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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Prime '''is a commercial [[water conditioner]] made by [http://www.seachem.com/ Seachem].<br />
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This is a high quality liquid product that is highly respected by aquarist hobbyists throughout the World.<br />
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By adding it to your aquarium water you can instantly remove [[chlorine]], [[chloramine]] and renders the released [[ammonia]] nontoxic for 24 hours <ref>[http://www.seachem.com/support/forums/showthread.php?t=3148 "Prime's life in a freshwater tank"]</ref>. It also detoxifies [[nitrite]] and [[nitrate]] so that they too have no ill effect on the aquatic animals in your tank.<br />
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It renders toxic Ammonia into nontoxic [[Ammonium]] which nitrifying bacteria can still consume. <br />
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It also detoxifies any [[heavy metals]] that may be present in your tap water.<br />
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Available in different sizes bottles, 5ml of this liquid per {{L|200}} can remove 0.8&nbsp;mg/L [[ammonia]], 1.2&nbsp;mg/L [[chloramine]], or 3.3&nbsp;mg/L [[chlorine]]. Or putting it another way, 1ml can detoxify a {{L|40}} tank of the above levels.<br />
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*Seachem claims it is the second highest concentrated water conditioner on the market after their other product [[Aquavitro Alpha]].<ref>[http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Prime.html "Prime® is the second most concentrated dechlorinator on the market"]</ref><br />
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*Seachem also sells Prime in its dry powder form as [http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Safe.html Safe]<br />
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*Seachem claim it doesn't significantly reduce oxygen in the water unless, seriously overdosed or there is no nitrogen compounds to remove.<ref>[http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3278869&postcount=126 Over-dosing Prime reduces oxygen? - Official reply by Gmerice Lafayette-Research Manager of Seachem]</ref><br />
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*Seachem claim that by using five times the normal dosage it will remove Nitrate.<ref>[http://www.seachem.com/support/forums/showthread.php?t=2808 Prime Dosage for Nitrate Removal]</ref><br />
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==Use==<br />
Aquarists can use this daily in conjunction with a bacteria starter product like [[Stability]], [[BIO-Spira]] or [[Safestart]] to instantly make up a new aquarium safely within 24 hours and cause no harm to the animals with a typical cycling time of 5 days or less.<br />
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==Special notes==<br />
Prime like all other water conditioners will cause most common test kits to read a false high nitrogen level.<br />
For example if testing for ammonia, [[Salicylate]] or [[Nessler]] based kits determine the total ammonia by raising the pH of the test solution to 12 or greater. At this high pH all ammonia removal products will breakdown and re-release the ammonia, thus giving you a false ammonia reading (it was probably only [[Ammonium]]). Same goes for nitrite or nitrate.<br />
*Seachem's [http://www.seachem.com/Products/Testing.html Multitest] Ammonia kit use a different method and therefore their kit reading is not affected by any water conditioner chemical. But their Nitrate/Nitrite multitest kit will be. <ref>Seachem Support - [http://www.seachem.com/support/forums/showthread.php?t=4055 Prime and Nitrite levels]</ref><br />
*Tip: Leave a sample of the water out in a cup for 24 hours and retest it for ammonia then. Any Prime in the sample will have gone by then.<br />
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==Availability==<br />
This product is usually found in the better range of aquarium and pet shops in USA and Europe. It is widely available online.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Links==<br />
*[http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Prime.html Prime by Seachem]<br />
*[http://www.seachem.com/support/FAQs/Prime.html Prime FAQ by Seachem]<br />
*See also [[Water conditioners]]<br />
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==Stockists==<br />
*[http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/ UK - AQUAessentials]<br />
*[http://www.aquatics-online.co.uk/ UK - Aquatics online]<br />
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