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

Prime and Amquel are good conditioners if you need to treat chloramine. If you only have water with chlorine, you can use plain old sodium thiosulfate. Not too hard to find at some of the larger fish places...

I don't use any product that adds aloe or other slime coat enhancers. I don't know if it hurts or not, but it certainly isn't necessary and I doubt they add that extra stuff to the bottle for free...

Jim
 
Comparing the cost of Prime and Amquel to Stress Coat isn't a fair comparison; they neutralize chlorine and detoxify ammonia when treating chloriminated water; Stress Coat only neutralizes the chlorine. A better comparison, if one is to compare dechlorinators (with or without "slime coat enhancers" would be to look at something like Kent's Chlorinex:

From That Pet Place:

Stress Coat 16 oz. (treats 960 gallons) $4.69 (dechlorinates and removes chlorine component of chloramine; does not detox ammonia)

Chlorinex 16 oz. (treats 7000 gallons) $6.49

Or, from the link Slappy provides:
Crystal Clear Dechlorinator 1/2 lb. (treats 45,000 gallons) $8.99

Considering that all 3 are basic dechlorinators, I'd say the extras in Stress Coat add a bit to the price.

For reference:
Amquel 16 oz. (treats 960 gallon) $5.99 (dechlorinates and it detoxes ammonia)


Jim
 
Interesting comparisons there. AquariumFishGuy, with as many tanks as you have, you would save a ton of $$$ with the Crystal Clear Dechlorinator dry 1/2 lb. size @$8.99. It treats chlorine as well as chloramines. 45,000 gallons is alot of water...should last quite awhile.
 
Prime probably isn't cheaper per gallon, even compared to StressCoat, but that's because it is a different type of product.

Prime not only neutralizes chlorine but it also detoxes ammonia (similar to Amquel and AmmoLock). The other products (e.g., StressCoat, Chlorinex, etc.) only neutralize the chlorine and do nothing at all with ammonia (such as the ammonia freed when treating chloramine).

Jim
 
I dont find that I need any conditioners that treats ammonia as I dont have ammonia showing up in my water...and haven't now for many years.

...I do, however have a filter sponge which is supposed to rid the tank of any trace amounts of ammonia. Whether it works or not is beyond me but my fish manage without expensive water conditioners which is why I recommended Stress Coat.
 
Originally posted by aquariumfishguy
...my fish manage without expensive water conditioners which is why I recommended Stress Coat.
Click to expand...

I'd say you're already using an expensive water conditioner...

Stress Coat 16 oz. (treats 960 gallons) $4.69
Chlorinex 16 oz. (treats 7000 gallons) $6.49
Crystal Clear Dechlorinator 1/2 lb. (treats 45,000 gallons) $8.99

:confused:

Jim
 
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