Best nitrate and ammonia remover (to all the pros out there)

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Noto;3474161; said:
I meant metals from fish food, not from water. Looking at the back of my TetraMin can, it lists cyanocobalamin (copper-containing), manganese sulfate monohydrate, zinc sulfate monohydrate, ferrous sulfate monohydrate (iron-containing), and cobalt nitrate hexahydrate, as well as the fish-toxic preservative ethoxyquin. Many of these are toxic at modest concentrations and should be removed via occasional water changes.

You are right though that topping off but not changing the water would allow minerals present in the tap water to reach higher concentrations (because the minerals do not evaporate). Just another reason not to give up on water changes altogether.
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As if we needed another reason not to use TetraMin...
 
JakeH;3474216; said:
As if we needed another reason not to use TetraMin...
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That is what I was thinking but what he said is actually an aspect I had never thought about I gotta go through my Hikari massivore and the rest of my fishes diets to look for heavy metals. Thanks for the tip Noto I had not though of that :screwy::grinno:
 
I don't think you should quit using a food just because metals are present; in many cases they are important nutrients for the fish. However, metals from excrement or uneaten food that end up in the water column are unhelpful and may be harmful. So, just do those water changes!
 
Take a look where the metals are in the ingrediants list. They are located at the end which means they are in the lowest concentrations. IMO i do not think they pose a threat to increasing the metal content in the aquariums' water.

i would like to do a test and allow some of the food to disolve in a small amount of water and do mineral testing. I would doubt the amount of disolved minerals would be high enough to make any difference in water quality but hey who knows
 
Either, if properly sized for your tank, will remove all nitrogenous waste. Algal scrubbers are more compact for the work they do, but also require more maintenance.

Fishman0- your test will have to take into account the amount of food dissolved in the water over months or years without water changes. Probably most of the metals, preservatives, etc. will not reach toxic concentrations, but it only takes one.
 
Noto;3475247; said:
your test will have to take into account the amount of food dissolved in the water over months or years without water changes. Probably most of the metals, preservatives, etc. will not reach toxic concentrations, but it only takes one.
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Good point, i just wouldn't have thought levels would reach toxicity. but over time with regular WC's of less than 50%, i can see that residule levels can build up over time. I dont know of anything to remove disolved minerals other than chemicals, which is NOT recomended for aquariums
 
I do a 50% water change on all my tanks every 3-4 days now :) And prime detoxifies heavy metals :) But I wonder how long it binds them up for.. Anyone know ?
Sorry derail....
 
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