafe" water tonight. Will post before and after pics soon.
 
highdave

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Well here is a couple.

First is of the box. Just made from a 27 gallon storage container. Sealed off fan on top to pull air thru with a little fan inside to keep the air moving. 2 23 watt 5000k
1 23 watt(maybe a little more) 2700k


2nd is the best looking of the babies

3rd and 4th is the baby I was worrying about.
 

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cap master

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I also use reptisafe for my beardies, pythons uromasyx and have used in on plenty of house plants and no issue. I would use it on my plants as well or just buy water if the waters that bad. since I moved into my grandmothers trailer I just have to use ph decreaser bc the chlorine and bromines aren't bad here I live in a small village in ny decent water so I just let it sit in the bottle a few days as well then ph treat it. it does help with the plants but idk about the effects on the quality of bud
 
cap master

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I like the repti hood for the lights lol. rigged box should work. I'm sure u would need more room for flower. seedlings look nice and short
:cool:
 
staygreener

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How much chloramine? My locality does 3 ppm chloramine... and it's fine. If your chloramine count is low (I can't tell you where, just that 3 ppm is fine) and your op is small, a water filter (Brita, Pur, Zero, etc) might get enough of the chlorine out.
 
highdave

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Definitely was thinking Brita. Or a little home water filter.

Yes Will be getting a tent soon. 1000 watt dimmable, switchable ballast. fans meters all the goodies. Hooray tax season! This was just to test the waters I've had these beans about a year from a friend's of a friend's trying his hand at breeding. EVERY THING got seeded. I have so many. But bomb genetics. These are BlackBerry kush crossed with either blue power, candyland, or las Vegas bubba kush.

I need to make room for clones as these will all be f1s... So there will be many phenos. I think that's right. First offspring F1? .

And I will check the cholramines levels tonight. Just saw chloramine on the sheet and started looking for ways to neutralize it.
 
Purpsmagurps

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I can tell you I have way more of a chlorine issue than anyone on this forum, I fill my buckets with hot water and it smells like a hot tub, and leaving it out works just fine. try not to overdo things when there is a simpler way, adding ppms to your water isnt good either, try it and if your plants are cool, you are g2g.

If you can drop 150 on a RO filter do it, but you would need to be more thorough on adding things to it, meaning reading your plants really well, R/O water changes ph really fast when the ppms are gone, leaving the neutral ph of your soil the only thing controlling, I had to add dolo lime to my 5 gallon mix when i transplanted, I watered at 6.5 and my runoff was under a 5 at like week 2, now I dont care to check it because the plants haven't given me a reason to look.

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highdave

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Thanks man I'll take all the cents I can get:bigjoint:

Sounds like you have water like me. Haha
Went and looked at the data sheets again for water quality. Chloramine levels are pretty low here which is nice. But the PH average is 7.6 could be the problem. They were getting water straight from tap to pot for the first week or so.:dunce: water will now be sitting out

Gave em some repti-water before work. Well see what they look like in a few hours.
 
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