joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
is it ok to put dechlorinater in saltwater that used RO water and salt mix to make?
declorinater in saltwater help
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Ted
Living one day at a time
for what purpose? and which product?
joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
I forgot the name of the exact product but my purpose is to remove amonia and this declorinater (the one I have) does that very will
Ted
Living one day at a time
That would be Prime more then likely. It doesnt remove ammonia it detoxifies it. Which in turn makes it easier to be converted into nitrite then nitrate. I have used Prime a lot for different reasons but mainly to protect fish in a established system from a minni cycle. Ro water should not have any ammonia in it to begin with. It wont hurt anything and prime does not mess with the skimmer like pretty much every other declor does. If you have detectable ammonia then by all means use it, other wise its just a waste of money.
joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
that was another thread that I need help on
Northstar24
The Tang Herder
Linking all your threads together isn't going to get you more help
As far as dechlorinator goes - why would you even need to use it on RO/DI water? The whole point of an RO/DI system is to remove things from the water. If it is working correctly, you wont have any chlorine in your water
As far as dechlorinator goes - why would you even need to use it on RO/DI water? The whole point of an RO/DI system is to remove things from the water. If it is working correctly, you wont have any chlorine in your water
joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
I am not using it to remove chlorine I wanted to use it for amonia but I will try prime
BL1
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If you're using ro/Di water then there shouldn't be any ammonia present.
joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
so this is how it goes I have a filter that was on my freshwater tank and I took out the media (the one for the good baceria and I squezed it out and made sure it was very clean and I put it back and set up the filter on my saltwater fish tank then I filled it up with saltwater made from ro water and then after a while I put in live sand and the same day I put in live rocks thats all I did and then a few days later I tested the water for amonia and the test read 0.25-0.50 amonia in my tank.
Kelz88
Got Reef?
Thats most likely from the freshwater bacteria. Even though you rinsed it off very well any bacteria left over would have died in the saltwater. Is this a new tank? If so I would just let it cycle, if it is your tank with fish I would start mixing water and get ready to do some water changes.
joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
do I need to add a piece of shrimp or will it cycle without it I want it to cycle as fast as possable
Kelz88
Got Reef?
just let the ammonia do its thing. It will take time though.
joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
how do I speed it up?
BL1
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You don't, it's gonna take however long it takes.
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
Patience is a virtue.
joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
about how long will it take
Kelz88
Got Reef?
It can be as quick as 2 weeks, or it can take as long as 8. Just keep testing ammonia and nitrite and when both of those are zero you will be able to bring down your nitrates with a water change and get your first fish for the tank.
joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
how often should I test and how long do they have to be at or near 0 before I can say the tank is cycled
Kelz88
Got Reef?
At zero. I tested wayyyyyy to much (like every day) so i would be a bad example lol.
