On the bottle, it usually says 4 tbsp of water conditioner for each 10 gallons of water. What if you only need like...a cup of water. Do you think one drop will suffice?
In other words...
___ drops of water conditioner for each 1 cup of water?
THANKS!
2007-07-17 08:30:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
The water conditioner used to treat water for the aquarium is different and I'd not use it for the consumption by reptiles I'd use either mineral water or a proprietary treatment just for that purpose. Aqua safe and things like that have added ingredients that coat the fish to give protection, not something I'd coat the inside of my dragons and collard's with.
AJ
2007-07-17 10:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by andyjh_uk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am going to quess you are conditioning water for a reptile water bowl and I hope you are using the right water conditioner. One drop of reptisafe water conditioner for 1 cup of water is fine.
2007-07-17 17:34:11 · answer #2 · answered by Mack 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
depends what kind of water conditioner it is.
ive never heard of 4 tablespoons for 10 gallons. i have aquasafe and use 1 teaspoon for 10 gallons.
so lets do some basic math for your numbers here:
3 teaspoons in 1 tablespoon, therefore:
12 teaspoons for 10 gallons
12/10= 1.2 teaspoons for one gallon
16 cups in 1 gallon
1.2/16= 0.075 teaspoons for 1 cup
thats approx. one-thirteenth of a teaspoon.
id say a couple drops would be fine for one cup.
2007-07-17 15:48:39 · answer #3 · answered by Kerri 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
why would you need to condition 1 cup of water? if you don't care enough to give your betta(im assuming) at least a 5 or 10 gallon tank i just don't see why you'd care about conditioned water.
but, for the fish anyway, with that little water you could just leave it out for a few hours and aggitate it with a fork or something every hour or so, all the chlorine should evaporate.
2007-07-17 16:18:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Good math Kerri but the last step is approximately 60 drops per teaspoon. So 0.0175 / 60 = 0.00125 drops per cup
One drop is fine.
And I am curious what only needs 1 cup of water to live in.
2007-07-17 17:10:14 · answer #5 · answered by ibewhoever@yahoo.com 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Just put a couple of drops to be safe, a little more than it says won't hurt your fish unless you put in the whole bottle.
2007-07-17 16:54:45 · answer #6 · answered by Jackp1ne 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