Lets talk drip acclimation, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

[Pepere]

I use Seachems Equilibrium and Alkalinity buffer.

 

their instructions for Equilibrium working from memory is 1 tablespoon added to 20 gallons raises hardness 3 degrees.

 

likewise 1 teaspoon of Alkalinity buffer raises kh  2.8 degrees when added to 20 gallons.  
 

And after dosing you can run a test and confirm the results match what they said.

 

”To detoxify nitrite in an emergency, up to 5 times normal dose may be used. If temperature is > 30 °C (86 °F) and chlorine or ammonia levels are low, use a half dose.

 

“When should I use the emergency dose of 5 x the recommended amount of Prime®?

A: If your ammonia or nitrite levels are above 2 ppm, you can safely use up to 5 x the recommended amount.“

 

And Oh, by the way there are no tests you can use to verify that the supposed action has occured.  , dosing is good for 48 hours, but you can redose in 24,  no mention as to how high a level of ammonia prime will protect against…. …  will it protect if you have 8ppm ammonia?  Or 16?   As a fishkeeper tou have no way of knowing. Seachem  and Fritz give no guidance..

 

yeah, no thanks.  I will do a water change because after I do that I can test the water and know that the ammonia nitrites and nitrates are low….  And I will be using the dechlorinator in the water change….  And if it somehow helps with residual ammonia nitrite or nitrate after the water change,  Great,  I dont mind the help…

 

Very simply the marketing and dosage instructions along with no way to verify if it works gives me zero confidence to add it and call it a day without water changing the stuff away.  I am not going assert it is snake oil and without any benefit, but neither company gives me any reason to trust it other than for dechlorination of tap water…

Edited March 24 by Pepere

[Pepere]

On a different note, I just got a shipment of 10 Espei “Lambchop Rasboras and 10 Green Neon Tetras from Aqua Huna today.  Label created Wednesday around 1:00.  In Washington State.  Package delivered in Minot, Maine by 12:00 noon.

 

Way to go USPS… under 48 hours cross country!

And I am impressed with Aqua Huna with this shipment.  Ammonia under 1 ppm in bag water,  ph 6.8, nitrite 0, nitrate 20 ppm.  KH 4 GH 5.

 

my last shipment from a different seller arrived with 16 ppm ammonia in the bag…

 

given low ammonia had kh gh been significantly off from my tanks I would have considered following Aqua Huna acclimation recommendation of adding a bit of tank water to bag water over time, but since we are a close match I opted to plop and drop…

Edited March 24 by Pepere