any other way of getting rid of chlorine, rather than letting it sit for 24 hours????

Hi everyone, is there any other way of dispersing chlorine out of water rather than letting it sit for a day. Any info on any methods or chemicals to do this would be much appreciated.

i could be off so hopfully somone double checks it
but adding an airstone for a few hours or less can cleanse the water and oxygenate it which is good

Look at an aquarium supply store for a water conditioner or softener. They will supposedly remove chlorine and minerals quickly. As a disclaimer, research their use in gardening and if they are safe for plants (I would assume they are) as I've never used them.

aquarium products do remove the chlorine but do u really want to add more chemicals to the water to dispose of one that can be dealt with just by leaving the water for 24 hours, also most cities now use a variiant on chlorine in their water( its called chlorate or sumthin, cant remember the rite name), it slightly more difficult to remove i believe. in saying all of that, i usually leave my water for 24/48 hours but once or twice have had to go striaght from the tap, never had any problems though.

Most municipalities are increasingly using chloramines as opposed to free chlorine in their water treatments due to its increased stability. The most commonly used is NH2CL.

Chloramine can be removed from tap water by treatment with superchlorination (10 ppm or more of free chlorine, such as from a dose of sodium hypochlorite bleach or pool sanitizer) while maintaining a pH of about 7 (such as from a dose of hydrochloric acid). Hypochlorous acid from the free chlorine strips the ammonia from the chloramine, and the ammonia outgasses from the surface of the bulk water. This process takes about 24 hours for normal tap water concentrations of a few ppm of chloramine. Residual free chlorine can then be removed by exposure to bright sunlight for about 4 hours.

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Home brewers use reducing agents such as sodium metabisulfite or potassium metabisulfite to remove chloramine from brewing liquor as it, unlike chlorine, cannot be removed by boiling (A.J. DeLange). Residual sodium can cause off flavors in beer (See Brewing, Michael Lewis) so potassium metabisulfite is preferred.
Chloramine can be removed from bathwater and birthing tubs by adding 1000 mg of vitamin C per 75 gallons of water. Human-grade nutraceutical vitamin C reduces the pH of the water less than commercial tablets sold for this specific purpose.

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SOURCE- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloramine

Thanks for the info. I wont be adding anymore chemicals as this is just not rite. but i will be investing in an airstone to help speed the process up some.

Don't know why this clorine myth will not stop???

Ask yourself how many yards and gardens are watered daily with city tap water out of the hose or via an auto sprinkler system?

Now ask yourself how many plants or yards are dying or suffering???

then click this link which explains the 16 REQUIRED nutes for growing plants (only nute that has all 16 that I know of is DynaGro)

http://floridagardener.com/misc/fertifacts.htm

Now PLEASE NOTE that CLORINE is one of em

the chlorine and chloramine kill the beneficial organisms in your soil not the plants. chlorine is dissapaited by sitting but chloramine is not. IMO don't use the pet store additives. if your not gardening organically than I don't think it matters.

Instead of using hydrogen peroxide on occasion as a preventative to root problems - I use straight tap water in my reservoir (DWC). I also germinate with straight tap water because I want to kill of unknown microbes and maintain a relatively microbe-free zone in my reservoir (but I use bio-organic nutrients that have already been processed by microbial action). I agree with you riddleme. Plants need and use a small amount of chlorine - it's not an evil thing except in high amounts.

However! Like Pipe Dream says - some people (a lot of organic gardeners) culture beneficial microbes in their grows and need to remove chloramines (chlorine and ammonias). Chloramines take longer to leave solution than straight chlorine by the way - shoot more for 48+ hours to lower their levels if you are really concerned about them.

Oh, and water conditioners/softeners don't add to the number of chemicals going to your plants - they reduce the number of chemicals/minerals in solution that get to your plants (or you or your pets or fish or whatever). But if you are that concerned about substances in your water - get an RO system or buy RO water which is relatively free of everything except hydrogen and oxygen.

And one more thing - if you use a bubbler be sure to recheck the pH of your water after you are done bubbling it as it will cause the pH to become more acidic - not harmfully so, but be aware of that result if you are used to working with a certain pH from tap.

well, as posted earlier, it depends on whether or not your local water treatment plant uses free chlorine or chloramines, you are the only one that can answer that question. Even if free chlorine is used, as has been stated at least 5 times in this thread already, let it sit out for a day and it's probably gtg.