Seachem Prime - How Much Does Prime Detoxify?
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- Seachem Prime - How Much Does Prime Detoxify?
In this video I reached out to Seachem In regards to their product Prime, Prime is a declarator, as well as it claims that it detoxifies harmful ammonia and nitrite. There's a lot of misconception online of how much this product actually detoxifies of both of these toxins. In this video, I provide the answers that were given to me by Seachem regarding these questions!
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Incredibly helpful, thanks for reaching out to them and sharing with us!
Your welcome!
Thank you so much! I've been scrolling through so many forums, discussions, websites..... couldn't find anything that was helpful until this.
Bro, thank you for sharing this!!
Thank you for this informative video. As always you cut through the hype and give useable information on great topics. Much appreciated
Your welcome
Thank you there’s so much conflicting knowledge & my nitrites were still wacko after water changes this was very helpful!!! SUBSCRIBED
You’re a lifesaver. Thank you so much for doing this for us. Your fish in cycle + this has saved my fish that I had to take in due to an emergency rehoming.
A million thanks 🐠
You're welcome
This is the only video I've watched of yours. I have a saltwater tank (switched from fresh to salt a month ago). Im having a nitrite problem that's new to me. This video is so right to the point, clear and transparent! Definitely subscribing for more useful info
Your welcome!
Thanks as always. Going the extra mile for yr viewers
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You're welcome!
Thank you for the clarification, btw your budgies sound very happy
Absolutely! And yeah they're quite spoiled lol
Thankyou. I am having an ammonia emergency in my tank and this helps me understand what im putting in to fix it
Excellent video, thank you!
YEA JUST GOT IT BUT THOUGHT IT WILL DO BETTER THEN WHAT YOU SAID , THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFO
Your welcome
Thank you for this info! I was about to just email them or call myself. Im on the process of cycling. Should have researched first before buying fish. Now im in a fish in cycle....now I know how much to dose. THANK YOU!
Your welcome!
You are becoming my favorite fish/aquarium CZcamsr. I'm currently at the end of my first week doing a fishless cycle following your directions. I will now get seachem prime for future water changes. My goal is having a beautiful 65 litre (17 gallon) long tank in my lounge with 3 little schools of neon green tetras, Chilli rasbora and salt and pepper corydoras. Keep up the good work.
Thank you, that sounds like a nice planned setup!
I've watched one video of his, and I concur: he is my favorite too.
Clear, concise, NO music, no nonsense, just dives right in!
Thank you!! Love this stuff
Your welcome!
Very helpful. Thank you. 👍
Thanks for the info.
Very helpful information, thanks
Your welcome
i use that product i sware by it.its the best... when i transport truck loads of koi from florida to ny i use it in the live hualer tanks fantastic travis you are so on point with all aquatic needs. go you brother!!!! love the vids.
Thanks man I really appreciate it! definitely going to have to come over and check out all your stuff once you get it going!
@@TrafishAquatics travis i do side work for some of the bigger farms in fl and haul for them .normally in spring and summer im going to be supplying some of the local nurserys land scaping outfits in our area with some koi and gold fish ... yea will be nice to see you as the wheather gets better . get fishy man....
Sounds like a plan!
Well done sir! Shared!
Thank you!
Thanks that cleared up A LOT
Your welcome
Great info bud ... did they say anything about redose
Hi Travis! I love your videos, you always explain everything so clearly! My question...I just did a water change for my single Betta in his 9 gallon tank (he does not have tank mates). I was in the middle of the water change and my tap water started running slightly brown. I'm thinking the city is flushing. I added that water which was about 2 gallons into his 9 gallon tank. I normally add 24 drops of Prime but after seeing that the dose can be safely increased, I added an extra 10 drops making it a total of 34 drops. Will Prime take care of the sudden brown tint in the added tap water? I also added Seachem Stress Guard, just in case. What are your thoughts?
Your a life saver! Just in the way you explain things you make me understand it so much better thank you!
