How much PRIME do I add when using a python water changer?

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Absolutely NOT. Please stop giving advice on this.

If you aren't dosing your new water in seperate buckets outside of the tank (you aren't if you are doing water changes with a python), dose for the WHOLE TANK VOLUME.

If you don't know your water parameters, it's necessary to do this. Obviously you can tailor your dosing if you know what your city provides you with, but in that case, you wouldn't be making a thread like this.
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Gee, what do I know but wouldn't it make a LOT more sense to quit asking strangers on an online chat forum, and actually find out what ones local water supply uses as a disinfectant, and at what level, and then treat accordingly?

Is this such a difficult concept for people to understand?


The OP could have anywhere from 0.3 ppm chlorine, to 3 ppm chloramine, coming out of his tap. Half the recommended dose on a Seachem label could be more than enough, or not nearly enough - and no one on this forum can give any kind of accurate response as to how much the OP should or shouldn't be using unless they know what his local water supply contains when it comes out of his taps.

The person that was just told to stop giving advice, actually gave the best advice in this discussion earlier on.

kingofthejungle
If you really wany precision you need to get your tap water levels checked then dose according to the results of your test.
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That response, is the ONLY correct response.
 
^^ Agreed with above. Most people (including myself), don't even know what their tap water parameters are. I always err on the side of caution and add a little more and it's worked fine for me. That doesn't necessarily mean it's right though.
 
RD. said:
The person that was just told to stop giving advice, actually gave the best advice in this discussion earlier on.




That response, is the ONLY correct response.
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I don't care what his previous responses were. I don't look at username when I reply to a quote. That response to only dose for the water added is wrong when you don't know your water chlorine/chloramine levels and are just dosing per the instructions on the bottle and aren't pre-conditioning the added water. End of story.

And it's best if you know what your water chlorine/chloramine levels are. That's pretty obvious. But it's not 100% necessary. Tons of us are 100% fine dosing as per instructions on a bottle of prime.
 
seedubs1 said:
I don't care what his previous responses were. I don't look at username when I reply to a quote. That response to only dose for the water added is wrong when you don't know your water chlorine/chloramine levels and are just dosing per the instructions on the bottle and aren't pre-conditioning the added water. End of story.

And it's best if you know what your water chlorine/chloramine levels are. That's pretty obvious. But it's not 100% necessary. Tons of us are 100% fine dosing as per instructions on a bottle of prime.
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He added on after that quote you said was wrong; all you proved was that you don't care to really read the thread before you respond; and that you don't pay attention. You can't justly blindly tell someone to stop giving advice if you don't see what the whole advice is. He said check levels just like you said is best


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zapantha said:
He added on after that quote you said was wrong; all you proved was that you don't care to really read the thread before you respond; and that you don't pay attention.

Correct, I don't always read all the way through a thread before I post. If I find a post mid-read through a thread that is as wrong as the one I commented on, I'm going to hit the reply button immediately. My post only refers to the specific quote that I'm quoting.

You can't justly blindly tell someone to stop giving advice if you don't see what the whole advice is.

I certainly can, and I did. Don't you love the freedom of speach the internet provides...
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10char
 
A nod is as good as a wink, to a blind horse.
 
strollo22 said:
Most people (including myself), don't even know what their tap water parameters are
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If you're ever bored and want to find out, just Google the name of your city + "water quality report" and there should be a downloadable pdf in the first search result. I thought my local water was horrible (and still do) but it only tested at .66ppm chlorine and no chloramine. So I probably don't even need to use dechlorinator, but I still dose Prime for the full tank volume before filling with my python to be safe
 
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