Hi all,
Well done Gee, looking very promising. I wrote
Prime wasn't suggested as a permanent answer, basically you can never have too much biological filtration capacity. I should also have said that Prime is definitely a reducing agent, so it will use some of the oxygen (O2) in the water and reduce the pH.
cheers Darrel
Well done Gee, looking very promising. I wrote
Big john is right about "Prime", it only temporarily binds ammonia. Seachem won't tell you how it works other than it "contains hydrosulfite" (could be either HSO2- or - O2S-SO2-) and "bisulfite" (HSO3-) it is not obvious whether these ingredients actually react with ammonia, or whether some other unnamed ingredients perform that function. Best guess would be that the reaction product is H2NCH2SO3Na, an aminomethanesulfonate salt."Another possibility is you could add a bit more "Prime" to the tank water, that will stop the ammonia going into the nitrogen cycle, if the nitrate is getting there by that route." Bigjohnofish replied "prime only delays the onset of ammonia... it bonds the ammonia up but breaks back down in your tank after a few days.... if your biological filter is up to scratch this isnt a problem as the ammonia is quickly converted into nitrite/nitrate.... if not you'll get another ammonia spike.... as good a product as prime is it has its problems too.... "
Prime wasn't suggested as a permanent answer, basically you can never have too much biological filtration capacity. I should also have said that Prime is definitely a reducing agent, so it will use some of the oxygen (O2) in the water and reduce the pH.
cheers Darrel