Your welcome
@@TrafishAquatics does it mean its cycling if I have nitrate and nitrite but no ammonia? I dont mean to bug you with this. Just not sure what I'm doin wrong. Tank is clean:(
Yes, Is anytime you have any kind of elevated ammonia or nitrite the tank is cycling in some form, since you have no ammonia and nitrite it should reestablish pretty quickly
@@TrafishAquatics okay thank you, I'll just keep checking it and adding the seacrum prime I added 3 cap fulls it's a 55 gallon. So hopefully it helps cause I just did a 20% water change this morning but I probably won't touch it till Tuesday or Wednesday so I dont make it worse.
What are the nitrites at?
Great video mate... thanks
Your welcome!
Your welcome
Great video buddy, I’m wondering if prime make amine out of ammonia and nitrite what’s gonna become that amine after the bacteria eat them? Nitrite again? Or what? Thank you!
If only manufacturers put themselves in our shoes and gave us the information we need to know. After all, they spent a long time researching and testing this product. The more specific and accurate the information the better.
Exactly I'm not sure why they don't provide that information to the hobbyist
@@TrafishAquatics Yup. In fact, the hobbyist could even be a professional chemist working for a water company! They should never underestimate their customers!
Thanks bro also nice devil in the back
Thanks
1/4 tsp for 75 gallon if using to reduce negative effects of ammonia 👍🏼
Sir what do you suggest if i dont have purified water only tap water with chlorine what does do you suggest also i will prepare the water for salt mxing thanks for the reply
API's Ammo Lock detoxifies 10ppm of ammonia with a single dose added every two days. I always use and trust Ammo Lock. It has kept my fish safe through many ammonia spikes over the years.
Good luck with nitrites that stuff doesn’t help at all in a cycle with fish only the first phase
Sounds good does it affect goldfish if you put 2 or 3 cap fulls
Hi
Great video as always but I am hopeless with converting numbers etc so I have a 30 gallon tank, How much would I use?, Again thanks my friend.
For 30 gallons you would use 3ml per dose.
Do you recommend using this product regularly? Daily, weekly? Should we also use Seachem Stability? Thanks!
Just ordered this stuff and will be here tomorrow. My tank us slightly overstocked so im getting nitrite spikes. Im new to fishkeeping and my pet store recommended fish that are going to get too big for my 15g fluval flex. I have 8 red eye tetras and 4 panda corys. Will this let me keep all my fish to adult size, or will the biofilter never catch up to the load? I did put extra bio rings the the filter chamber. Thanks for any help
This video was probably easily the most helpful video I’ve watched about the usefulness of Prime to date. Thank you!
I do have a question. I’ve been dosing my tank for nitrites, but I’ve not done up to 5x’s all at once. I log how many doses I place within a 24 hour period. Sometimes I’ve noticed that throughout that period - I’ve dosed a little higher, some times lower. Nonetheless, I haven’t lost any fish yet and this has been going on for a few weeks now.
My levels are pretty consistent day over day - 0 Ammonia, .25 - .5 nitrites, 0 nitrates I’m wondering if my cycle is cycling slower because I didn’t just dose 5x the dosage all at once? I know that pH can impact this - it remains steady at 7.3.
How long has the tank been running, also fish in or fishless, prime also doesnt make a tank cycle faster or slower, as it just detoxifys the harmfullness of the nitrates toward your fish as well as dechlorinates your water, a cycle takes 6-8 weeks to establish normally
@@TrafishAquatics my tank has been running since mid-Feb, I guess I’m right around the six week mark. There are fish in it.
I feel like what I’m noticing is that Prime is only active in my system for 17 hours, (the log doesn’t lie, LOL) before it’s effects start to taper off. It seems misleading that Seachem promotes its usefulness for “up to 24-48 hours”.
So what you are seeing is a spike in nitrites about 17 hours after dosing? Am i understanding that right?
@@TrafishAquatics yes, this seems to be consistent with my data.
I have a 36 gal that I’m working on - in the last 24 hours, I’ve dosed my tank with 4.75 capfuls of prime. (3.75 would be the equivalent of an emergency 5x dosage for my tank size). I have tested the nitrites 9 times in the last 24 hours. Each of those results show that I’m currently ranging between .5 and .25 ppms of nitrite.
Prime doesnt remove nitrite or nitrate, just detoxifies it, you only need to use 1 capful for the ammount of nitrite that you have to detoxify it, the bacyerial colonies will remove the nitrite on thier own once theyve colonized
How much do I add to a 3.5 gallon tank please and how often do I change the water 💧
So when adding the prime and stability should I keep out chemical like chemipure blue and purigen until the tank is cycled ?
