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[angelminx]

I have a question I meant to ask quite a while ago, and somehow never got around to it.  Carl, you have mentioned Seachem's Cichlid Lake Salt in you articles (I haven't used anything like that so far).  Way back when I 1st found the AAP site, I had looked up Seachem's site, and they mention a product called American Cichlid Salt.  Do you know anything about it ?  I haven't seen it anywhere besides on their site, and was just wondering if that should be used (?instead) for a South American tank, or if the "Lake" salt is really a better choice?  Does it matter?

Angelminx

PS, I titled this thread Seachem Products since they have a wide variety of them, and I'm sure others may have questions about them at some time or another .

[Carl]

AAP has it on the SeaChem Page:
www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Seachem.html#cichlid

Basically this product is a mix of sodium chloride salt, GH minerals, & KH Buffers

This can used when water changed, but is not best for in between water change GH and KH boosting

Carl

[angelminx]

Carl,

I just saw an ad in the November 2008 issue of Aquarium Fish Magazine/International about a product from Kordon that I was wondering about. I don't remember having heard of it, it is called Rid-Metals which is supposed to "instantly detoxify" lead, copper zinc and other heavy metals from aging pipes, public water supplies or contaminated water. I know that many of the houses in the town I used to live in were OLD and had copper piping, so I was wondering about it. Have you heard/know anything about this?

[Carl]

Apr 3, 2015 0:01:15 GMT -5 angelminx said:

Carl,

I just saw an ad in the November 2008 issue of Aquarium Fish Magazine/International about a product from Kordon that I was wondering about. I don't remember having heard of it, it is called Rid-Metals which is supposed to "instantly detoxify" lead, copper zinc and other heavy metals from aging pipes, public water supplies or contaminated water. I know that many of the houses in the town I used to live in were OLD and had copper piping, so I was wondering about it. Have you heard/know anything about this?

i have generally not had a provable problem with metals in the aquarium water. Even when these are higher, I simply blended tap water with RO water.
Then any amounts that were still high were generally neutralized with SeaChem Prime

Here are a couple of outside links:
www.kordon.com/kordon/products/water-conditioner/rid-metals#purposes-benefits!
www.seachem.com/support/forums/archive/index.php/t-2166.html

As well our Aquarium Answers Article that has some information on the suject:
www.aquarium-pond-answers.com/2007/04/aquarium-water-conditioners.html

Carl

[devonjohnsgard]

Great question and answer. Learned something.

[angelminx]

Hi Carl,

I was just looking over the AAP site, trying to prioritize my next order (what do I want; what do I need; what can I do without....and how soon should I place my next order) and noticed the addition of Sachem Safe.  I hadn't heard of it before (I am assuming it's new...or maybe I just didn't notice it before) and was wondering how it compares to Prime:

     *in value ($) {...remember, I'm not good at math, and it is a larger amount}
     *in ease of use (for example, measuring it out when treating small amounts of water)
     *in "activity"  (I noticed the info gave different dosages for different "problems", where Prime "covers it all" in the general usage)
     *and how does the powder compare to the liquid in general

Thanks

Angelminx

[angelminx]

I tried to edit the previous post, and the changes didn't take ....I had noted that the "R" in the title of the thread was missing, and I don't know if there's a way to fix it.

[Carl]

Angelminx;
From the AAP SeaChem webpage:
"SeaChem Safe is the concentrated powdered version of Prime™ and is the complete and concentrated dry conditioner for both fresh and salt water."

www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Seachem.html#safe

Dosages are much different since this is very concentrated.

While Prime is quite efficient as per cost per use, Safe is much more so and is aimed at keepers of many aquariums and in particular large aquariums/ponds

Carl

[angelminx]

Thanks Carl.

I don't need Prime just yet, but when I'm ready for it, if I'm not cash-strapped (like that ever happens LOL) I'll order the Safe instead.

Angelminx