Dechlor, salt water...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:14 pm

OK. I have used declhorinated water, and salt water since I started crabbing. but I think I use different things than u all do? I use hermit crab safety spray for dechlor water, and hermit crab salt water for their salt water. What does everyone else do for dechlorinated water? What do you use? And do you spray it into the dishes, or do u dump some into like a gallon of water, and then put small amounts of that gallon into the water dishes? And same w/ the salt water. What do you use? And How do you put it into the dishes? Reply quick! I know this isn't the hugest emergency, but I need to know quick because Im going to the store soon!

answer soon!
Thanks, Cheyenne

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:16 pm

why did you make 2 topics about this? and, for freshwater, i use bottled water that is already declhorinated. For salt water, i mix in something called Hermit Crab salt(i got at the crabbage patch) into bottled water.

brandi9976 · Post by **brandi9976** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:19 pm

I use filtered tap water and add a dechloranator to a 1 gal jug of water, for the salt water I use the same filtered tap water with decholoranator and add instand ocean to it. I find that doing batches of 1 gallon to be easier then constantly mixing up a quart. So in the end I have 1 gal dechlored and 1 gal of dechlored salt water and fill up my bowls from those.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:23 pm

But where do you get a dechlorinator, and how much for one gallon?

brandi9976 · Post by **brandi9976** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:26 pm

Cheyenne wrote:But where do you get a dechlorinator, and how much for one gallon?

I got mine from the fish aisle of petsmart. You have to read the bottles and make sure the one you get doesn't have stress coat or slime coat in it. And each one is different mine is topfin and I put 2 drops per gallon, which ever brand you get read the bottle and make sure it says on it how much to use per gallon.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:32 pm

Ill be SURE to get that! Also, for salt water, is sea salt the same as marine salt? Because I know a lot of you use marine salt, but my mom has sea salt? Same thing?? Or should I look for Marine salt>?

brandi9976 · Post by **brandi9976** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:36 pm

I believe "sea salt" that is used for cooking and things has anticaking agents in it that are very bad for the crabs so you don't want to use it. You need the marine salt that is used to have a salt water aquarium.