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I'm wondering what people use for dechlorinator, as I'm about to run out! Does anyone have a cost-effective way to remove chlorine/chloramines, I'm sure my water supply uses both. Anyone ever tried using Sodium thiosulfate ??
 
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Wow, thanks for a great response!

So, if sodium thiosulfate turns chloramine into chlorine+ammonia, won't all other dechlor products? Or is it that these other products also remove ammonia?

Also, and this is not coming from Tom Barr, I thought I've heard that ammonia is more quickly available to plants than nitrates?
 
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DC, thanks so much for that link, very informative (*saves to favorites*)! Kudos for you! Looks like I need to make a shopping list for Drsfostersmith!!!
 
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After some reading up, I'm very dissapointed that Prime removes those goodies like nitrate and nitrite. It's easily the most cost-effective, commercially available treatment for chlorine/chloramine. The next best product that i've found is Tetra's AquaSafe, which costs roughly $0.07 to treat 10 gallons. (Prime is like $0.026!)

BTW, DrsFosterSmith.com is only offering free shipping for orders >$60.
 
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