any one use this product?
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If your water contains chloramine, when this product is used, it will add ammonia to your water when the chlorine is removed from the chloramine. As long as your biofilter (good bacteria) can handle the spike, you are good to go. The reason I like Prime is that it also binds that ammonia so its in a non-harmful form until the biofilter can process it.
Your product also adds botanical oils including aloe vera.
Your product also adds botanical oils including aloe vera.
I use Prime when doing every water change. Des Moines does use chloramine, which is made up a chlorine and ammonia. When a dechlor acts on chloramine, it breaks the bond between the chlorine and ammonia. The chlorine becomes a gas which quickly dissapates into the air, and the ammonia is left behind as a liquid in the water.
Speaking of Des Moines water (this may apply to other areas of the country and world), this time of year the nitrate level of tap water goes up. I keep a log of water tests and every 10 days or so I test my tap water too. I've been geting between 10 and 20 nitrates recently. This is common when ferts from farming are washed off the fields by rain.
I don't think it would be harmful, but I don't like the residue it puts on some types of plants. I've used Prime for years, back when I kept reef aquariums, have never had any problems with it, so continue to use it.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." is what I go by. HAHA!
Speaking of Des Moines water (this may apply to other areas of the country and world), this time of year the nitrate level of tap water goes up. I keep a log of water tests and every 10 days or so I test my tap water too. I've been geting between 10 and 20 nitrates recently. This is common when ferts from farming are washed off the fields by rain.
I don't think it would be harmful, but I don't like the residue it puts on some types of plants. I've used Prime for years, back when I kept reef aquariums, have never had any problems with it, so continue to use it.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." is what I go by. HAHA!
i hear ya. thats awesome you have been testing des moines water for a long time now. i knew the chloramine was high around here but i didnt have any idea that that stuff leaves the ammonia and higher nitrates left behind. i will be switching to prime once my bottle is up (almost gone).
that explains why i would have ammonia spikes in my tank in the past when i tested my water after a water change. i know wdm water is worse. thank gosh i live in des moines now but i know its not a whole lot better.
that explains why i would have ammonia spikes in my tank in the past when i tested my water after a water change. i know wdm water is worse. thank gosh i live in des moines now but i know its not a whole lot better.