Incredibly helpful, thanks for reaching out to them and sharing with us!

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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.

Thank you for this informative video. As always you cut through the hype and give useable information on great topics. Much appreciated

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome

Thanks as always. Going the extra mile for yr viewers 👍🐡🇬🇧

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you there’s so much conflicting knowledge & my nitrites were still wacko after water changes this was very helpful!!! SUBSCRIBED

Thank you for the clarification, btw your budgies sound very happy

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! And yeah they're quite spoiled lol

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 🐠

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Thank you!! Love this stuff

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Bro, thank you for sharing this!!

YEA JUST GOT IT BUT THOUGHT IT WILL DO BETTER THEN WHAT YOU SAID , THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFO

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome

Very helpful information, thanks

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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!

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

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!

Well done sir! Shared!

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very helpful. Thank you. 👍

Thanks that cleared up A LOT

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome

Thanks for the info.

Great video mate... thanks

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome

You are becoming my favorite fish/aquarium KZreadr. 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.

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that sounds like a nice planned setup!

@rdred8693

Жыл бұрын

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!

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.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man I really appreciate it! definitely going to have to come over and check out all your stuff once you get it going!

@sunsetaquatics1204

3 жыл бұрын

@@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....

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a plan!

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.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly I'm not sure why they don't provide that information to the hobbyist

@edward_grabczewski

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics Yup. In fact, the hobbyist could even be a professional chemist working for a water company! They should never underestimate their customers!

Your a life saver! Just in the way you explain things you make me understand it so much better thank you!

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome

@sarahwheatley5090

2 жыл бұрын

@@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:(

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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

@sarahwheatley5090

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

What are the nitrites at?

Great info bud ... did they say anything about redose

Thanks bro also nice devil in the back

Thanks

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?

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

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!

1/4 tsp for 75 gallon if using to reduce negative effects of ammonia 👍🏼

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.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

For 30 gallons you would use 3ml per dose.

Aww fantastic !

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.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@GEORGESTRONG

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

@showerpred1841

2 жыл бұрын

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

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.

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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

@Ellelazareet

2 жыл бұрын

@@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”.

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

So what you are seeing is a spike in nitrites about 17 hours after dosing? Am i understanding that right?

@Ellelazareet

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

and that sir is how you get Subscribed to!🏅

Do you recommend using this product regularly? Daily, weekly? Should we also use Seachem Stability? Thanks!

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?

How much do I add to a 3.5 gallon tank please and how often do I change the water 💧

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?

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?

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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

Hello everyone, if my fish tank needs two doses then can I put both at the same time?

Anyone ever add a drop or two to remove chloramine/chlorine from water for cats and dogs?

I have a 14 gallon tank my Ammonia is 1ppm so how much should I use? Please help

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.

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?

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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.

Awesome how much do I put in a 5 foot tank im doing salt change every 5 days also will it harm inverts cheers

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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 love seachem prime

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Me too it's a great product

Is it 24 hours or 48 hours detoxife nitrite?if i dose 5 times the ammount??

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 always double it. Thank god you can’t overdose 😂

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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.

What happens to the bonded ammonia and nitrates after 48 hours

First of all.. i didnt know "Action Bronson" was in to fish..hahaha second of all.. Thanks for the video!!

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 youd be amazed how many people say that i look like him!

seachem prime is my go to dechlorinator

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?

I have a 5 gallon tank with a black tetra fish how many drops and how often should I use it

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Use 1ml when you do a water change or when you need it for detoxifying

Will the levels still show in a test while detoxified so you can know when you have corrected the problem?

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Yes all the levels will still show when tested after adding prime

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?

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

4ml for a single dose on a 40

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 !

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Very true!

@faresferdjallah2064

Жыл бұрын

Hi could please tell me what is the name of powder brand do you used?

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 :(

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@technotim22

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Can you add this ever other day in the tank. Also can you add it in the tank with the fish in it?

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

How often should you use it? Ive been using it only with water changes in my 125 gallon.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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

@luvmywetpets

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics Thanks, just what I thought, just asking your opinion. :-)

Thanks I will give it a try so how much do I use for a 100 litre tank is it 2 drops a dose?

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Youll want to use 2.5-3ml per dose or half a cap full

@robertflink8017

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics Thanks

After the 24/48 hrs have passed is there need to re dose the tank again?

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

If there is still ammonia or nitrite present yes

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?

What do you do if your ammonia reads off the scale?

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Big water change to get that number down to where it's treatable

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

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't use both since they are both dechlorinators

@burthuffman2802

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics Thank you I was wondering about the slime coat on them. Thnx!

