Over dose on Prime?

[TheAngelfish]

Hello, I was setting up a 20 gallon Dwarf seahorse tank and while putting in the salt water, I mixed in some Prime but, being in a rush I pour half of the 8.5 floz bottle into the tank! :facepalm: :thumbdown :headwallblue: :uhoh2:. The tank just got set up so no fish for a long time. Is this bad? I don't have a protein skimmer on it yet but am going to buy on on 6/25/2014. How many times do i have to dose for it to be lethal because its 5 ml for 50 gallons. (P.s The reason why this happened is that when I pour the Prime into a cap it is over the tank to prevent any spills on the floor)


Thanks for any help provided

 

[Allmost]

nothing to worry about, you are safe.

it might slow down your cycle ... nutralizing some ammonia while your bioligical filter takes care of it in 24 hours.

should be all gone within a day.

 

[luamada]

i have a question. I have used prime yesterday and the amonia still high. I am not sure what caused the amonia yet... I am thinking it could have been the snail that died (turbo Huge). When I took it off of the tank it smelled like rotten eggs and contaminated the whole room with that smell. I am not sure how long it was dead in the tank. How often should I use Prime. I am going to test it right now again but I think something is wrong because my anemone is closed and so is the zoas.. please help.

 

[SteveDColorado]

It depends on your test kit. Prime converts ammonia to ammonium which can give you a false positive.

Many people use the Seachem stick on tester as it does not confuse ammonium for ammonia.

The rotten egg smell was hydrogen sulfide caused by the rotting tissue going anerobic, I'm guessing it was buried in the sand so the bacteria breaking down the flesh didn't have access to O2. The hydrogen sulfide is VERY toxic to fish and inverts. I would do a massive water change ASAP.

 

[luamada]

is there a test for hydrogen? i justed tested amonia 0 nitrite 0.2 and nitrate 15. what should i do? keep using prime to lower nitrite? i already cut down on food,... ;-(

 

[jccaclimber]

Not sure about salt, but over in freshwater land completely stopping feeding for 2-3 days is a common addition to clearing up ammonia spikes. The theory being that a healthy organism cab survive that long without food and it lessens the bioload on the tank.

 

[Dmorty217]

is there a test for hydrogen? i justed tested amonia 0 nitrite 0.2 and nitrate 15. what should i do? keep using prime to lower nitrite? i already cut down on food,... ;-(

Keep using prime to eliminate the nitrites