Removing chlorine from tap water

[m1ch43l8]

Hi all,

 

This may sound pretty noob but just wondering do you guys bother with this and besides expensive filters whats the best way of doing it in the past i've normally just leave the water in an open bucket for a day then add nutes after and away she goes, but there isn't much i can find on this subject most people just say to use purified or filtered water but i'm on a buget here.

 

Kind regards

Michael

[Ozzy420]

Most of us just use tap water and let it sit so the chlorine evaporate and then use.

 

Ya can get stuff from a pet shop to kill the chlorine in the water for fish tanks, but have never used it my self for growing...

[louise]

I use water straight from the tap and yes, it's from a chlorinated supply.

[merl1n]

Chlorinated water is what I use also but the water sits in a 200ltr barrel with an airstone

My understanding is that the chlorine breaks down to a gas hence the chlorine smell and if you leave the water for a day the gas dissipates, the airstone aids in circulating the water.

I must admit it isn't anything Ive worried about as my nutes recommend using tap water.

 

Merl1n

[Naycha]

Yeah I just use it straight from the tap, never could be bothered getting rid of the chlorine and the plants aren't suffering.

 

Naycha

[Haratio Hornblower]

sit it in a drum overnight works for 4

[Stix87]

im using rain water becase my tap water ec read .8 to 1 ec wich is very high. it is a pain to have to fill up couple hundred litres every week then cart it home again

[havik_racing]

used to the same thing sit the bucket out for a day, then someone from here put me onto tank water

[louise]

im using rain water becase my tap water ec read .8 to 1 ec wich is very high. it is a pain to have to fill up couple hundred litres every week then cart it home again

 

Ouch! Yeah I would catch rain water if my ec was like that, thankfully my water supply has an ec of <0.1. the benefit of being so close to the source.

[headhigh]

You can use reverse osmosis to remove all impurities out of the water.

 

There are devices all over eBay or you can find them in bunnings. 80 - 150 is the price range ya should be looking into for home use.