blusafe
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Greetings from Singapore!
Thinking about adding ammonia remover (Seachem Prime, API Ammo-Lock, DRS Instant Ammonia Remover, etc) to my QT. What adverse effects would these products have on saltwater fish-only quarantine? Drastically lower pH? Deplete oxygen?
Specs: ~12 gal, daily 3-4 gal change, med. yellow tang, 3 small ocellaris, 1x ~3inch algae blenny. All specimens appear mildly stressed (tang has that annoying white line across its body), but otherwise eating pellets 2-3 times/day and frozen food 1/day. ZERO bio filtration media and minimal coarse surfaces due to suspected ich presence. No positive ich yet, but the merchant is not the most hygienic. Product would be dosed in the make-up water not in the actual QT.
I do not test for NH4 directly, but do use SeaChem's Ammonia Alert. Yes, I am lazy but have run three "actual" tests which show comparable readings. For the past few days I've been in an "alert" status ~0.05 mg/L.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
Thinking about adding ammonia remover (Seachem Prime, API Ammo-Lock, DRS Instant Ammonia Remover, etc) to my QT. What adverse effects would these products have on saltwater fish-only quarantine? Drastically lower pH? Deplete oxygen?
Specs: ~12 gal, daily 3-4 gal change, med. yellow tang, 3 small ocellaris, 1x ~3inch algae blenny. All specimens appear mildly stressed (tang has that annoying white line across its body), but otherwise eating pellets 2-3 times/day and frozen food 1/day. ZERO bio filtration media and minimal coarse surfaces due to suspected ich presence. No positive ich yet, but the merchant is not the most hygienic. Product would be dosed in the make-up water not in the actual QT.
I do not test for NH4 directly, but do use SeaChem's Ammonia Alert. Yes, I am lazy but have run three "actual" tests which show comparable readings. For the past few days I've been in an "alert" status ~0.05 mg/L.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
