Prime conditioner

Get a bottle that holds a little over 500 ml and put 495 ml distilled or DI/RO water in it and 5 ml (1 cap) of Prime. 500 ml now treats 50 gallons. 50 / 2.5 = 20, so 500 ml / 20 = 25, so 25 ml will treat a 2.5 gallon tank. Much easier to deal with than dividing up a cap full.
 
AnDr3w said:
Hmmm. Or we can read the instuctions on the back too. :)
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Thats what i was thinking, but you said it..........:grinyes:
 
hitman12131976 said:
I've read up on both Prime (by Seachem) and NovAqua+ (by Kordon). I decided to go with the NovAqua+ because of some extra benefits based on slime coats and vitamins. Also because I have AmQuel+ already and I don't just want to throw that bottle away. Once I'm done with both of those bottles (16 Oz.), then I might go with Prime. Either one is a good choice, though.
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'slime coat enhancers' = snake oil

:)

novaqua is a pretty good dechlorinator, but that's about it. ;)
 
I am in the minority here..:)

I have been using a traditional dechlorinator that contains sodium thiosulphate (Hagen Aqua Plus) for the last 15 years or so and have never made the switch.

I don't really need the nitrite/ammonia neutralizing capabilities of Prime because all my tanks have been cycled and established for years. It has been years since I last had a nitrite or ammonia spike..

Prime is cheap because it is very concentrated, but the Aquaplus is pretty concentrated too.

the turn off for me is that Prime is about twice the cost of the stuff I am using now for the same amount...

I buy a 2 litre bottle of the dechlor, and it costs 29.99 canadian.

the same size bottle of Prime is 69.99 canadian.

Now, it probably treats more, but I cant justify switching when what I am using has been working so well for so long.

count me in the minority who does not use Prime.

and besides, Prime smells bad so I hear.
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12 Volt Man said:
I am in the minority here..:)

I have been using a traditional dechlorinator that contains sodium thiosulphate (Hagen Aqua Plus) for the last 15 years or so and have never made the switch.

I don't really need the nitrite/ammonia neutralizing capabilities of Prime because all my tanks have been cycled and established for years. It has been years since I last had a nitrite or ammonia spike..

Prime is cheap because it is very concentrated, but the Aquaplus is pretty concentrated too.

the turn off for me is that Prime is about twice the cost of the stuff I am using now for the same amount...

I buy a 2 litre bottle of the dechlor, and it costs 29.99 canadian.

the same size bottle of Prime is 69.99 canadian.

Now, it probably treats more, but I cant justify switching when what I am using has been working so well for so long.

count me in the minority who does not use Prime.

and besides, Prime smells bad so I hear.
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HOLY CRAP! i pay 29.99 american for my large bottle of prime. that's insane! i know the exchange rate isnt double, now is it?
 
wow.. that's insane. i'd try to find some site that sold at american prices and shipped to CA.

cuz here, Prime really is worth the price. but at 70.00 CA, there's no way i would either.
 
mind you, 2 litres of Prime must treat a hell of a lot of water..

but it takes me a long enough time to go through the two litre bottle of the stuff I am using now, even with 340 gallons worth of tanks right now..

long term, it might even be cheaper to use it if it is more concentrated, but in the short term, I can't justify the immediate increase..
 
thats the one thing I actually don't like about some of the seachem products.

they are super concentrated.

when I worked at the LFS, this lead to two problems:

1. we had tanks overdosed on fertilizer (excel and flourish I think) more than once..now granted, its from people not properly reading the directions, but accidents can happen when calculating doseages if you are not..um...'mathematically inclined' lol...

thus, when someone thinks they are putting in enough excel for 50 gallons and actually put in enough for 500..well, lets just say that plants will melt in a day with that much excel..:)

2. the other thing I don't understand from a business perspective is Seachem products are almost TOO concentrated.

ie. customers by one bottle of their solution and don't have to buy any more for 6 or 8 months.

great for us as hobbyists..but not great for Seachem itself or the stores that sell it..


from a company standpoint it is puzzling why Seachem would do this, since it is not to their advantage to have this happen.

you want customers to buy your products on a regular basis... not once a year :)

its hard to keep making money that way, particularly if your products are similarly priced to other competiting products that customers have to buy on a more frequent basis...
 
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