My well water comes out 5-10ppm. I usually use prime but not all the time. Just wondering if it's needed
Prime for well water
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They used to, then they removed it from the label several yrs ago (2003-2004), then it appears that they added it back?
When I asked the CEO and head chemist, Dr. Greg Morin about this back in 2004 when the label changed, his response was as follows.
>Has the regular Prime formula changed, if not, why is their no longer any mention of Prime being able to detoxify heavy metals?
Prime has not changed, that is just a clerical error in the text description during one of our website updates. it should be corrected shortly. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We did remove from our labeling as it is a fairly minor effect and did not want to mislead people into thinking it was some kind of heavy metal removing product... but maybe removal of that has caused more confusion since competitors still make the claim for an effect that is identical in their products as well.
-Greg Morin
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Gregory Morin, Ph.D. ~~~~~~~President/CEO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seachem Laboratories, Inc.
Imo, if you are on well water, with no chlorine or chloramine residual present, then total waste of money. Most natural bodies of water have low levels of heavy metals etc. present. Not a big deal.
I've read most levels are pretty low. Nothing serious, like you just said.
I'm just a creature of habit lol. The only time I go the lfs is when I need prime so it gives me a reason to go.
I once spoke the owner of our water company once. They were doing something to something and the water tastes like crap. He told me that were doing some maintenance but not altering the amount of chlorine or chloramine that's in the water. I've been told by a million people that well water doesn't have chlorine or chloramine but why would he tells me that?
So.... Better safe than sorry. I buy a bottle once every two months lol.
http://aesl.ces.uga.edu/publications/watercirc/ShockChlorination.pdf
That's why they mentioned chlorine, and your well water.
That's why they mentioned chlorine, and your well water.
My water has a bit of copper in it. I think I'll contact Seachem to see if it detox copper. If so, looks like I may be using Prime again
API Stress Coat is watered down sodium thiosulfate. It's also sold by some of the large chain stores, such as PetSmart, and is indeed a very popular water conditioner amongst consumers with average set ups. Just not so much with those that have educated themselves on the more cost effective conditioners such as Prime, or even more so, Safe, and that have larger than normal set ups.
Some copper, the key word "some", can potentially be precipitated by Prime, but people need to keep in mind that there are a LOT of variables involved, each tank can be different with regards to how these conditioners will work, and last but not least, they will only precipitate very small amounts of heavy metals, hence why they (Seachem) use language such as "typical concentration levels", and why at one time they actually removed this heavy metal spiel from their labels.
The following was part of my correspondence
with the CEO back in 2004.
Ok, so then specifically exactly what metals will Prime precipitate? (under
>normal levels found in most tap water) Excluding the lead found in NYC &
DC.
"Typical heavy metals, lead, zinc, mercury, copper, etc."
Gregory Morin, Ph.D. ~~~~~~~President/CEO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seachem Laboratories, Inc.
Some copper, the key word "some", can potentially be precipitated by Prime, but people need to keep in mind that there are a LOT of variables involved, each tank can be different with regards to how these conditioners will work, and last but not least, they will only precipitate very small amounts of heavy metals, hence why they (Seachem) use language such as "typical concentration levels", and why at one time they actually removed this heavy metal spiel from their labels.
The following was part of my correspondence
with the CEO back in 2004.
Ok, so then specifically exactly what metals will Prime precipitate? (under
>normal levels found in most tap water) Excluding the lead found in NYC &
DC.
"Typical heavy metals, lead, zinc, mercury, copper, etc."
Gregory Morin, Ph.D. ~~~~~~~President/CEO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seachem Laboratories, Inc.
Cool, copper is one of the metals mentioned.
Although I no longer use conditioner, I still keep a bottle of Safe around, for use after I disinfect my aquarium equipment, to neutralize any bleach residue.
Although I no longer use conditioner, I still keep a bottle of Safe around, for use after I disinfect my aquarium equipment, to neutralize any bleach residue.
this first picture is a bottle of prime.
i only posted the second picture because you said it was a good marketing thing or whatever.
a lot of water conditioners detoxify metals. its pretty common.
i only posted the second picture because you said it was a good marketing thing or whatever.
a lot of water conditioners detoxify metals. its pretty common.