I have a ten gallon tank and it is testing at .25-.5 of ammonia. I use prime when I change water should I be using it and just putting it in without water changes until
The ammonia reads better?
I have a 14 gallon tank my Ammonia is 1ppm so how much should I use? Please help
Awesome how much do I put in a 5 foot tank im doing salt change every 5 days also will it harm inverts cheers
It will not hurt inverts, The calculation you need to do for how much to put in your tank depends on volume so you would have to calculate the volume of your tank and base it off that
I'm finding just how bad of a fish keeper I actually am. I was convinced that a RODI system was needed only to find out later that it's not the best idea since it removes absolutely everything of value from the water. I have also been doing weekly water changes as my 5 gallon tank looks like crap after about 5 days....but I have been doing major water changes thinking that it's helping
Hello everyone, if my fish tank needs two doses then can I put both at the same time?
I used Prime in my new 55gal...it made the tank cloudy and murky...will that cycle out or do I need to change out some water?
There is no instructions on the bottle for the time intervals for re-dosing when used to control ammonia. How often do you suggest re-dosing? Thanks for all of the informative videos, as well as taking the time to answer all of our comments.
You're very welcome, Prime is only active in the aquarium for 24 to 48 hours, personally for ammonia control I would dose every 24 hours to make sure the efficacy of the prime does not wear off before 48 hours.
@@TrafishAquatics Thanks for the reply. I have heard this many times from experienced aquarium owners as well, and I completely agree with you. I think it would be beneficial if the Seachem folks stated this on each bottle of Prime.
Hi, I live in Scotland and just purchased this and Stability. I have a Biorb Tube 35L (which I think is around 9/10gallons) would you say half a cup would be too much? Maybe better with a quarter?
Both are too much, you only need 1ml to detoxify 1ppm ammonia and 2 ppm nitrate for 10 gallons as well as dechlorinate the water
Aww fantastic !
I have a question and can’t find the answers anywhere. But if you have a crappy tank (biorb - let’s not discuss that) which is so crap it probably won’t fully cycle, could I use prime indefinitely to manage ammonia and nitrites?
Doing less water changes in a non cycling tank as I really don’t have the time for daily water changes for the next 20 years.
Anyone ever add a drop or two to remove chloramine/chlorine from water for cats and dogs?
What happens to the bonded ammonia and nitrates after 48 hours
If I change 50 percent water and put 50 bk in the tank can I still treat the volume of the tank mines 35g so isn't that 3 and half ml ??
I have a 5 gallon tank with a black tetra fish how many drops and how often should I use it
Use 1ml when you do a water change or when you need it for detoxifying
Hi there, sorry to jump in on the comments section wit a bit of an essay, however I'm looking for expert advise on controlling a nitrite spike (max reading has been 1.5ppm).
5 days ago I purchased some longtail Panda Corys which unfortunately developed finrot after 48 hours. Within 2-3 days 1 had died, the 2nd died approx 12 hours later, the 3rd was returned to the fish store who were already aware as they have had several reports of the same thing with this particular batch of fish.
The issue is that the dead fish was totally hidden away rotting in my tank for around 2 days (unable to find it until today!), and I stated to notice a few Cardinals were surface breathing and my water was clouding up. I treated my tank with finrot treament (half dosage) proir to the clouding then also discovered that the Nitrite had started to rise from zero (I perform daily water tests for 3 days when introducing new fish), however at no point has my Ammonia been anything but zero - which my specialist fish store confirmed on a sample I took in.
I started with a 30-35% water change (Nitrites then reduced from 1.0 to 0.5ppm) but within a few hours when I did my next Nitrite test it had gone up to around 1.0ppm again. So I repeated with another 25% change (each time treating the tap water with API quick start to remove the chlorine), however after a few hours again the Nitrite climbed up to 1.0-1.25.
I then stayed up all night monitoring the Nitrites every hour, performing another 30-35% water change at 3am this morning, by 7am my Nitrites were 1.5ppm and the fish are stressed out.
