What are AmGuard’s Ingredients?

[AydenLincoln]

I know what it is but I was wondering if I can accidentally overdose it? I’m wondering because I just stirred up my sand bed and I’d like to dose some as a precaution. Is it beneficial bacteria? Is it safe for inverts like starfish? I’m not finding a lot of info online.

 

[Bfragale]

Seachem - AmGuard

www.seachem.com

 

[AydenLincoln]

Seachem - AmGuard

www.seachem.com

I know what it is! I wanted to know what the ingredients are does anyone know? I can’t find them anywhere.

 

[Bfragale]

Do you test ammonia?

 

[AydenLincoln]

Do you test ammonia?

Yes and it’s fine I have a little ammonia guard. But can it hurt to dose a little?

 

[AydenLincoln]

I ask because I was picking worms out of my sand and stirred it up lol and I just want to keep a possible mini ammonia spike down but like not significant enough to do a water change and I just did one Monday.

 

[Bfragale]

AmGuard treats ammonia. If your test is fine, why add a chemicals that’s not needed? All it does is bind ammonia. Nothing else. no benificial bacteria

how old is the sand bed/tank? How large of a tank is it? Other then Cloudy- how are the fish acting?

Also- other then Fish and inverts- do you keep corals?

 

[AydenLincoln]

AmGuard treats ammonia. If your test is fine, why add a chemicals that’s not needed? All it does is bind ammonia. Nothing else.

how old is the sand bed/tank? How large of a tank is it? Other the. Cloudy- how are the fish acting?

Oh okay good point. Everything is fine lol. I reached out to Seachmen to see if I could get some answers. I just happened to stir up my sand and know very well my levels may go up. It’s happened before. The tank is 20 gallons and a few months old.

 

[Bfragale]

A few months old sand- shouldn’t have a massive amount of the nasties yet. You should be good my friend. It will clear up by tomorrow.

 

[AydenLincoln]

A few months old sand- shouldn’t have a massive amount of the nasties yet. You should be good my friend. It will clear up by tomorrow.

And I have a diamond goby who makes my sand sparkling!

 

[AydenLincoln]

A few months old sand- shouldn’t have a massive amount of the nasties yet. You should be good my friend. It will clear up by tomorrow.

This is who I evicted and his friends I don’t care that spaghetti worms are supposed to be good…I don’t like them lol.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

If you leave those worms alone you would have less detritus and less ammonia trapped in your sand.
Chemicals like ArmGuard cleat the ammonia then slowly release it at rate that a newer system can handle.

 

[PeterEde]

Never used it but keep a bottle of Prime just incase

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Seachem doesn’t identify ingredients that I have seen, but at least it hints that it is different than their other ammonia product, Prime.

It might be hydroxymethanesulfonate, which is a common ammonia binder in the hobby.

Personally, I suggest a strong amount of skepticism on Prime and it’s claims which seem unsupported by experimental testing. Whether those concerns extend to Amguard, I do not know.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

FWIW, here's a thread on Seachem Prime testing and whether it actually accomplishes ammonia binding the way Seachem claims:

Prime Does Not Remove Ammonia

Last August we discussed data that cast doubt on the ability of Prime to remove ammonia from artificial seawater. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/does-prime-actually-detoxify-free-ammonia-nh3.849985/ Since then, I continued the search for evidence that Prime removed ammonia from artificial...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Malcontent]

Prime and Amguard are grouped together in their more detailed SDS.

 

[kronos571]

Too much AmGuard can deplete oxygen. Don’t go willy nilly with it and it it should be fine. I’ve left it with tank babysitters and instructions to “never dose more than a capful” (for my size tank) if they see the Seachem ammonia alarm. I figure it’s an insurance policy that hopefully is easier than any other instructions I could leave.

https://seachem.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001662254-FAQ-Is-it-possible-to-overdose-Seachem-AmGuard-