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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Prime just saved all my fish
Just wanted to make a little post on how good of a product prime is as a water conditioner. My 75 gallon tank has been running since december and everything was going well. My last water change was about 4 days ago and i went to give my puffers a late night feeding last night when i noticed something was horribly wrong. all of my puffers had almost 0 color and were almost see through. I just learnt that puffers hate ammonia even the tinyest amount. Well i triple dosed my tank with prime immeadiately and after about 1 minute my puffers came back to full color. Did a 50% water change and re-dosed with prime and now everything is back to normal.
If i did not have this product all my puffers would be dead. Nothing works like this prime stuff. It's so expensive but now i know why. it saves fishies lives.
thank you
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April 3rd, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Yea, it's the best out there. That's why we switched to it for our water conditioner.  |
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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when i saw my puffies last night i honestly thought i was gonna lose em all. prime is like the uber magic. it instantly fixed em right up. i will be way more vigilante now, but it's nice to know if something goes wrong you got something like this product to bail you out.
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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can somebody please tell me why this prime stuff is so so good  i use the stress coat that is also used as a water conditioner but is this prime stuff way better?
and why is it so good? what does it do to the fish?
thanks for all the advice.
oh n by the way i was before using just some other kind of water conditioner but i think the stress coat is also way better. i guess because of the aloe vera? |
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Prime - http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...fm?pcatid=4057
As it says, on top of conditioning the water it also detoxifies the ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates...so if you do have a spike, it can "lock up" (but not remove) the offending chemicals and keep your fish safe. It doesn't remove the need for water changes, but can help keep your fish safe from harmful levels.
Last edited by luna; April 3rd, 2008 at 12:40 PM.
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luna
Prime - http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...fm?pcatid=4057
As it says, on top of condidioning the water it also detoxifies the ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates...so if you do have a spike, it can "lock up" (but not remove) the offending chemicals and keep your fish safe. It doesn't remove the need for water changes, but can help keep your fish safe from harmful levels.
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so is it like using ammolock i've used that and it helps. but i guess prime is using ammolock and water conditioner at the same time?
i'll talke a look at that link.
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April 3rd, 2008
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my concern would be that it makes the ammonia (not sure about nitrites) unusable by bacteria (which is why you're not supposed to use it with bio-spira). other products also bind ammonia, but do so in such a way that it's still usable (i've read amquel is one of these). i'm glad it works well for you, and certainly glad it helped your fish... tho i don't intend to switch, myself. (i use novaqua+, tho i have a small bottle of amquel on hand just in case)
Last edited by SereneReyn; April 3rd, 2008 at 12:58 PM.
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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yeah i made a big mistake by buying biospira and adding ammolock. that was a big waste of money.
so prime does not make the ammonia useless for the bacteria therefor you can use prime with biospira?
this is driving me crazy!!! LOL.
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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no idea about bio-spira and prime usage together, all i know is prime stopped my fish from dying as they were all ammonia poisoned.
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April 3rd, 2008
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Hi!
Well guys - look at what the 'new Stress coat' is. It says it now detoxifies Ammonia like Ammo-lock (Same company), removes 33% more Chlorine and 135% more chloramines, along with the old Stress coat's Aloe vera. So - that makes Prime and Bio-Spira about equal I would say.
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Addict
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the manufacturers of bio-spira recommend against using prime in conjunction with their product.
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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yeah that's the stress coat i have. and i also have the ammolock. i have it all just in case cuz i really start freakin out when the ammonia goes up.
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April 3rd, 2008
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keeping a regular water change routine will ensure that your ammonia does not go up. Using these products only put a band-aid on the problem. Maintaining your aquarium water is the best route IMO and that entails doing regular water changes for the health of your fish.
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by capekate
keeping a regular water change routine will ensure that your ammonia does not go up. Using these products only put a band-aid on the problem. Maintaining your aquarium water is the best route IMO and that entails doing regular water changes for the health of your fish.
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Hi!
In the UK they sell this stuff called 'Easy balance' which is supposed to make you only need water changes every 6 months!  Made by Tetra...
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April 3rd, 2008
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Its amazing what they try to sell out there....  ( and I dont mean the UK.. I mean.. everywhere...) |
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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wow every 6 months?? that would be great.
but aren't you supposed to do like 25% water change every week once your tank is cycled and everything?
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by capekate
keeping a regular water change routine will ensure that your ammonia does not go up. Using these products only put a band-aid on the problem. Maintaining your aquarium water is the best route IMO and that entails doing regular water changes for the health of your fish.
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I don't know if you are insinuating i keep poor water or anything, I do a 50% water change weekly and i have a filter for 150 gallon tank in my 75 gallon. Sometimes things happen that are out of your control. If you were making that comment insinuating i need to be more diligent on my upkeep, i resent it... |
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April 3rd, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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They've got it here in the U.S. too.  It's products like these that make people think it's ok to not do water changes....
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