water from laundry dryer

[roppie]

Hi, I was wondering if I could use the water from the water reservoir in my laundry dryer for water-exchanges. It sure is a less expensive way of lowering Ph and GH than buying a box of peat each month . It's got a GH value of 0 and a PH value of 7. I gues I'll have to mix it with tap water before using it ( PH 8, GH 12 ).

Thanks in advance, Robert

 

[mk_ultra]

But you could get a large bag of peat at Home Depot for around $2.50.

 

[farm41]

I buy a bale of peat for $6.99 and it lasts for several months. I didn't know a laundry dryer used water. It sounds backwards to me.

 

[aspen]

>>'...wondering if I could use the water from the water reservoir in my laundry dryer for water-exchanges.'

yep, i must say, you got me a little curious with that too. please explain.

rick

 

[roppie]

well, water in the clothes evaporates, condenses and runs down a pipe into a water reservoir. Simple as that. Anyway, this condensed water has a GH of 0 and a PH of 7.

Oh, And in Holland peat isn't as cheap as in america

 

[tjudy]

:? Roppie... is the pipe or reservior aluminum, like the condesation coils in most dehumidifiers? If so, I would not use it.... Have you tested electric conductivity?

 

[kribs]

Hi roppie
The water also has softener that they use in the clothes and also it might have some amount of detergent that you would use. so its not a good idea.

 

[Randall]

Don't Throw the Fish Away with the Laundry Water

Dear Robert,

Me thinks Kribs has a good point here. Your laundry dryer water very well may contain residual detergents that would prove highly toxic to your fish. Peat conditioning is far better and safer way to soften your water. You can get yourself a huge bag from the Home Depot or a local garden center, quite inexpensively, that should last you months on end.

Good luck!

Randall Kohn

 

[aspen]

yes, and i would also add that bacteria levels can be quite high, where water has been allowed to sit.

rick

 

[roppie]

allright, thnx for your answers, I won't use the water by the way. Never thought of buying peat at a gardening center, I use to buy this enormously expensive stuff from petshops.

Robert

 

[farm41]

Oh yea, the pet shops are pretty proud of there stuff. I get mine at garden and nursery center in convenience store.

 

[aspen]

roppie, look for 'canadian sphagnum peat moss'. a bale (3 kg?) costs me about 5 dollars (3 us dollars). but i am in canada. a bale will last you a LONG time, depending on how much you are using. pet store peat moss is not worth the money at all.

rick

 

[Bissot_J]

roppie, look for 'canadian sphagnum peat moss'. a bale (3 kg?) costs me about 5 dollars (3 us dollars). but i am in canada. a bale will last you a LONG time, depending on how much you are using. pet store peat moss is not worth the money at all.

rick

hi Rick,

i am interested to know the exact name of this product
and where you buy it.
at my Reno-depot , home-depot i have so many i reaaly dont know what to get .

thanks

 

[aspen]

read the ingredients on the bales. it must be UNTREATED pure canadian sphagnum peat moss. absolutely no fertilisers or additives. my bale, purchased at home depot, says, 'Lerner (brand) pure canadian sphagnum peat moss'.

rick

 

[Bissot_J]

read the ingredients on the bales. it must be UNTREATED pure canadian sphagnum peat moss. absolutely no fertilisers or additives. my bale, purchased at home depot, says, 'Lerner (brand) pure canadian sphagnum peat moss'.

rick

thanks for all this usefull details
do you make any treatement before using this peat ?

 

[mk_ultra]

I buy Scott brand. but really as long as the ingridents are cool, it should be no problem.
No treatment needed. just put it in a filter bad/stocking/or other porous bag and stick it into the filter. It should be on the other side of the mechanical filter-closest to the exit. Some people also lay a layer of this stuff in a new tank before the substrate is added.