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I was looking at the label on my bottle of Stress Coat today and I saw that the directions state to add 5-10mL of the product per 10 gallons of water to help with stressed fish and to de-chlorinate the water. However, in doing water changes where you only need to add 2-3 gallons of water back to the tank, how much Stree Coat would you add to that water? Obviously you could do some kind of figuring with the numbers they give you per gallon, but that gets into very small amounts that would be rather difficult to measure. So, for 2 gallons of water, how much Stress Coat should I add? (I'm asking in assumption that it is possible to add too much Stress Coat and I certainly do not want to do that.) Thanks to anyone who can help!

Hi,
I happen to be using up some Stress Coat at this time.
When I read the directions, I used the following logic...

Since 1 teaspoon is good for 10G water change
Then 1/2 teaspoon is good for 5G water change (what I do)
extending that logic, 1/4 teaspoon is good for 2.5G
water change...And, honestly - I would not worry about
the .5 gallon... just use a 1/4 teaspoon full.

These are common size measures. I appropriated a set from
the kitchen that I use ONLY for the aquarium.

Frank

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And for those using the metric system... I use a quarter teaspoon of Stress Coat for 10 litres of water.

neurotica1983

Unless I am wrong that measurement = 1ml to 1 Gall
OK how to measure that very easy buy a simple medicine glass it should be marked in Mls

Over the years I have noticed with different brands there are many different strengths.

Check each time if you change brands.

I have just checked my new set of measuring spoons and there are imp and metric measures
0.5ml = 1/8 teaspoon
1.25ml = 1/4ts
2.5ml = 1/2ts
5ml = 1ts
7.5ml = 1/2 Table spoon
15ml = 1 Ts

Again unless I am wrong there are several sizes in measuring spoons in various countries

Therefore metric measurement is far more accurate and a standard measurement.

I hope all this helps.

Keith

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i'm just curious, but why do you add stress coat and not a regular dechlorinator, i mean, the stuff we use is one drop per gallon, and has none of the added stuff that frankly i find does nothing to the fish.

Meriadoc,

What do you use?

amquel, or if i can get my hands on it, plain old sodium thiosulphate.

if niether of those, prime - it lasts a looong time comes with its own dropper because it is concentrated, and you only need small amounts. smells like a skunk though

i always check to see how much you require per say 10 gallons of water - some stuff out there is cheap, but if you require a teaspoon or two teaspoons per 10 gallons, its not economical as you'll run out faster.

plain tap water conditioner :
[link=http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=4038&amp;N=2004+112996]http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=4038&amp;N=2004+112996" style="COLOR: #ffcc99[/link]

seachem prime :
[link=http://seachem.com/products/product_pages/Prime.html]http://seachem.com/products/product_pages/Prime.html" style="COLOR: #ffcc99[/link]

Thanks for the information I will look for these items at my LSF