Lesa Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) I am new to having fish and have learned a lot in past few weeks about what it takes to care for them. I have been watching a lot of the video's which are a big help, Thank you. My question is, I had already bought the fish the day I got the tank and had no clue about cycling a tank till after I got them in there. So I went to the store and got Seachem Prime to keep in the water to bind the ammonia until the tank becomes cycled. I have added a few plants and check the water everyday. I change the water every other day about 50%. I have a lot of decoration in the tank also for Beneficial Bacteria to grow on. I added the Beneficial Bacteria Balls in there to help speed up the process. So far I haven't noticed any in there from the test. Its been about 3 weeks. I noticed today that my fish have Ich starting. I ordered the Ich-x from Aquarium Co-Op to help get rid of Ich. I read that I cant put it in the tank with the Prime. My question is what should I do? If I quite using Prime and the ammonia spikes my fish will die. I have Mollies, Tetras, and Mystery Snails in the 20 gallon tank. Edited January 3, 2021 by Lesa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 You can't.use prime with ich x it sulfonate based with ich x do 30%water change Daly before each dose you can use API stress coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesa Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 I used Ultimate not prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Ultimate is also sulfonate based it interferes with the meds makeing them less effective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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