Calling all Seachem Prime users

erk419

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While I was out driftwood hunting today I stopped at the petstore that was in the town I was in. The had a bottle of seachem prime so I got one its just the smaller 100ml bottle its all they had. I've never used this before because the stores around me don't carry it. I was reading the back of it and it says 1 capful which is 5ml will be enough for 200 L (50 gallons). Then it says each cap thread is approx 1ml. Now I use a 4 gallon bucket when I do water changes and add the conditioner to each bucket. So I would need some were under half a line cause one like would be 10 gallons. So how would I measure that out really can't do it in the cap. I know theres gotta be people on here that use it that add it to each bucket like I do.
 

stewnew

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i use the same conditioner, and do it in a 4 gallon bucket too

i just fill the lid ever so little, and if anything put more than is really necessary for 4 gallons, but youd rather waste than not put enough
 

devder1

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dose the entire tank when i do a 50% wc on my 125 i dose 2.5 capfuls
 

erk419

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When you add to the tank instead of adding to each bucket you have to dose for the whole tank. So in my case I would have to dose for 150 gallons instead of 30 gallons
 

devder1

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erk419;3840997; said:
When you add to the tank instead of adding to each bucket you have to dose for the whole tank. So in my case I would have to dose for 150 gallons instead of 30 gallons
dose 3 full caps
 

erk419

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I just found the answer I'm going to get an eydropper 20 drops equals 1ml so if I add 2 drops to each gallon so 8 drops to a 4 gallon bucket it will be a perfect dose actually prob a tad more because I don't fill it to the rim
 

DolphinRyan

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erk419;3841011; said:
I just found the answer I'm going to get an eydropper 20 drops equals 1ml so if I add 2 drops to each gallon so 8 drops to a 4 gallon bucket it will be a perfect dose actually prob a tad more because I don't fill it to the rim
You gonna put a pump in the bucket too than to mix the Prime up?
 

erk419

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No I put the prime in before the water then put the bucket under the tub faucet it does a great job mixing it up.
 
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