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Lakewood, Colorado

Can I dissolve the tablet in chlorinated city water without killing the creatures?

What about distilled water?

What about applying through a hose end sprayer?

I guess the question is: What is the best way to dissolve the tablet and apply to the patch without harming the biologicals?


Thanks for the input.

4/22/2011 10:19:57 AM

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Yes, you can use it with city water.

4/22/2011 12:25:53 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

I would use rain water myself....and have heard otherwize about the chlorine......

4/22/2011 4:09:53 PM

norway , maine

chlorine kills bacteria right ? pretty sure thats why they put it in the water to begin with.

4/22/2011 4:18:42 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Right On.....

4/22/2011 5:04:11 PM

il take a stab at answering even tho im not using biotamax
bacteria baccilus subtil and other need heat to take them out chlorine alone shouldt kill them all of most biofungicides have billions of cfu;s per gram or cc
differnt way to think on this would washing chicken or turkey in water make it safe to eat

4/22/2011 5:36:21 PM

Ohio

well stated Don, the chicken and water made it more clear for me to understand, and it does make ALOT of sense. plus, we arnt using pool water... how much chlorine can there be in city water anyway? not enough to burn your eyes I wouldnt think.

If your worried about the chlorine in city water why not let that water sit out of 24 hrs so the chlorine will dissipate, that way there shouldn't be a problem.

4/22/2011 7:07:07 PM

norway , maine

wouldn't the disinfection byproducts like Haloacetic acids(chloro/bromoacetic acid) be harmful to some of the bacteria an fungi in biota-max, maybe not bacillus subtillis but are the 5 other bacteria and 4 fungi safe ?

4/22/2011 11:39:22 PM

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The people at BiotaMax suggest you use city tap water over other sources. There is very little residual chlorine in tap water. If the chlorine were that strong the water wouldn't be safe to drink.

4/23/2011 8:10:16 AM

Southeast

Buy a chlorine filter if you want. Many did when this was a concern years ago. I had one, easy set up to the hose. Dave

4/23/2011 10:10:01 AM