At this point I've performed 5 partial water changes and the Nitrites keep creeping up and I'm very worried because I have 3 rare plecs and no spare tanks or spare cycled media to combat the bacterial bloom...2 Cardinals and a Glowlight Danio have died so far*
Speaking to a local expert he has advised not to treat my tank with Prime (water conditioner) and a new bottle has just been delivered by Amazon - do I treat the Nitrite directly with the conditioner or as I've been advised, will this potentialy put me in a worse position by increasing the toxicity threshold of the water?
My water is still cloudy, still around 1.0ppm Nitrite / 0 Ammonia, Nitrates are approx 0.5ppm in a heavily planted 400L tank.
My head is telling me to treat the tank with Prime because the fish cannot sustain this for long and I have 3 rare & expensive Plecs that I'm terrified about losing.
Please help me :(
Yes use the prime, if your ammonia is at 0 the nitrite will stop rising soon as ammonia directly converts to nitrite, if there's no ammonia left the nitrite can't go up. Adding prime will not increase the toxicity threshold, it only neutralizes the toxicity for 24-48 hours so the bacteria can effectively breaking it down while keeping your fish safe, it needs to be dosed daily till the nitrite is gone.
@@TrafishAquatics I did treat the tank with a 1 to 1 dose / 1.0 ppm and it’s saved my aquarium! lost 4 Cardinals, a loxozonus cory, a male guppy and Glowlight Danio. The Plecs seem fine (all being well). Thank you
Your welcome
I use easylife aquamaker. It works faster than prime and it has specs more than prime. But i would recommend prime since it is popular
aquamaker is underrated and no one uses it :( prime is 5x dosage for high concentrations of chlorine ammonia chloramine nitrites and nitrates (2mg/L or higher) while aquamaker is 3x dosage for high concentrations of chlorine ammonia chloramine nitrites and nitrates (6mg/L or higher) aquamaker is an award winning competitor.
Hi , what I like about your videos , is that you want to help us . I used to use it long time ago ; I have found it made water terribly smell and it stinky by itself. I called the company about this and they told me it's normal . For many years I use powder from another brand . I don't want to suggest anything , everyone if he is not dam, has to find a right solution by himself ! Thanks anyway !
Very true!
Hi could please tell me what is the name of powder brand do you used?
Question: I have a new tank, which I did allow to cycle for 45 days prior to adding fish. The fish have been in for about 3 weeks and I am experiencing a increase in Nitrites/Nitrates and ammonia. Numbers were perfect before adding fish. I rinsed my filters in tank water for the first time yesterday. How long should I wait to attempt a water change?
What process did you follow for cycling the tank? If you have prime you can dose that to detoxify your ammonia and nitrite, until the cycle can re-establish itself. Also don't clean your filters at all while the cycle is establishing as you will loose some bacteria that way and it will lengthen the process.
This is my 1st time with a fresh water tank. Never had any problems until recent. I have bacteria bloom and was told to use Prime. I want to know exactly how much should I use for 40 gal tank?
4ml for a single dose on a 40
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Is it 24 hours or 48 hours detoxife nitrite?if i dose 5 times the ammount??
Thanks I will give it a try so how much do I use for a 100 litre tank is it 2 drops a dose?
Youll want to use 2.5-3ml per dose or half a cap full
@@TrafishAquatics Thanks
Will the levels still show in a test while detoxified so you can know when you have corrected the problem?
Yes all the levels will still show when tested after adding prime
How often do I use seachem prime for my axolotl every day or every time I do water change (once a week)
During water changes
Will it still show on the water test?
I’ve had my fish in cycle going for 1 week. Yes, another stupid newbie here. I have a 40 gallon tank with 4 guppies (just lost 1 today), 4 mollies, and 1 Cory. Looks like 1 Molly and 1 guppy is showing signs of ick(white spots). Other than that they are all active and eating well.
When I check the water I’ve always gotten ammonia 0, nitrite 0, and nitrate between 20-40(goes up and down with 25% daily water changes. I’m also using seachem stability for the bacteria.
My question is, using prime and stability, should I still see an ammonia and nitrite spike? I haven’t gotten one yet.
How about compared to Seachem Safe?
Bro, I Have A 6 Gallon Tank…Should I Add Seachem Prime Directly Into The Tank After adding New water or else 1st adding prime to a tub of water and wait for some time and then add to aquarium?
