For those using Safe, where to find tiny little measuring spoon??

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Totally understand^^.

Good, I don't seem crazy then. I get the feeling that most think I am crazy because as I researched these products (probably more than most) before buying them all I did was confuse myself more and more from the contradictions. It also seems there are a lot of people saying lots of different things when it comes from dosing and if you compare all the low end guestimates to all the high end guestimates there's a HUGE difference between them.

and probably part of the reason I always base dosing on water change volume and not tank volume. If I know it's not in there in the first place, what's the point of removing it, especially if your water supply is good, which I'm lucky in that aspect. I think that's a marketing strategy myself. Kinda like when the manufacturers tells you to replace your bio every 6 months......

Yeah, I get that it's probably marketing and I also understand that more isn't really harmful to the fish but too much of anything isn't good. Not even good things. I also wonder how this assimilates over time. Does the unused portion convert to a gas and evaporate or what? If not, you will eventually have a buildup of.... something. I just don't know what that something is. Much like salts, if you measure for the amount of all the water each time you do a water change you will eventually build up harmful levels. I'm not saying that Prime/Safe is this way because I don't know enough about what it converts to during it's process. All I know according to Seachem is that it 'converts chlorine into something that fish can safely process' which doesn't get too specific. I would imagine there are some proprietary blends and giving too much detail away might give the recipe away to a competitor or something. I don't know. I would just like to have exact measurements preferably from Seachem and then I wouldn't care about these other details. But w/o knowing exactly what it does and what the results are of unused portions I don't feel comfortable guessing at dosage of chemicals.

My wife has a kitchen set that go down to 1/4 tsp. You could measure half of that. Pretty sure she got hers at Target

I'll check into that. Thanks for the tip.
 
You guys/gals must not have kids, or they don't get sick :)

I have three kids so it's very frequent that I have to use the cups or droppers that come with bottled children/infant over-the-counter medicines. Or just go to any pharmacy store and ask for a dropper; it's free btw. It has 1/8 of a tsp measurement intervals.

you do know safe is a powder?
 
I'll look into that, thanks. Now to find out the exact amount I should actually be measuring out. lol

My wife says she got a set of ours at bed bath and beyond and another at Target. Both have 1/8 tsp. Guess I should visit the Kitchen a little more lol
 
My wife says she got a set of ours at bed bath and beyond and another at Target. Both have 1/8 tsp. Guess I should visit the Kitchen a little more lol

Haha.. I can't tell you how many years it's been since I've been in either of those stores. As for the kitchen, well... I can't deny that. One look at me and you'd know I was lying if I said I rarely was in the kitchen. lol
 
No, I don't have kids. Tell me how you measure a powder in a dropper. I'm curious to know how having kids allows you to do this.

I admit that I didn't know Safe was in powder form. But the concept still applies. Most if not all medicine droppers have a removable rubber top, so remove it and there you have a measuring device. It may not be easy to pour your powder into that little hole, so do you think you need tips on doing that? :)

Off topic but since you asked, having and raising kids will allow one to learn a lot more in life, including things about oneself that he/she didn't even know before, and some more ... :)
 
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