Correct way of using Nutrafin water conditoner

[Marine_Tank]

Hi All,

Have just purchased a bottle of Nutrafin water conditioner (aqua+plus). According to the instructions, I will have to double the dosage for salt water aquarium.

However, I think this "double dosage" rule should not be applied because I am only adding it to tap water for topping up water and not for new marine tank set-up.

Can someone advise how to use this product ? I am thinking of filling up empty bottles (x1 liter) containers for topping up water only. How much dosage should I use then ? Is there a better and efficient way of doing this ? Do I need to use a special dropper to get the correct dosage if I am only preparing a few water bottles at a time ?

By the way, I read from many threads here that this product will cause a lot of foaming in the protein skimmer. Will this phenomenon happen if you use it mainly for water topping-up and not routine water change ?

Hope someone can share his/her method in using this anti-chlorine/chloramine water conditioner.

[Tanzy]

If you are using a protein skimmer, it will foam once you use this product in the tank. I think you'll want to consider another brand of product.

[Marine_Tank]

Hi,

I guess the foam should be quite manageable since I am only using it to top-up evaporated water right ?

Thought of using it anyway since I have alredi bought the product. Forgot that there will be foaming problem when I purchased this Nutrafin product.

Hope to hear some advice from you folks : )

[Tanzy]

Why don't you try it out once and find out? Then we can all knowfor sure.

[Marine_Tank]

Well, I may try it out 1st. Read from one thread that you can turn off the protein skimmer for a few hours when you use it 1st. In this way, the foam will not be formed as the main ingredient of this product will have alredi mixed completely with the tank water by then.

However, I am still hoping that someone can share his/her idea on the correct dosage becos I am only preparing a few bottles of top-up water at at time which require very minute quantity of this anti-chlorine agent i.e. 0.14 ml per 1 liter of top-up water (1 bottle capacity)

[terryansimon]

from freshwater experience, you can't overdose this thing.

what I do for my FW setup was one normal sized pail, and two and a half pumps of the big nutrafin bottle. thats it.

as for the foaming phenomenon, read up on one of the threads that I posted. I wrote in to Hagen for an explanation and I got one. quite informative. (=

[ozy]

I still won't advise using it. I used it once and the skimmer foamed up immediately. I am using an external pump + skimmer and it spill salt water all over the place.

[ervine]

Same.. instant foam, and likewise spilled over onto my floor