First of all.. i didnt know "Action Bronson" was in to fish..hahaha second of all.. Thanks for the video!!
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What about nitrate?
After the 24/48 hrs have passed is there need to re dose the tank again?
If there is still ammonia or nitrite present yes
Can I put more while the fish are in the tank? My water isn’t clear it’s blurry type.
You can but test your water to see what your levels are and treat accordingly
What do you do if your ammonia reads off the scale?
Big water change to get that number down to where it's treatable
How often should you use it? Ive been using it only with water changes in my 125 gallon.
If you have chlorine or chloramine you only need to use it during water changes, otherwise the only time you would use it is if you have an ammonia or a nitrite spike
@@TrafishAquatics Thanks, just what I thought, just asking your opinion. :-)
I'm using Top Fin water conditioner and biological cleaner. I was going to switch to prime so when can I start using prime after my Topfin is done? The other question is can I have prime as my water conditioner and have TopFin for my biological cleaner ? (New fish owner) still learning
Yes Prime works The same as a traditional water conditioner, But also has the added benefit of being able to detoxify ammonia and nitrite. Once you stop using the top 10 you can start using the prime right away.
@@TrafishAquatics ok thank you.
Can you add this ever other day in the tank. Also can you add it in the tank with the fish in it?
Yes
I always double it. Thank god you can’t overdose 😂
Pretty much lol, The one thing to be mindful of is it is technically possible to overdose it, though you would either have to accidentally dump the bottle in or have a spill for it to happen, The side effects would be a depleted oxygen level for a few hours in the aquarium, which situationally depending could do some harm.
If one of my three fish died should I assume it’s ammonia or parasites? Not sure what the red streaks on fins means. One more appears sick the other appears fine. Tested tank as you mentioned and yup high ammonia doing water 50 percent water change and adding prime. New fish keeper
It's very possible it's from the ammonia
@@TrafishAquatics thank you I hope the water change and prime helps
Should I turn off all filters and air pumps when doing a water change?
No that's not necessary
@@TrafishAquatics thanks
1 mg/l is equivalent to 1 ppm, just incase someone is unsure.
Correct 1 mg/L is equivalent to 1ppm
Thanks for the video..just wondering if I need to remove carbon in my filter if I use prime? Thanks :)
Carbon should not have any effect on prime
Hi Travis, my Prime bottle says use 4 drops per gal. it's on top of the peal off label. Can you use stress coat with Prime after a partial water? Thanks
I wouldn't use both since they are both dechlorinators
@@TrafishAquatics Thank you I was wondering about the slime coat on them. Thnx!
The fish will generate thier own slime coat so there is no need to add any products to help with that, if anything you can add a little aquarium salt, this will help naturally stimulate slime coat growth
@@TrafishAquatics Thank You !
i have a 55 gallon tank. how often do i treat it with the prime. and do i treat the tank after every water change?
Only need to treat it after a water change if you have chlorine or chloramine in your water or if you have an ammonia spike
@@TrafishAquatics thank you.
Hello,
Is it safe just to keep on using the dechlorinated and detoxified water everyday?
I change the water everyday with a new batch for my turtles and was wondering if it's safe.
Yes it's safe to continue what your doing
@@TrafishAquatics Thank you
Hi I need advice about my fish tank which I only have a frog and 2 snails in it I always use Seachem Prime and for a while it worked great about 2 days after I do a water change once a week. Afterwards, I check my levels and my Cl2 mg/L levels goes up to 0.8 - 1.5? Not sure why this doing that? I have a 10 - gallon tank for a froggy and I lost one of snail. I been putting a lot more of the Prime in because of this I am not sure why it doing this??? Thank you
Interesting, the chemical reaction between chlorine and sodium thiosulphate (which I believe is likely the main ingredient in Prime) is pretty straight forward and simple. I'm curious to know what you are testing your chlorine levels with? Also prime only needs to be dosed when doing a water change or when you have an ammonia or nitrite spike, excess dosing is not needed
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Interesting, I've never heard of it
I accidentally added 4 caps full into my 20 gallon is that okay??
That's deffinately an overdose, do a 50% water change and make sure you have enough aeration in the tank
Can it change your ammonia reading on api kit? I had zero ammonia for a week, did a water change, then .25 ammonia? I've tested my tap water which has no ammonia in it.
