The 8.45 oz.bottle pictured states it treats up to 500 gallons but you state it only treats 70 gallons. Which is correct?
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It depends on how you are using it. They have 2 suggested uses on the bottle, which result in different dosage rates. It will treat 70 gallons if you are starting a tank from scratch and need to establish a new biological system for breaking down ammonia. They also suggest you can add small amounts of this product when doing water changes as a maintenance routine. This dosage rate would treat 500 gallons. However, this seems mostly pointless to me as changing the water (even 100% of it) doesn't remove any significant portion of the beneficial bacteria from the tank. They primarily live on surfaces (filter, gravel, decorations, etc), so even replacing all of the water won't matter. This might make sense to dose if you have to replace all your filter media at once, as that would remove a noticeable portion of your bacteria and would speed re-population of the filter. (ie: if you have a cartridge-based hang-on-back filter that doesn't have a separate bio stage...) So it treats "up to 500" gallons, but only as at maintenance routine levels.
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On the product information page, Tetra 77962 SafeStart Plus for Upto 500-gallon Tank, 250-ml, 8.45-Ounce it states that the 8.5 oz bottle will treat up to 70 gallons. When I used it, I just dumped the whole bottle into my tank (a 44 gallon).
87804
I never really took notice, I just remove the paper from bottle top and put in on the cooler, I do get the smaller bottles I think it's 3 gallons, opposed to the 5.
734937
5 ml per 10 gallons. Bottles holds 473 ml. That's 946 gallons of treatment. You would need 2.64 16 oz bottles per treatment.
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Bottle is 120ml, bottle says 5ml per 10 gallon. So, 25ish ml per dose, just shy of 5 treatments. It didn't work for me, but my issue turned out to be something completely unrelated to what this is meant to fix. No fault of the product.
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It holds at least 5 gallons. Its just like a regular water bottle, just with a filter inside.
1327948
I believe the picture must be in error. The product I received is one 8 ounce bottle.
875603
It says on the package up to 55 gallons. I have a 55 gallon and a 29 gallon and I have no problems. It will be perfect for your 40 gallon.
1974464
It holds a little under 2 gallons since only the bottom part holds water since it has to flow through the pre-filter (the white cap at the top of the lower section. The container overall is smaller than the five gallon water bottle in typical water dispensers. I prefer a smaller amount since the turnover of water is more frequent.
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It is a concentrate. It has been a while since i used it so i don't remember the exact measurements, but it was around a tbsp per gallon of water so should be good for 64 gallons. Now whether it will work for you or not depends on the severity of your situation. For me, it didn't quite do the job, but did help some. Good Luck
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I think that the Brita filters I used to buy said 30 gallons. I change mine when it seems to run slow.
768970
Yes it is 2 gallons. I can't tell you what the 5.9 oz are, the description isn't included in the question. I love this jug by the way.
1589498
Ratio is explained on the bottle label. I think we used the middle (4) of the recommendations to a gallon of water. It said 2, 4 or 6 of the oz. of the mixture. It had a side that you squeezed the bottle and it filled up that side and you poured that into the water. We used a pump up sprayer to spray it around.
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I'm sorry it is 2.7 gal. I just looked at the box and it says 1.3 but, that is not correct. I just filled it up with water and it is over 2 gals.
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I only treated my kitchen. If I remember correctly it was 1 or 2 oz per gallon of water, so a bottle goes a long way.
839737
The bottle says 5 gallons but that will depend on your taste. I've been making it by the single liter (using club soda and nutrasweet). After my experimentation, it looks like I'll get about 17-18 liters out of it, but the first batches were very stiff.
1687507
1 bottle that holds 2 gallons. Unit doesn't work good in Arizona and the fan gets noisy from running so much. We sold it in a yard sale.
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I don't measure out drops. I just use 2 droppers full per gallon. I haven't kept track of how many gallons a bottle will treat, but it seems to last me quite a long time, at a rate of 1 gallon per week.