Seachem Prime 500ml, Seachem prime the most popular water conditioner in the UK by a good margin. The product comes in seven sizes 50, 100, 250, 1000, 2000, and 4000ml. This size Seachem prime 500ml also happens to be the best seller in the range. So why is Seachem Prime 500ml prime water conditioner so popular? Well the main reason people give is price! Seachem prime 500 ml is the most cost effective most concentrated water condition currently available. At the time of writing 1 ml of Seachem prime when purchased in the Seachem Prime 500ml bottle costs 0.0418 pence. Compared to tetra Aquasafe that costs 0.0274 pence per ml or Interpret Bioactive Tap Safe at about the same price 0.027 pence per ml. At first glance the Aquasafe and Tapsafe look like a much better deal but they aren’t. When you work out the amount that each product can treat the results will shock you. We worked out an annual saving in £££ when using Seachem Prime 500ml Firstly, with internet prices being all over the place online we needed prices that would give us a reasonable fare outcome. So, we used the prices from the amazon website for all of the products. Aquasafe first 1 ml will treat 5 litres of water so a ten percent water change on a 180-litre fish tank would cost 9.86 pence. The cost is nearly the same with the tap safe 9.70 pence for a ten percent water change in a 180-litre aquarium. Obviously less than ten pence won’t break the bank but if we do a weekly water change of ten percent the yearly cost would be £5.13 for Aquasafe and £5.04 Tapsafe. Your 500 ml bottle would last 2.6 years. Now prime on the other hand 1 ml will treat an incredible 40 litres of water. Meaning the same water change would only need 2.2 ml. As opposed to circa 13.5 from the other products. Therefore, weekly water change cost is only 0.019 pence and the yearly sum would be £0.98 a saving of £4.11. So, there we have it a massive saving of over 80 percent compared to other products. Which means a Seachem Prime 500ml bottle based on a ten percent weekly water change on a 180 litre fish tank will last 4.37 years or 227 weeks used when using Seachem prime dosage instructions. Please support your local aquarium store and purchase a different water conditioner ? Safe for Coldwater tropical or marine aquariums. Chemical removes Chlorine and Chloramine. The science bit What does Seachem Prime 500ml do? This is what Seachem have to say. Nearly all pet aquatics companies manufacture a product that removes chlorine. None of those, however, can compare in quality, concentration, or effectiveness to Seachem’s flagship product: Prime. Prime is the complete and concentrated conditioner for both fresh and saltwater. Prime removes chlorine, chloramine and detoxifies ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. It is non-acidic and will not impact ph. A further bonus for the reef hobbyist—Prime will not over-activate skimmers. Use Seachem Prime 500ml during tank cycling to alleviate ammonia/nitrite toxicity. It contains a binder which renders ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate non-toxic, allowing the biofilter to more efficiently remove them. It will also detoxify any heavy metals found in the tap water at typical concentration levels. Use at start-up and whenever adding or replacing water. When transporting or quarantining fish. What Abyss have to say about the science bit. Seachem claim that Seachem Prime 500ml can do many things but in fairness we cannot test the validity of this. Therefore, we will have to take them at their word. However, we can tar the product with the same brush so to speak. If Seachem Prime 500ml works as well as the other Seachem products that we can see or test for results. We have used many Seachem marine additives for years, we can test the results for these, and we hold Seachem as a manufacturer in high regard. So, we are more than sure that Seachem Prime 500ml does what it says it will. Instructions for use of Seachem Prime 500ml water conditioner. Seachem prime dosage. use 1 capful (5 mL) for each 200 L (50 US gallons) of new water. For smaller volumes, please note each cap thread is approximately 1 mL. May be added to aquarium directly, but better if added to new water first. If adding directly to aquarium, base dose on aquarium volume. Sulphur odour is normal. For exceptionally high chloramine concentrations, a double dose may be used safely. To detoxify nitrite in an emergency, up to 5 times the normal Seachem prime dosage may be used. If temperature is > 30 °C (86 °F) and chlorine or ammonia levels are low, use a half dose.
