a good water conditioner without aloe gel or anything making the water slimy.

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Hey now all,

I want to find a good chlorine, chloramine water conditioner that doesn't have aloe in it or anything making the water slimy.
I think I may try the marineland bio-safe. Do you all have any recomendations?

thanks!

take care,
Jared
 
That 'slimy' aloe is what puts that 'slimy' coating back onto the fish...

I would suggest using it ( I assume your taling about stress coat) at the recommned dosage.

If your heck bent on not using it, warley's watercare "chlor-out" works extremely well, without the slime. A .5 ounce bottle will treat 200 some odd gallons...

edit: Chlor-out doesn't remove/ neutralize ammonia.
 
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Marineland Biosafe is a good product...as is Seachem Prime. Aloe addition is uneccessary and it's helpfulness in aquariums is questionable.
 
thanks

hey now,

I am a bit skeptical about aloe helping the fish coat. I have read on here and other places that nothing has been proven that aloe actually does anything to help the fish. Some say aloe may inhibit the action of the gills.
And after seeing first hand how that stuff makes the water slimy I figure why bother. I believe the vitamins that are included in some water conditioners are far more effective than the aloe.

take care,
Jared
 
Originally posted by Slappy*McFish
Marineland Biosafe is a good product...as is Seachem Prime. Aloe addition is uneccessary and it's helpfulness in aquariums is questionable.
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Hmmm... I wasn't aware of that... I think this calls for some research on my part... I'm a big fan of stresscoat, maybe the times are changen' :confused:

Thanks for the heads up Slappy.

wigglejaggles: take my suggestion with a grain of salt ;)
 
Here is some info that you both might want to check out..

Aloe/Water conditioners
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/water/conditioners.shtml

Vitamins
http://www.dupla.com/e026.htm
Vitamin addition to the water is more than likely a futile exercise as there is no evidence that fish are capable of absorbing vitamins via the skin or gills...or even if the vitamins remain stable long enough to be absorbed at all. The best way to suppliment vitamins is to add them directly to the fishes' food.
 
hey now

slappy- thanks... I thought marineland bio-safe was slime free, and now that I know it is for sure I am gonna go ahead and get some.

Prom- thanks for taking the time to post! I bet half the crowd here is in favor of stress coat and half not.

ok thanks again guys!

take care,
Jared
 
Personally, I have used Stress Coat for years and years and none of my fish have died from using it... infact, none of my fish have died in like 6 years now. My older fish (goldfish around 17) and some tetras and cories (8+ years) are doing just fine with stress coat so I dont see a need to discontinue use. :confused:
 
I use and recommend Seachem Prime- one tiny capful treats 50 gallons so one bottle lasts forever.
I'm not a big fan of using anything that is not necessary and this stuff is "just the facts"- no useless additives.
 
I buy the stress coat because I have 18+ aquariums and dont have time or need to fuss over expensive water conditioners. Like I said, I might consider changing over water conditioners if I found the current stuff to be effecting my fish in a negative mannor but it seems that my fish are perfectly healthy so I shall stick with the cheap stuff!
 
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