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Refrigerating dechlorinator?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:14 pm
by Lynx
Out of curiosity, is it all right to keep water dechlorinator in the fridge, or will that denature it or something? I just had to replace a big bottle that went foul-smelling and suddenly began growing some sort of gray stuff in the bottom, only god knows how. I'd not even used half the bottle, which seems like a huge waste. I thought maybe keeping it in the fridge would prevent this from happening? The bottle doesn't say anything about refrigeration one way or the other.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:32 pm
by Guest
you know what I'm not sure but try to get a hold of kilimanjaro he would know
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:36 pm
by Kilimanjaro
Take a look at the bottle. Sometimes they have temperature extremes (such as *Do not store in temperatures above 100* and under 20*). If it doesn't have a label like that, try emailing the company that makes it and see if you can get a response out of them.
Personally, I don't think it would make a difference, but you never know.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:15 am
by Guest
Why do you want to refrigerate the water? You can just leave it out in the container it came it. And I just can't imagine why the water started to mold. Maybe you could give us more info.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:37 am
by Lynx
Grammarcia wrote:Why do you want to refrigerate the water? You can just leave it out in the container it came it. And I just can't imagine why the water started to mold. Maybe you could give us more info.
Not dechlorinated water-- dechlorinator.
I frankly have no idea why it would mold either, if what I saw was mold. I'm not even sure what it was... just a small patch of indeterminate gray stuff. It's already been thrown away, so I can't offer a clearer description. Anyway, the dechlorinator had seemed all right two weeks ago when I last used it; all I can think of is that perhaps something got into the bottle or on the eyedropper I use to measure it and contaminated it.
Oh, just for the record, it was AmQuel+ brand dechlorinator.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:39 am
by Tetracolor
Hmm.. that's kinda different. :l I don't see any harm in refrigerating it, though.
It's at least worth a try.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:56 am
by Guest
My question is why the first one went foul in the first place.
That's odd.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:12 am
by Guest
It's possible that some bacteria or mold got inside and grew in there. I get the littlest bottle possible so that I have some semblance of rollover.
It's at least worth a try.