Prime versus Stress Coat and others
- Thread starter jason longboard
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My water is treated with chlorine so no need for prime. Sodium thiosulfate solution does the job just fine and the dry chemical costs a few $/lb. If my water was treated with chloramine and I was doing large WCs I'd use safe.
I think it is a good idea to keep a small bottle of Prime on hand in case you end up with an ammonia spike.
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Prime will treat a whole 125 gallon tank with 2 capfuls, (10ml) we are talking 6 large capfuls (60 ml) for something like tetra brand.
Prime also can treat water emergencies by binding ammonia, nitrite, nitrate etc.
If you use purigen and bleach it, then prime will remove any chlorine in it also.
Prime also can treat water emergencies by binding ammonia, nitrite, nitrate etc.
If you use purigen and bleach it, then prime will remove any chlorine in it also.
This might help.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?309623-Cost-Effective-Water-Conditioners
Seachem Safe is the dry version of Prime and is thus more concentrated, and more economical. For anyone dealing with chloramine it is what I recommend, and what I personally have been using for several years.
The vast majority of water conditioners are based on sodium thiosulfate, which when using a proper dosage rate converts chlorine, to fish safe chloride. It does not remove chloramine, which is a mixture of chlorine, and free ammonia - it simply breaks the chlorine/ammonia bond, resulting in a spike of ammonia.
It's not that simple. The toxicity of free ammonia (NH3) is highly dependent on both temperature, and pH, so this can vary GREATLY from one hobbyists tank to another. Then factor in the level of toxicity (LC50 values) for the various species that everyone keeps in captivity (no such data exists) and what might work for one hobbyist could prove to be disaster for another. Size of tank, size of water change, planted/non planted, established for years, established for weeks/months, age/size of fish, will also all play into how safe ones water change will be for their fish.
Threads such as this is exactly why I wrote the article linked to above.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?309623-Cost-Effective-Water-Conditioners
Seachem Safe is the dry version of Prime and is thus more concentrated, and more economical. For anyone dealing with chloramine it is what I recommend, and what I personally have been using for several years.
The vast majority of water conditioners are based on sodium thiosulfate, which when using a proper dosage rate converts chlorine, to fish safe chloride. It does not remove chloramine, which is a mixture of chlorine, and free ammonia - it simply breaks the chlorine/ammonia bond, resulting in a spike of ammonia.
It's not that simple. The toxicity of free ammonia (NH3) is highly dependent on both temperature, and pH, so this can vary GREATLY from one hobbyists tank to another. Then factor in the level of toxicity (LC50 values) for the various species that everyone keeps in captivity (no such data exists) and what might work for one hobbyist could prove to be disaster for another. Size of tank, size of water change, planted/non planted, established for years, established for weeks/months, age/size of fish, will also all play into how safe ones water change will be for their fish.
Threads such as this is exactly why I wrote the article linked to above.
