Ascorbic Acid ( VitC ) in water...Chloramine?

I live in a area that uses chloramine. After doing some research some people have said use a filter, and they type varied. Some said use a drop like Aquafin for aquariums as it claims to get rid of chloramine. And lastly Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid powder added to water at about 1g per 100gallon depending on the mg/l of the chloramine to neutralize it.


Anyone got input on this topic?

This is how home brewers do it......

https://www.morebeer.com/articles/removing_chloramines_from_water

RO filtration is another choice. I've used RO for years and years.

When I brew, I add back a package of gypsum made for brewers/distillers to "mineralize or harden" the water.

I'm assuming that using the tabs or other methods would be better then having chloramine in my water? As chloramine can kill off microbes in the soil..

Dr. Who said:

This is how home brewers do it......

RO filtration is another choice. I've used RO for years and years.

When I brew, I add back a package of gypsum made for brewers/distillers to "mineralize or harden" the water.

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RyanWestCoast said:

I'm assuming that using the tabs or other methods would be better then having chloramine in my water? As chloramine can kill off microbes in the soil..

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Correct. I do mainly water only organic soils.
I get so anal about that point. That I don't use Neem meals in soil builds.

RyanWestCoast said:

I live in a area that uses chloramine. After doing some research some people have said use a filter, and they type varied. Some said use a drop like Aquafin for aquariums as it claims to get rid of chloramine. And lastly Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid powder added to water at about 1g per 100gallon depending on the mg/l of the chloramine to neutralize it.Anyone got input on this topic?

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How do you know you have this in your water...?

How do you measure it..?

Fish tank guys use a cheapo UV filter

I use water thats been left out for a week even rain water

I researched and found a notice from the local CRD that they started adding chloramine to the water. My municiplalities post water samples online daily or weekly. I belive I read it was .91mg/l which is on the lower side but it's still recently been added and I'm just trying to trouble shoot as best I can the symptoms I've been showing in my plants since I started growing this year.

RyanWestCoast said:

I researched and found a notice from the local CRD that they started adding chloramine to the water. My municiplalities post water samples online daily or weekly. I belive I read it was .91mg/l which is on the lower side but it's still recently been added and I'm just trying to trouble shoot as best I can the symptoms I've been showing in my plants since I started growing this year.

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So what like under 1ppm per liter, wont do nothing to soil, your problems are elsewhere

I'm not sure but if 1ppm or 1mg/l is enough to kill off a lot of the microbes in drinking water it has the potential to kill off beneficial microbes that should grow.


The only change I made from my last grows it switching from GH organic line to HOG 3 part nutes. The same as GH series.

I haven't grown since after they added the chloramine so it's the only thing I can think of at the moment.

RyanWestCoast said:

I'm not sure but if 1ppm or 1mg/l is enough to kill off a lot of the microbes in drinking water it has the potential to kill off beneficial microbes that should grow.


The only change I made from my last grows it switching from GH organic line to HOG 3 part nutes. The same as GH series.

I haven't grown since after they added the chloramine so it's the only thing I can think of at the moment.

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Yer, whilst apparently it kills microbes in soil it does a shit job with my toilet and shower...... hmmmmmm

Haha have you tested your toilet after flushing

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Haha have you tested your toilet after flushing

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No but by logic if tap water chlorination was that effective at killing stuff nothing would ever be able to breed under the rim if i may coin a phrase.

The problem is that the science is weak, 1ppm chloamine in a pressurized dark filtered tap water pipe has some effect, 1ppm chloramine on a million million million soil organisms has zilcho effect, all available on google....

Chloramine has a K scale for its sanitizing action, its power is based on this and means that it has a better chance of controlling very small single populations in almost pure water but zero chance of doing anything to millions of established colonies in the already living soil.

You go treat your water for chlorine...lame

I don't need to treat it for chlorine but I get your point so thanks

Unless I'm missing some sarcasm or something lol