Chlorine question - need some advice

[monkeysee1]

Hi again everyone!
Okay - here's what's going on:
My RO DI water / salt mixing drum is right next to my clothes washer in my washroom downstairs.
I was washing whites. Quite by accident, I spilled about 2-3 mls of bleach into the drum (arrrrugh). :debi:
Lid was off drum when I did this as I wanted to see if my top off sensor bulb was working like it was supposed to - to stop the pump from pumping any more RO water in the drum as to not cause it to overflow.
15 gallons of water is in the drum. Was planning on doing a routine 15% water change with it this upcoming weekend.
Should I just pitch this whole batch of water, just to be safe? Or can I use some PRIME and perhaps leave the drum lid off to let the chlorine evaporate for a couple of days?
I think better safe than sorry - dump the water - but I hate wasting it.
Fellow posters, what do you think?

 

[fishchef]

Chlorine evaporates in time on its own. Prime should do the trick, but in this Hobby better safe than sorry. I'd move the reservoir, just seems like a bad place.

 

[WLachnit]

chlorine evaporates in time on its own. Prime should do the trick, but in this hobby better safe than sorry. I'd move the reservoir, just seems like a bad place.

+1

 

[billdogg]

IF it is unscented bleach you'll be fine because as mentioned above, it will quickly evaporate. If it is scented or "no spill", I would dump it and start again just because of the surfactants and what all in it.

 

[WLachnit]

Good point. Whenever I use bleach, I make sure it's NOT the no spill variety.


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[monkeysee1]

:thumbsup: Thanks so much all you guys! You've been really helpful!
I'm relieved! I want to protect my fish but I HATE wasting RO water - I'm burning through RO filter cartridges and resin like crazy as it is! I'll leave the drum with the lid off and let the water sit for 2 more days!

I'd move the reservoir, just seems like a bad place.

Yeah, I know now I'm gonna have to! The pipes leading to my clothes washer faucets - the cold water one has a spigot with two outlets that form a Y-shape, one for the washer hose and the other for the RO unit system. I'll have to do some phanagling and perhaps get longer tubing so I can move the bucket to the opposite side of the washroom, away from the bleach / detergent counter! :sad2:
I know what I'M doing this weekend!

Thanks again everyone!