Seachem Prime in action (vid)

[BTB0923]

I found this pretty cool vid that shows prime doing its thing...

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[Joey47]

gotta love PRIME. my number 1 choice in chemical!!!!!

 

[chefjamesscott]

now imagine a betta in that kind of flow lololololol since the dude doing the test represents bettas

but yeh prime is the king of chemicals

 

[vfc]

I am not sure if the removal of the blue dye realistically simulates the neutralization of chlorine. However, it does show that Prime does not immediate disperse in water like some believe. The person had to do some serious stirring; twice.

So for those who are adding Prime in a tank while performing water changes with chlorinated water, your fish will have to endure some gill burn until the neutralization process is complete. That's why I pre-mix Prime in a holding tank.

 

[Dreamsofpeace54]

you also had to remember that cup had no flow of water before adding the prime. your filter,airstones,powerheads etc would disperse it in my opinion pretty quickly.

 

[Pharaoh]

That is why I always add it into the intake of the pump/filter.

 

[brianp]

I am not sure if the removal of the blue dye realistically simulates the neutralization of chlorine. However, it does show that Prime does not immediate disperse in water like some believe. The person had to do some serious stirring; twice.

So for those who are adding Prime in a tank while performing water changes with chlorinated water, your fish will have to endure some gill burn until the neutralization process is complete. That's why I pre-mix Prime in a holding tank.

Dead on.

 

[Toby_H]

I am not sure if the removal of the blue dye realistically simulates the neutralization of chlorine. However, it does show that Prime does not immediate disperse in water like some believe. The person had to do some serious stirring; twice.

So for those who are adding Prime in a tank while performing water changes with chlorinated water, your fish will have to endure some gill burn until the neutralization process is complete. That's why I pre-mix Prime in a holding tank.

I disagree that this is dead on and feel it is overlooking the obvious and risking misleading people...

Yes he stirred twice... because he added drops twice...

Do you think the concentration of blue dye was a little more than the concentration of chlorine is in our aquariums? Obviously it is.

He also added about 10 drops (5 drops two times) to remove the blue dye. So does this mean we should all be addeing 10 drops per cup like he did, or following the instructions on the label and adding 2 drops per gallon.

This video didn't "prove" anything and in no way represents dechlorination. It was a meaningless example that Prime works. Interesting to watch, and thanks for posting it... but in the end still meaningless.

There are thousands of users that have been adding Prime to the tank during water changes for many years. Stop trying to override that level of experience with speculation...

 

[cypher1024]

If I ever dump a whole bottle of blue dye in my tank, I'll know what to do!

 

[vfc]

nc_nutcase posted:
"There are thousands of users that have been adding Prime to the tank during water changes for many years. Stop trying to override that level of experience with speculation.."

Is there any scientific evidence that proves the fish from those thousands of users did not suffer and live shorter life spans from being exposed briefly to chlorine and chloramine? There were those that believed (and some still do) that smoking and second hand smoke do not shorten the average human life span.

I have experience from multiple tanks and fish that backs up my opinion. I have lost small fish and my large cichlids would flash and shake their heads when I was adding Prime to my tank while I was changing water. That stopped when I switched to pre-mixing.