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Madmax0r
Staff Sergeant
Posts: 147
Location: Austin Texas
Favorite Fish:: Texas Cichlids (mainly Herichthys cyanoguttatus), Rock bass, and other native Texas fish
| | Subject: Save money when buying Melafix and dechlorinator 5/5/2011, 9:43 pm | |
| Howdy, I figured I would share a trick I discovered a few years ago when buying chemicals for the aquarium. Nothin special, just a way to save money. Basically the idea is that if you need a chemical or treatment for your tank, you might want to go check out the pond section before you buy. (Melafix is a good example) check this out: you will see the melafix next to a version of it intended to treat ponds, they are almost the same price in the store, a few dollars different. notice the concentration percentage.    you get probably 4 times the volume of product and its 5 times as strong. lets see that makes it 20 times the effective treatment ability. same thing, just isn't a rip off  this phenomenon holds true for things like de-chlorinater and a hand full of other things
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plantedtankdude
Captain
Posts: 1181
Location: Plano, texas
Favorite Fish:: all of them along with mermaids and me I'm a Pisces.
| | Subject: Re: Save money when buying Melafix and dechlorinator 5/6/2011, 3:48 am | |
| melfix is a waste of money, in my opinion. it's a mix of tea tree oil and water. |
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jb1edlover
Chief Wrnt. Off. 2
Posts: 359
Location: Hampton VA
Favorite Fish:: I have the fish in my avatar but the photo was taken by Nick Andreola of the HCCC. His photography skills are a little better than mine!
| | Subject: Re: Save money when buying Melafix and dechlorinator 5/6/2011, 4:48 am | |
| I have no clue if Melafix actually works but it sure makes a fish room smell pretty!
Nothing beats a pretty smelling fish room!
JB |
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Ben
Moderator
Posts: 1881
Location: Sandston, Virginia
Favorite Fish:: Venustus and Catfish
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Madmax0r
Staff Sergeant
Posts: 147
Location: Austin Texas
Favorite Fish:: Texas Cichlids (mainly Herichthys cyanoguttatus), Rock bass, and other native Texas fish
| | Subject: Re: Save money when buying Melafix and dechlorinator 5/6/2011, 3:19 pm | |
| lol,
yea, this is my first time using it to be honest. I do know that tee tree oil is a very strong anti bacterial oil, however I guess we will see.
always buy dechlorinator from the pond section. trust me on that one. If you have big tanks you can save hundreds of dollars a year that way. its the same stuff |
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Holey Rock of Texas
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Posts: 6275
Location: Dallas, TX
Favorite Fish:: shellys
| | Subject: Re: Save money when buying Melafix and dechlorinator 5/6/2011, 3:21 pm | |
| not a bad idea!!! **********USAfishbox.com*************  www.holeyrockoftexas.com |
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Madmax0r
Staff Sergeant
Posts: 147
Location: Austin Texas
Favorite Fish:: Texas Cichlids (mainly Herichthys cyanoguttatus), Rock bass, and other native Texas fish
| | Subject: Re: Save money when buying Melafix and dechlorinator 5/6/2011, 3:50 pm | |
| I use this:  the large one is 53 dollars and treats 15000 gallons.... you do the math |
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CajunGator
Moderator
Posts: 5834
Location: New Iberia, Louisiana
Favorite Fish:: Cichlids, WC Syn Petricola, Shellies, Festae, Mbu Puffers, Koi Angels, ABN, Piranha, Mermaids
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Madmax0r
Staff Sergeant
Posts: 147
Location: Austin Texas
Favorite Fish:: Texas Cichlids (mainly Herichthys cyanoguttatus), Rock bass, and other native Texas fish
| | Subject: Re: Save money when buying Melafix and dechlorinator 5/6/2011, 4:23 pm | |
| It sorta makes me mad that they "water down" the dechlorinator intended for aquariums so much. Its just plain ole' highway robbery |
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Dr. Who
Chief Wrnt. Off. 4
Posts: 488
Location: Cancun Mexico
| | Subject: Re: Save money when buying Melafix and dechlorinator 5/6/2011, 9:49 pm | |
| Dechlorinator is sodium thiosulphate sp. avaliable at camera stores. Was around 5.00 dollars for 50 pounds. Will make you one hell of lot of dechlorinator. Just look at zip drops and you will see the main item is. |
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plantedtankdude
Captain
Posts: 1181
Location: Plano, texas
Favorite Fish:: all of them along with mermaids and me I'm a Pisces.
| | Subject: Re: Save money when buying Melafix and dechlorinator 5/6/2011, 10:02 pm | |
| I use to use chlorm-x for dechlornator not sure if it's still around but it was a lot stronger and cheaper them prime.. but did cost a lot up front as i could only find it in 1 gallon or 5 gallon size.. a 5 gallon was around 125 dollars whole sale... |
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Madmax0r
Staff Sergeant
Posts: 147
Location: Austin Texas
Favorite Fish:: Texas Cichlids (mainly Herichthys cyanoguttatus), Rock bass, and other native Texas fish
| | Subject: Re: Save money when buying Melafix and dechlorinator 5/7/2011, 12:17 pm | |
| | Dr. Who wrote: | | Dechlorinator is sodium thiosulphate sp. avaliable at camera stores. Was around 5.00 dollars for 50 pounds. Will make you one hell of lot of dechlorinator. Just look at zip drops and you will see the main item is. |
awesome, I like |
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