Do Plant-Only Tanks Need Conditioner?

[bcfishtanks]

Long story short, my classroom is going to be magic garden themed next year, and my plants are going to be very overgrown by the end of the summer. My classroom library will be pond themed, so I thought it would be nice to plant my extra plants in a 1g bowl on my classroom windowsill. Low maintenance, and I have something to do with my extra plants. I will never add animals to this bowl.

However, all water changes would be at school. Will I need "classroom conditioner," or can I just have them in untreated water? Thanks!

 

[Broggy]

what's classroom conditioner? if by conditioner you mean fertilizers, then I would say yes.

 

[bcfishtanks]

what's classroom conditioner? if by conditioner you mean fertilizers, then I would say yes.

It would be conditioner that I keep in my classroom. I mean conditioners that remove chemicals that kill beneficial. I intend to fertilize since it'll be planted.

 

[Broggy]

It would be conditioner that I keep in my classroom. I mean conditioners that remove chemicals that kill beneficial. I intend to fertilize since it'll be planted.

oh, so something like prime? I would use it.

 

[LeahsTank]

Plants do not remove chlorine. If the school is on city/municipal water, use a conditioner. If they are on a well, no need for conditioner.

 

[Pfrozen]

Plants shouldn't care about chlorine but if you want to stock your tank at any point you'll need to add water conditioner first. Not sure if the chlorine would prevent biofilms from forming or not but that shouldn't matter if it isn't stocked

 

[JLAquatics]

Like I always say in cases like these, it may be safer than sorry to just use the conditioner. You won't need very much since you are only using it for a 1 gallon bowl anyways. Chlorine is not naturally occurring in natural waterways in the wild so that is why I would stick with the assumption of using the conditioner. (This assumes you get water from municipal sources and not from a well).

 

[Mudminnow]

Man, back when I was teaching, I could have used some "classroom conditioner." Just pour it on the class and all bad behavior gets neutralized. Nice.

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

Man, back when I was teaching, I could have used some "classroom conditioner." Just pour it on the class and all bad behavior gets neutralized. Nice.

But some will be turned into TOXIC ammonia.

 

[YellowGuppy]

Nope. It MIGHT be different if your municipality used chloramine, but if it's just chlorine it all gasses off shortly anyways. Go ahead and skip the conditioner; it'll save you money and hassle.

Further food for thought: do you dechlorinate the water that you use to water your houseplants?

 

[LeahsTank]

I misread the question... if no fish, conditioner is not needed.

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

I don't use dechlorinator on one of my fish tanks. No visible difference from the tanks that do use dechlorinator. Just something interesting to share