Seachem's Solution to a Safe Start | BigAlsPets.com

Good info for beginners or even a reminder for anyone starting a new aquarium!

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I LOVE Seachem products!!! I use them for all of my fw and sw tanks

I have been considering switching to Seachem's maintenance products as I'm a fan of their plant ferts...This viid may have help nudge me to do so.... Thanks for sharing.

Can we get Thomas back?

Should we remove activated carbon when adding it?

I liked this video

I don't like seachem stability I'd rather use big als brand stage 2 water conditioner

How will i use it in a 5 gallon bucket

It does not remove ammonia it binds it to prevent it from causing harm and is only affective for approx 48 hours

when do I use ur 1,2,3 steps from big als I haven't added fish yet n only used step 1 water conditioner n had been running for 3 days now with no fish when do I use 1,2,3

Seachem....simply the best

So I just spilled half of the conditionor bottle of conditioner in my 30 gallon tank will that hurt my fish?

Prime and Stability will work easy for a "fish in" cycle...I was able to cycle a 60 gallon tank in 2.5 weeks with 4 chiclids in it using nothing but these two products and small water changes every other day.

Its not that hard to put measurement numbers on a cap Seachem

i got a bottle of seachem clarity. But it appeared to be leaking through the seal the bottle neck turned brown along with the inside of the cap. Can I still use this product or should I request a replacement?

How often can you use prime?

So what's everyones opinion on APIs Quick Start? I got a 5 gallon tank that I'm planning on putting in a betta fish. I set it up Monday, it's now Saturday. Every day I've been putting 8 pellets of betta fish food in the aquarium to get the ammonia going to cultivate the bacteria. Yesterday I tested the water with the API test kit and it read .25 for ammonia and it 0 for nitrates and nitrites. after which I added the Quick Start. I tested the water today and the ammonia and nitrite read 0 however the nitrite was kind of 0 kind of not. The color code for 0 is yellow and the next up reading is orange at 5.0, the nitrate was definitely yellow but it had a slight orange tinge to it. Today I also added nearly tripple the fish food. On Tuesday I'm going to the pet store on their filter change day to pick up a used filter cartridge. Am I going in the right direction with this? I'm making this all up as I go along. When should it be ok to add a betta?

Correct me if I’m wrong. I’m doing a fish less cycle on two freshwater tanks. An 8g and 5.6g. I’ve taken a friends sponge filters from a cycled tank and let my biomax and sponge soak all that goodness up. I was always told when you start a new tank you want ammonia to build up in order to support your beneficial bacteria, which will then break it down into nitrites and then nitrates. If I use Prime, aren’t I defeating this cycle?

How cap for 75 gallon aquarium tank

What happen if you accidentally put to many water conditioner

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Can you put all three of these products in at the same time?

woooooow really answone rigth?????? cloramines are cloro and amonia so if in tetra says it takes cloramine it takes out amonia too

Can I put water first in my aquarium and then put Seachem Prime?

Hey I buy now tank 400 liter so how I use this prime and stability? And this both products I need to use every water change and also it’s okay with ceramic and bio

Can you do a video on the rest of the SeaChem products? I just bought StressGaurd and Pristine but neither of those are mentioned, not including the rest of the products out there.
Otherwise I love BigAl's videos and am so thankful for all that you do! Thanks <3

Stability has worked for me, but no instruction on how long to leave UV light off, to be effective. UV light kills bacteria right? I have a carbon filter also, does carbon interfere with effectiveness?

wow you are great God Bless You <3 <3 <3 <3

WE ARE NOT KIDS HERE.... SO BIG AL Employees try to talk like adults to your audience. We spend thousands on our hobby, please do videos addressing adults.

if i add seachem clarity while first days of cycling, is not doing any harm to the beneficial bacteria? thanks guys

If Prime is an ammonia and nitrite binder/ blocker , remover, what's the nitrate have to eat/ develope? Wouldn't the use of Prime retard the cycle?

So if I’m using a 5 gallon bucket to do my water changes to my 55 gallon tank and I remove 15 gallons of water. Do I treat every 5 gallons I pour back in the tank with Prime?