It shouldn't, according to Seachem the type of solution in the API kit shouldn't affect the ammonia reading. Did you do filter maintinance with the water change? Or does your tap water have Chloramine in it?
I was told that yes, your readings may be off for a couple of days.
It depends on the chemical that is used in the test kit to test for ammonia, according to seachem the chemical that API uses shouldn't be affected but other companies products could be.
Hey man! Can you give me some advice about best food for goldfishes? Is there any way to speed up thier growth? Tank temperature is 25 c and im feading them with some pellets
What about that Hikari food? Do i need to rotate food for them or no?
Personally I like feeding a high-protein high-fat pellet for growth but you also want to mix in vegetables I prefer blanched broccoli crowns, high protein diets can cause constipation and bloat if it's not mixed with vegetable matter. I prefer omega-1 goldfish pellets as well as Ken's fish foods.
@@TrafishAquatics Thank you a lot, so im gonna search for some good vege pellets, how often i need to changing their diet? Can you give me some examples? Ty
Sure feed your high quality pellets and 2x a week feed your veggies. It will help keep them healthy, also stay on top of water changes to keep nitrate under 40ppm at all times to grow them quickly
@@TrafishAquatics Thank you a lot you are the boss mate!
What’s the difference between ammonia and ammonium? I spoke to some Fish keepers and they said that although it reduces ammonia, it has an affect on ammonium
Prime actually detoxifies ammonia by temporarily turning it into ammonium. Ammonium is harmless to fish and the bacteria still eat it like ammonia and poop out nitrite. The only difference between ammonia and ammonium is one hydrogen ion. The converted ammonium will stay ammonium until it oxidizes and loses that extra hydrogen ion and turns back into ammonia.
Well said!
@@catwomanva is it recommendable to use live bacteria after adding seachem prime ??? I have sudden ammonia spike. Did water change and add prime, I did some ammonia test, and ammonia still have. What should I do?
You can use a bacterial additive though you get what you pay for with bottled bacteria because of what is needed to keep bacterial colonies alive in a bottle. But if your tank already had an established cycle and you now have an ammonia spike you can just dose prime daily to detoxify it and the bacteria will re colonize itself to establish an equilibrium with the ammonia production in time. Shouldn't take too long to happen either.
seachem prime is my go to dechlorinator
Hello! I really needed some help so to give you guys a little background about my tank first.
Temperature 82 degrees. Nitrate testing 0ppm. Ammonia is around 2ppm. Ph around 6.6. Nitrate 0-5ppm.
My main and only problem right now seems to be very high ammonia levels. I have been doing everything I see online about getting the ammonia down as far as waiting a few days after my big about 70% water change then 30% water changes every 2 days. I did make the mistake of feeding my fish a day after that big change. Using ammo lock. Have the API test kit. Using API quick start. I use the Aqueon water conditioner when putting new water in. I just don’t know what to do anymore. It’s really driving me crazy. I just read online that I should do water changes all day if I need to get it to the correct levels. Should I do that? Is there good ammonia and bad ammonia or is it all bad?
I was afraid I would be getting rid of the good bacteria if I did that but I don’t know anymore. The ammonia has been high for over a week now but I haven’t noticed a change in behavior in my fish just yet. I know usually when I do it’s too late. Btw I’ve had the tank for about 1.5 months and I know my other major problem is too many fish. I have 2 angelfish, 4 guppies, 3 Dalmatian Mollys, 2 petricola catfish, 1 German blue ram. I used prime and stability last night and my fish are doing much better. I put it in again today and Leo some beneficial bacteria but I was told by my local fish store not to change the water but it’s still cloudy. What would you suggest to get this ammonia to zero?
Since you've only had the tank 1.5 months that tells me that chances are it's not cycled, having an uncycled aquarium with that many fish you're going to have trouble keeping the parameters stable enough to allow the nitrogen cycle to establish, The cloudy water is the bacteria blooming and trying to colonize, The more water changes you do the more of that bacteria you remove the higher the ammonia is going to go, at this point what you need to do is stop feeding and dose prime based on what the ammonia reading is.
