1 ml of Prime treats 10 gallons. If I used other products, I'd be in the poor house. Monster tanks + monster goldfish = Monster water changes multiple times per week!
The Reason for cycling a tank is to build BB for the Bio Load...
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If Prime removes chlorine and chloramine, and also detoxifies the nitrogenous compounds, wouldn't that mean that it would both break the chlorine+ammonia bond, then detoxify the ammonia?
I honestly couldn't believe the first time I heard that one capful of Prime treated 50 gallons, when I'd been using NovAqua and AmQuel, which treat 10 gallons/capful.
Laticauda;4781720; said:
I honestly couldn't believe the first time I heard that one capful of Prime treated 50 gallons, when I'd been using NovAqua and AmQuel, which treat 10 gallons/capful.
Yes, if you use Prime for chloramine, it will break the bond, then detoxify the ammonia produced.
I was also referring to using it during a cycle problem in your tank, to still have low levels of ammonia present for the BB to colonate, while protecting the fish from ammonia burn
Also, AmQuel removes ammonia from being available to the BB, and can efficiently starve your BB to death. I hate the stuff personally! It also messes with your pH, and can cause EVEN MORE stress to your fish...it most certainly does not get my stamp of approval!
I was also referring to using it during a cycle problem in your tank, to still have low levels of ammonia present for the BB to colonate, while protecting the fish from ammonia burn
Also, AmQuel removes ammonia from being available to the BB, and can efficiently starve your BB to death. I hate the stuff personally! It also messes with your pH, and can cause EVEN MORE stress to your fish...it most certainly does not get my stamp of approval!
I am not going to read all the posts, I gave up after it was determined you could look at your water and tell what was going on!
But, I did read the posts about Prime
I agree, this stuff is amazing. I used to "age" water. Now, I vac the tank down about 30%-50%, toss in 2 capfuls of Prime (a touch more than is recommended), flip the switch on the Python, check temp and refill from the tap.
Compared to how I used to do water changes, it's now insanely simple! I have had ZERO fish losses since
But, I did read the posts about Prime
I agree, this stuff is amazing. I used to "age" water. Now, I vac the tank down about 30%-50%, toss in 2 capfuls of Prime (a touch more than is recommended), flip the switch on the Python, check temp and refill from the tap.
Compared to how I used to do water changes, it's now insanely simple! I have had ZERO fish losses since
CLDarnell;4781795; said:I am not going to read all the posts, I gave up after it was determined you could look at your water and tell what was going on!
But, I did read the posts about Prime
I agree, this stuff is amazing. I used to "age" water. Now, I vac the tank down about 30%-50%, toss in 2 capfuls of Prime (a touch more than is recommended), flip the switch on the Python, check temp and refill from the tap.
Compared to how I used to do water changes, it's now insanely simple! I have had ZERO fish losses since
X 2. Easy to use and a bottle goes a long way. I've used just about all of them. Prime is great
Laticauda;4781802; said:
Yea, I've been hearing a lot of things about prime. Currently I have the gallon jug of kordons nova aqua plus, which treats about 7600 gallons. I purchased this from petsmart, which only sells the 250ml bottles of prime for 9.99, which if I bought 3, would treat 100 less gallons than the same price of the nova aqua. I'm sure theres other places that sell prime in larger amounts.
Yes, to my original statement where I was referring about STABILITY, and not prime, I'm not sold on that idea.
Mastiffman;4781582; said:
I don't understand, in your first post about using tap water, you make it sound as if it is terrible. IN the second quote, you say you use it.
