Tapwater + Seachem Prime

[Firestarter]

A reefer told me that he's using tapwater with seachem prime for water changes.

Read up on seachem prime that it not only removes chlorine/chloramine, it also removes NH4, NO2, NO3 and some other metals.

If that is the case, I'm considering using it for my water changes instead of lugging distilled water. What do you guys recommend?

[Tian85]

Don't think it removed PO4 and silicate which are one of the nutrients that fuels the growth of algaes.

How can prime remove the impurities and other metals in the water when there are not filtering or tansporting media for all the nonsense in our tap water.

For FOWL you can still do this but if it is SPS tank, not possible unless you want to have macro algae display tank.

Happy reefing

[resser]

I have some prior experience with chlorine removers + tap water + salt mix. Your skimmer will remove green stuff on such a mix. You can summise that by adding chlorine remover, they stay in the water after having done their work, they don't just disappear.They might be harmless in the short term but the saltmix is not prestine, and I don't know the long term effect.

Some reefers simply use tap water with salt mix, they got it to work with their tank. Local water is quite good compared to say certain parts of USA, (we have about 7 TDS while they have over 30+). Fair warning, your milage may vary. I've since gone over to the dark side with RO/DI for peace of mind.

[angmoh]

i probably will treat the freshwater with biopellets or similar before adding salt mix.

[Firestarter]

I'm thinking of getting rowaphos to remove PO4. I'm more concerned about the NO3.

[Firestarter]

Thanks for the replies guys, angmoh, are you using tapwater too?

[LittleBurger]

Seachem prime got a smelly Weird smell. Prefer use the other brand Api with aloe Vera. Fish skin smooth smooth.