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[gturmindright]

Why aren't you just using Cloram-X?

[finadic]

Cloram-X is the other product they make which is also excellent, the only difference between Cloram-X & the Ultimate is that the Cloram-X does not have the built in slim coating which is far superior to StressCoat or NovaQua in my option. If you feel the slipperyness of the Hikari Ultimate which is way different than the others you will see. Excellent for newly imported fish which I do frequently, along with weekly water changes that I also do which is benifial to Reestablish the fishes slim coat. It’s 10ml per 30 gallons of water changed. You could also switch between the 2 products biweekly. Nothing but good results after throwing the Prime away & switching to Hikari Ultimate, or Cloram-X. Hope this helps, & all comments of my posts are personal opinion only.

[brianyelick]

Wow I never knew that walt thanks so much I just bought a gallon of the hikari ultimate and will be tossing my prime

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You can send your prime to me Brian. I have used it for YEARS without ever losing my cycle due to bacteria being killed off by sulphur. Infact it has saved my fish in more than 1 occassion. Lol.
As for the slime coat factor I cannot comment...

[finadic]

I too used prime for several years also, with cichlids only & with not many issues, even with the strong smell which I never knew that it was sulfur, till doing more in-depth research, and that most cichlids can tolerate small levels of ammonia, but I also keep some wild Amazonia species that can not tolerate any ammonia and after diving deeper into water chemistry I was surprised of the new founded results & with my personal opinion only
of what prime does & claims not to do & I was looking for a product a step above that actually removed amonia & not just detoxify it as prime only claims to do which is printed on the label. Unlike a few others others out there that actually do remove amonia which is what I was looking for & seemed to have found with Hikari Ultimate, & Hikari Cloram-X along with Dr. Tims which also claims to completely remove amonia, but I have not tried there product yet. The Primes in the mail. 😀 & all comments in posts are personal opinion only.

[gturmindright]

I was planning on going the other direction and just using api water conditioner to treat my water.

[mikevxr]

is Seachem not one of the sponsors of this site?

[finadic]

I think so, & Seachem makes many many wonderful products that I have personally bought over the decades & will continue to buy, & have a great support team you can speak to when needed, along an excellent company structure, & all comments in posts are personal opinion only.