New tank question

[Landon K]

Hey guys, I'm currently setting up my new reef. I rinsed my sand in tap water and it was still pretty wet when I added it so I want to add some seachem prime before I add the bacteria and ammonia. My question is, will the prime interfere with the ammonia I am going to add? Should I wait a bit after adding prime before I add the ammonia and bacteria? Thanks.

 

[EagleEye121]

Prime is designed to detoxify ammonia. I would think adding just ammonia would be good enough to start the cycle. If you’re going fishless, let nature work. If not, you’ll need prime to detoxify the ammonia for fish

 

[Jekyl]

Hey guys, I'm currently setting up my new reef. I rinsed my sand in tap water and it was still pretty wet when I added it so I want to add some seachem prime before I add the bacteria and ammonia. My question is, will the prime interfere with the ammonia I am going to add? Should I wait a bit after adding prime before I add the ammonia and bacteria? Thanks.

I wouldn't use prime. The tap water isn't going to make an impact when that small of an amount

 

[Landon K]

I wouldn't use prime. The tap water isn't going to make an impact when that small of an amount

Cool. My thought process was that the chlorine in the small amount of tap water might kill the microbacter I'm about to add. It's a 100 gallon system, so I suppose it should be diluted enough so that the trace chlorine shouldn't interfere?

 

[Jekyl]

Cool. My thought process was that the chlorine in the small amount of tap water might kill the microbacter I'm about to add. It's a 100 gallon system, so I suppose it should be diluted enough so that the trace chlorine shouldn't interfere?

I wouldn't be concerned about it. Did the same with my 90g about 5 years ago.

 

[nereefpat]

The chlorine will be gone long before your cycle is done. I wouldn't add any Prime, but it won't hurt if you do. I'm not real convinced that it does anything to ammonia anyway.

 

[Idech]

I did the same as well. I don’t think it matters, there’s too little water left.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Prime is designed to detoxify ammonia. I would think adding just ammonia would be good enough to start the cycle. If you’re going fishless, let nature work. If not, you’ll need prime to detoxify the ammonia for fish

Prime is a dechlorinator as well. In fact, the only consistent results from adding Prime are dechlorination. There are many stories of Prime doing nothing for ammo, regardless of how you test.

 

[EagleEye121]

Prime is a dechlorinator as well. In fact, the only consistent results from adding Prime are dechlorination. There are many stories of Prime doing nothing for ammo, regardless of how you test.

You’re right. I overlooked the original post where tap water was mentioned.