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Question: To keep the water barrels from getting scummy or worse, I'm
thinking of adding bleach -- not enough to render the water dangerous
to plants, but enough to keep it safe.

How much per 32 gal. trash can would fill that bill?


1 ts per 5 gallons.


Chlorine bleach evaporates quickly... "1 ts" won't do a whit and
within a couple hours it'll be like it was never there at all.


1 TS per 5 gallons is the USDA recommended amount to render clear water safe
for drinking. With only a 32G container (my fish tank is more than double
that) he's not storing it for long. Of course he will have to reapply if he
is storing for long, but one assumes he knows that since he specified
Bleach.

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On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:22:42 -0500, "cshenk" wrote:

"Brooklyn1" wrote
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Question: To keep the water barrels from getting scummy or worse, I'm
thinking of adding bleach -- not enough to render the water dangerous
to plants, but enough to keep it safe.

How much per 32 gal. trash can would fill that bill?

1 ts per 5 gallons.


Chlorine bleach evaporates quickly... "1 ts" won't do a whit and
within a couple hours it'll be like it was never there at all.


1 TS per 5 gallons is the USDA recommended amount to render clear water safe
for drinking. With only a 32G container (my fish tank is more than double
that) he's not storing it for long.


Your aquarium water is chlorinated, you're an idiot and a liar.
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"Brooklyn1" wrote
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1 TS per 5 gallons is the USDA recommended amount to render clear water
safe
for drinking. With only a 32G container (my fish tank is more than double
that) he's not storing it for long.


Your aquarium water is chlorinated, you're an idiot and a liar.


No, you have to declorinate fishtank water or you kill the fish.

You ok? You've been in a bad mood for days now.

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1 TS per 5 gallons is the USDA recommended amount to render clear water
safe
for drinking. With only a 32G container (my fish tank is more than
double
that) he's not storing it for long.


Your aquarium water is chlorinated, you're an idiot and a liar.


No, you have to declorinate fishtank water or you kill the fish.

You ok? You've been in a bad mood for days now.


Sheldon goes through his grumpy old man phases now and then as do we all.
He'll be OK again in due time.


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No, you have to declorinate fishtank water or you kill the fish.


You ok? You've been in a bad mood for days now.


Sheldon goes through his grumpy old man phases now and then as do we all.
He'll be OK again in due time.


Yeah, but it normally doesnt stretch out into this group. Just a bit
worried about him is all.



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1 TS per 5 gallons is the USDA recommended amount to render clear water
safe
for drinking. With only a 32G container (my fish tank is more than
double
that) he's not storing it for long.


Your aquarium water is chlorinated, you're an idiot and a liar.


No, you have to declorinate fishtank water or you kill the fish.

You ok? You've been in a bad mood for days now.


Sheldon goes through his grumpy old man phases now and then as do we all.
He'll be OK again in due time.


He never has been.
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1 TS per 5 gallons is the USDA recommended amount to render clear
water
safe
for drinking. With only a 32G container (my fish tank is more than
double
that) he's not storing it for long.

Your aquarium water is chlorinated, you're an idiot and a liar.

No, you have to declorinate fishtank water or you kill the fish.

You ok? You've been in a bad mood for days now.


Sheldon goes through his grumpy old man phases now and then as do we all.
He'll be OK again in due time.


He never has been.


Well as OK as Sheldon ever is. Having read him for at least 10 years
(probably more) I've become used to the way he is.


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Having read him for at least 10 years
(probably more) I've become used to the way he is.


You must be a saint ;O)

You're in New South Wales, aren't you? Away from the flooding?
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According to a couple of sites I looked at, it is a half-teaspoon per 5
Gallons. But I doubt if will be a double dose, I
This does not add any trouble even a small amount of water.
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According to a couple of sites I looked at, it is a half-teaspoon per 5
Gallons. But I doubt if will be a double dose, I
This does not add any trouble even a small amount of water.
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"cshenk" wrote in message
"Brooklyn1" wrote
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"Higgs Boson" wrote


Question: To keep the water barrels from getting scummy or worse, I'm
thinking of adding bleach -- not enough to render the water dangerous
to plants, but enough to keep it safe.

How much per 32 gal. trash can would fill that bill?

1 ts per 5 gallons.


Chlorine bleach evaporates quickly... "1 ts" won't do a whit and
within a couple hours it'll be like it was never there at all.


1 TS per 5 gallons is the USDA recommended amount to render clear water
safe for drinking.


According to a couple of sites I looked at, it's a half a teaspoon per 5
gallons. But I doubt whether doubling the dose would be a problem and I
wouldn't even bother to add any for such a small amount of water. I'd worry
more about mosquitos breeding in it so would use it quick sticks.


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"FarmI" wrote
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How much per 32 gal. trash can would fill that bill?

1 ts per 5 gallons.

Chlorine bleach evaporates quickly... "1 ts" won't do a whit and
within a couple hours it'll be like it was never there at all.


1 TS per 5 gallons is the USDA recommended amount to render clear water
safe for drinking.


According to a couple of sites I looked at, it's a half a teaspoon per 5
gallons. But I doubt whether doubling the dose would be a problem and I
wouldn't even bother to add any for such a small amount of water. I'd
worry more about mosquitos breeding in it so would use it quick sticks.


I got different answers too so picked one that made more sense to a storage
tank. It breaks down fairly fast.

Quick Sticks? Not familar with that. Fill me in?

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How much per 32 gal. trash can would fill that bill?

1 ts per 5 gallons.

Chlorine bleach evaporates quickly... "1 ts" won't do a whit and
within a couple hours it'll be like it was never there at all.

1 TS per 5 gallons is the USDA recommended amount to render clear water
safe for drinking.


According to a couple of sites I looked at, it's a half a teaspoon per 5
gallons. But I doubt whether doubling the dose would be a problem and I
wouldn't even bother to add any for such a small amount of water. I'd
worry more about mosquitos breeding in it so would use it quick sticks.


I got different answers too so picked one that made more sense to a
storage tank. It breaks down fairly fast.

Quick Sticks? Not familar with that. Fill me in?


Ah sorry. I try to post in a universal language North Americans can
understand easily without resorting to google but sometimes the local lingo
slips out (David H-S would know what I meant). It just means 'quickly'.


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Quick Sticks? Not familar with that. Fill me in?


Ah sorry. I try to post in a universal language North Americans can
understand easily without resorting to google but sometimes the local
lingo slips out (David H-S would know what I meant). It just means
'quickly'.


Ah! No problem! Been a traveler most of my life (US Navy, 26 years, now
retired and on second career). I can OZ speak cookery pretty well. I also
know to not make reference to 'God, the Son, and the Holy Ghost' having sex
as an exclaimation there. Tends to bring a bar there to a screetching halt
in conversation. An oddly touchy group (grin).

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It just means
'quickly'.


Ah! No problem! Been a traveler most of my life (US Navy, 26 years, now
retired and on second career). I can OZ speak cookery pretty well. I
also know to not make reference to 'God, the Son, and the Holy Ghost'
having sex as an exclaimation there. Tends to bring a bar there to a
screetching halt in conversation. An oddly touchy group (grin).


??? That one went right by me and I don't understand it. Being touchy
about a religious comment in a bar is not something I'd associate any Ocker
group with. You didn't make it around a bunch of drunk Catholics did you?




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