I've been using StressCoat for the past couple of years, but I'd like to move to something that doesn't contain Aloe Vera. Seachem's Prime seems to be highly rated, but here's my problem.
I do 25% water changes on my six freshwater tanks every two weeks, using a Python. My water supply has chloramines. Seachem's Prime seems to designed primarilly for saltwater tanks. Those folks mix their salt and chemicals into the water BEFORE dumping it in the tank, and Seachem instructs those folks to add the Prime to that new water in the correct amount before adding the water to the tank.
When doing a freshwater change using a python, there's no way to mix in the Prime first, so Seachem recommends adding enough Prime to treat the entire volume of the tank, rather than just enough to treat the new water.
Doing it that way, isn't Prime, itself, going to build up in my tank? Is anybody using Prime who just adds enough directly to the tank to treat the amount of new water (like I can get away with using Stress Coat)?
Thanks!
I do 25% water changes on my six freshwater tanks every two weeks, using a Python. My water supply has chloramines. Seachem's Prime seems to designed primarilly for saltwater tanks. Those folks mix their salt and chemicals into the water BEFORE dumping it in the tank, and Seachem instructs those folks to add the Prime to that new water in the correct amount before adding the water to the tank.
When doing a freshwater change using a python, there's no way to mix in the Prime first, so Seachem recommends adding enough Prime to treat the entire volume of the tank, rather than just enough to treat the new water.
Doing it that way, isn't Prime, itself, going to build up in my tank? Is anybody using Prime who just adds enough directly to the tank to treat the amount of new water (like I can get away with using Stress Coat)?
Thanks!