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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

@burthuffman2802

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics Thank You !

1 mg/l is equivalent to 1 ppm, just incase someone is unsure.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Correct 1 mg/L is equivalent to 1ppm

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 🙈

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Yep that's exactly it

@stevo987

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics good stuff bud, will keep at it. Thanks and love the uploads! 👍👍

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@stevo987

2 жыл бұрын

@@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 😖😖

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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

How often do I use seachem prime for my axolotl every day or every time I do water change (once a week)

@TrafishAquatics

Жыл бұрын

During water changes

how would you ever know if you had 5ppm or 10ppm of whatever your testing for. what test are using to determine that?

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

API freshwater master test kit to test for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate.

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.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's safe to continue what your doing

@RB-ki9zb

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics Thank you

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

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@meganmiller1612

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics ok thank you.

Can I put more while the fish are in the tank? My water isn’t clear it’s blurry type.

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

You can but test your water to see what your levels are and treat accordingly

Should I turn off all filters and air pumps when doing a water change?

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

No that's not necessary

@Johno2429

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics thanks

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

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

It's very possible it's from the ammonia

@kimpossible1187

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics thank you I hope the water change and prime helps

on my bottle it say 2 drops per 4L

@TrafishAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Smaller bottles have different directions but is used the same way

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

@tomkok2936

3 жыл бұрын

What about that Hikari food? Do i need to rotate food for them or no?

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@tomkok2936

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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

@tomkok2936

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@catwomanva

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@ariinalight9937

3 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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?

@fabienneisore7831

3 жыл бұрын

I was told that yes, your readings may be off for a couple of days.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

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.

What about nitrate?

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!

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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

@djexit

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics Sir it is hard for me to have an RODI its too expensive...that is SAD for me.

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

How big of a tank did you want to run as saltwater

@djexit

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics 50

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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=

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

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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

@kimberlyvito186

2 жыл бұрын

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@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I've never heard of it

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?

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

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

@TheRealTigTig

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics thank you.

I accidentally added 4 caps full into my 20 gallon is that okay??

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

That's deffinately an overdose, do a 50% water change and make sure you have enough aeration in the tank

Not the thing is how much of each dose does seachem safe detoxify

we have well water, no chlorine so wonder what that means

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

If you have no chlorine you probably don't need to use prime as a water conditioner

Will this hurt anything if you overdose it?

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

If dosed more than the 5x max amount it could deplete oxygen levels

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I bought a bottle week and noticed it smells really bad. My other brands don’t smell as bad. Is that normal?

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Yep that's normal

@andreaduncan1886

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics Ok good, thank you

Is one cap full good for a 5 gallon tank

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

One cap full is a 4x dose for a 5 gal

@apaulmcdonough2170

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Thanks for the video..just wondering if I need to remove carbon in my filter if I use prime? Thanks :)

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Carbon should not have any effect on prime

Only dechlorinator I recommend to our customers out here in South Africa. It doesn't interfere with ph. Our KH is non existent here. European brands smash the ph.

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, it's a good product!

Says on the bottle 1 cap per 200ltrs

@TrafishAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Correct, 1 capful is 5ml which will treat 50 gallons/200L

Can you put fish in the same day with prime?

@TrafishAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Prime isnt a bacterial additive just a dechlorinator, if you want to add fish the same day i would highly reccomend a bottle of fritz turbo start 700

@debra2700

Жыл бұрын

@@TrafishAquatics I bought a new 20 gallon tank and watched Kaveman's video on how to do a fish in cycle using Prime and Stability so I bought a beautiful $45 female betta. I only put her in the tank to prevent too much waste being created and ammonia and nitrites overwhelming my tank with too many fish and I put in a heater and live plants. I bought a API Master Test Kit and everything was perfect this morning but it's cloudy which I know means my beneficial bacteria has a ways to go. I intend to add Prime and Stability every morning and test every morning to protect her from ammonia and other horrible things and wonder if you have any advice to add. Also, I ordered the test kit on Amazon because I was very disheartened that PetSmart, Petco and even the specialized store where I bought my betta from charges so much for the kit (as much as $15 more than on Amazon)when they should be encouraging people to buy them and no one even suggested the kit to me. I only knew about it from watching videos like yours and Kev's. Also, a water sample is required if a fish dies but places like Petco and PetSmart don't understand that the fish wouldn't have died from ammonia and nitrites with the Prime and Stability so is there a way to prove that the fish probably died from something that would allow me to get a refund? I'm going to do my very best to keep her healthy and happy but sometimes that's just not enough. I love your channel and appreciate your time if you respond.