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  1. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    People who have gotten cheap pH meters often end up regretting it. Use pH calibration fluids (or powder) to check calibration. Don't use distilled water. Draw water into a container and test there. I put the probe in a 50 mL glass beaker for 5 min and then read. Then shake the probe dry and cap. Don't let the probe sit in water as it will degrade.
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    Potassium permanganate is used as a disinfectant and can sometimes treat some external infections. There are probably other uses. It's an oxidizer as is chlorite which would react with a dechlorinator the same way chlorine would react. I'm not sure what the problem would be other than making the treatment less effective.
  3. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    Yeah, I bought generic reagents: Vs. The nitrate test is actually 50 tests not 25.
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    Nearly all bacteria that cause infections in fish are normal residents of the aquatic environment. Some even live in or on the fish themselves. Stress of almost any kind (aggression, temp fluctuations, low oxygen, etc.) can lead to infection. Organic waste build-up is a big one as this is what the bacteria normally feed on and it leads to overpopulation as well as suppressing the immune systems of fish. There are even more direct mechanisms such as organic matter enhancing the ability of Columnaris to attach to gill tissue.
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    Nitrofurans are believed to not be absorbed from the water hence only useful for external infections. Kanamycin in Kanaplex is under-dosed 17-fold which is probably why most people report that it does nothing. Assuming it is caused by a bacterial infection, there's a good chance it's Aeromonas which should be treated with ciprofloxacin. 1,000 mg per 10 gal per day for 7-10 days with a large water change in between daily doses.
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    Prime is the most expensive option for neutralizing bleach. Sodium thiosulfate is probably the cheapest.
  7. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    You can also try power cycling it.
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    The ammonia salicylate method is prone to false positives especially from amino acids. There are a fair number of reports of off-the-charts dark green API ammonia results where the fish are fine. Most of the time this is due to people using Ammo Lock whose SDS indicates it's an amine. I think with a 40X overdose and no obvious ammonia reading this isn't the case with TSS. Maybe if the bacteria die off and start to decompose.
  9. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    Pipes are better than pipes plus water heater.
  10. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    Is corrosion in drinking water systems a problem? If not then all the concern over "heavy metals" is unjustified. As well as the corrosion control programs implemented by municipal drinking water plants.
  11. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    Seachem says that Prime doesn't convert ammonia to ammonium and instead forms an iminium salt. I think the reason so many people believe it converts ammonia to ammonium is because that's the only way the know of to detoxify ammonia. Converting NH3 to NH4 without changing pH just isn't believable to me.
  12. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    Can you write out the reaction for me?
  13. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    OK, I thought you were trying to say that you could average the three readings for accuracy rather than getting 3 numbers you couldn't trust.
  14. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    Why a 3-pack of digital thermometers?
  15. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    Doesn't sound healthy to me.
  16. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    It doesn't make sense since Fritz ACCR has the same dechlorinating ingredient as Hikari Ultimate. It's basically Ultimate without all the extras. And of course there are plenty of people who have used Ich-X with Prime and any of the other dechlorinators w/o issue. Ich treatments are inherently somewhat dangerous and also not guaranteed to work 100% of the time. I don't see this changing b/c of your choice of dechlorinator. If you're really concerned, grab some API Tap Water Conditioner. It's plain sodium thiosulfate.
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    Yeah, I couldn't find any with a quick-ish search.
  18. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    There are probably a bunch of 3D printed risers out there.
  19. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    Stability is heterotrophic bacteria which competes with the autotrophic bacteria you want. I wouldn't use it at all. If it's a false positive due to Ammo Lock I would do water changes. If it's real ammonia I would also do water changes.
  20. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    The natural way is with limestone and a 10,000 year wait.
  21. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    Nope.
  22. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    Low-ish pH can make ammonia non-toxic as well.
  23. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    In theory, yes.
  24. Coronal Mass Ejection Carl
    The API ammonia test can't tell the difference between ammonia, ammonium, and ammonia supposedly bound to Prime. It won't cause it to read ammonia that doesn't exist in some form though. Ammo Lock is an amine and the salicylate ammonia method sometimes reads those as ammonia. It will read ammonia that isn't there. If Ammo Lock is the problem and it's only been a week you might need to do a few more to clear it out.
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    How many/big water changes have you done since using Ammo Lock? It can cause off the chart false positive ammonia readings and might take a few water changes to remove before that effect is gone.
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