Old Tea

So I made an AACT tea for my plants a few days ago and fed them. I forgot to clean out my res after, leaving all the gunk and old notes at the bottom, and filled it with water the next morning.. I'm about to water today but is it ok to use this water? It smells pretty bad and don't want bad bacteria to have grown in it and potentially harm my plants. However my normal watering is with tap water thats chlorinated so that should have killed most anything in the res I think?

if it smells like bad ass ..get rid of it...and why are you using chlorinated water...your killing any bennies you gained with the tea....your defeating the purpose of a good tea....

Dr. Treez84 said:

So I made an AACT tea for my plants a few days ago and fed them. I forgot to clean out my res after, leaving all the gunk and old notes at the bottom, and filled it with water the next morning.. I'm about to water today but is it ok to use this water? It smells pretty bad and don't want bad bacteria to have grown in it and potentially harm my plants. However my normal watering is with tap water thats chlorinated so that should have killed most anything in the res I think?

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I wouldn't use it. Acts should be used pretty quickly. The smell is most likely some anaerobic microbes.

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I get water delivered because don't I have a well. So all my water is city water which is chlorinated. My buddy lends me his ro once a week for teas otherwise I just aerate and let the water sit for 24 hrs. Best I can do until I buy my own ro system

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Cleaning your gear between tea runs is pretty important. Soak it in H2O2 if you can.

I usually do just got high and forgot this time lol. Pretty pissed at myself, waters not cheap here. Waste of 250 gallons

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Dr. Treez84 said:

I usually do just got high and forgot this time lol. Pretty pissed at myself, waters not cheap here. Waste of 250 gallons

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Toss some H2O2 into the water and aerate it for a bit and until it stops smelling and it will be okay to use.
Edit - actually that will take a lot of H2O2 so may be cheaper just to dump it.
Edit 2 - You'd need at least 1/3 gallon of 35% H2O2, possibly a full gallon to sanitize 250 gallons of water.

just use some de chlorinator ..works great..get at any aquarium store.....if your water has chloramine ..bubbling dont help..need that product i told you of....and its not expensive and alot goes a long ways....

http://www.amazon.com/API-Tap-Water-Conditioner-16-Ounce/dp/B004LO9KSY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1410101478&sr=8-2&keywords=aquarium+dechlorinator

tyson53 said:

just use some de chlorinator ..works great..get at any aquarium store.....if your water has chloramine ..bubbling dont help..need that product i told you of....and its not expensive and alot goes a long ways....

http://www.amazon.com/API-Tap-Water-Conditioner-16-Ounce/dp/B004LO9KSY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1410101478&sr=8-2&keywords=aquarium dechlorinator

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Just ordered some, appreciate it.

your welcome ....cheaper this way in the long run....to much waste in RO water..I use to use it for my saltwater reef tanks....I wasted 250 gallons of water to make 100....thats a waste of water....I am sure they have improved some..but still wasteing water is not cool...some day it will be like oil...hard to get and expensive...

i live up on a mountin and have 2 wells..water is fresh and pure....some towns around me on the lower parts have wells also..but thier water is bad due to contamination....dumps and such....friends come to me to get water..loll