Brilliant thanks! I've had a big spike in nitrites and have been using this. Do I keep using it until the good bacteria 'catch up' and take over the process? I'm just learning 🙈
Yep that's exactly it
@@TrafishAquatics good stuff bud, will keep at it. Thanks and love the uploads! 👍👍
Thank you
@@TrafishAquatics hi bud, what do you reckon would be the right amount for the water change? I hear so much conflicting advice. I was doing 50% but I'm worried I'm getting rid of some bacteria. Would 25% be better? I know the fish like the 50 but I don't know for the long haul what's right. They are not doing great 😥. They pick up for a day after each water change but nitrites come back so fast 😖😖
Cut down on feeding a little bit while it's elevated, if your dosing prime try to keep it under 2ppm, what is your ph at currently? A 50% water change will remove 50% of your nitrite so water change accordingly
I bought a bottle week and noticed it smells really bad. My other brands don’t smell as bad. Is that normal?
Yep that's normal
@@TrafishAquatics Ok good, thank you
we have well water, no chlorine so wonder what that means
If you have no chlorine you probably don't need to use prime as a water conditioner
Not the thing is how much of each dose does seachem safe detoxify
question sir if I have tap water to be put on my saltwater tank, if I apply that PRIME how much time should I wait for the water to be dechlorinated? TIA!
Any declarator on the market usually works almost instantaneously, That being said if you're planning on running a saltwater tank I would highly consider getting a reverse osmosis unit or an RODI unit to remove all the minerals from your current water that way you can add your marine salt and your mineral levels would become ideal from the marine salt mixture, otherwise your mineral counts would be out of whack
@@TrafishAquatics Sir it is hard for me to have an RODI its too expensive...that is SAD for me.
How big of a tank did you want to run as saltwater
@@TrafishAquatics 50
Here's a link to a cheaper RODI unit, If this is still out of your budget then I would highly advise going against doing a saltwater aquarium as the RODI unit is probably one of the cheaper items you're going to need to be able to set that system up correctly.
www.amazon.com/Aquatic-Life-Changing-Deionization-Cartridge/dp/B00204CQF6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=ro+unit&qid=1628736176&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExQTE1MENUQlZTRU5WJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzE4OTUzTzlTTVdIMEZDMkdDJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA2NDgxNDgxOVlMV003QVFWQk84JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfcGhvbmVfc2VhcmNoX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
on my bottle it say 2 drops per 4L
Smaller bottles have different directions but is used the same way
Is one cap full good for a 5 gallon tank
One cap full is a 4x dose for a 5 gal
A capful of Prime (5.0 ml) treats 50 US Gallons. You need 0.5 ml for your 5 Gallon tank.
Go to any drug store and ask the Pharmacist for a 1.0 ml and a 5.0 ml Medicine Syringe.
Ok, I found a tank on the curb in front of someone’s house yesterday. It had 3 inches of slimy orange water and 13 damn fish in it. Do I brought it home. I have an old 50 gallon tank that I set up for them. I have to cycle it with them in there, I literally have no choice. The ammonia is at 4 ppm . I got the seachem prime and I added 200 drops. Should I add 200 more today?
Any advice is appreciated, I had a tank as a kid but I didn’t do all this kind of stuff, my mom did and we only ever had one beta fish at a time. I have 11 goldfish, a sucker fish and a little tiny fish that I don’t know what it is lol.
Also, little fish has been hiding by the filter all day, I even had to put his food over there. Do you think He is scared of the goldfish or just getting used to things?
Probably just stress from the move, if your having ammonia spikes that high what you need to do is stop feeding and only do so 2x a week and small amounts, this will help keep the ammonia down, and yes you would add the prime to detoxify the ammonia daily until the nitrogen cycle establishes
Sorry for the probably obvious question, will using this on tap water make it safe to use in an aquarium? I was looking into getting an RODI system but reading about it kind of sounds like a pain in the butt where if I just have to add some of this to tap before mixing salt, that’s a lot more appealing.
Yes using this on regular tap water will make it safe for use in an aquarium.
Says on the bottle 1 cap per 200ltrs
Correct, 1 capful is 5ml which will treat 50 gallons/200L
Will this hurt anything if you overdose it?
If dosed more than the 5x max amount it could deplete oxygen levels