[ignath]

Getting ready to introduce 100lb of live rock to a 150 tank. Will dechlorinizing my water hurt the live rock and bacteria in the Carib Sea 'live sand"? How would you proceed?

[RyanG]

How are you going to dechlorinate it?

[WorkinMan]

I'm new to the hobby, but I've done enough research to know that it's a must to use RO or RO/DI water for a marine tank. Tap water has loads of nutrients and harmful chemicals and heavy metals in it that are not good for a marine set up. The nutrients feed pest microalgae and the heavy metals can harm the fish/inverts. RO or RO/DI water does not requrie conditioning as the process removes the chlorine/chloramine, nutrients, and heavy metals.

[tyoung]

I would invest in a quality ro/di unit, it will pay for itself in a matter of months when you figure the cost of buying ro/di water from a lfs, or, haveing to keep buying declore. It also does all of your water conditioning for you makeing it labotory grade h20 filtering out up to 99.9%. With a tank the size of yours, you can't go wrong.

[wexiebaby]

What about products such as AmQuel? Are these harmful?

[missy88]

yes amquel is it harmful? because ive been adding it and i see no change in my water testing. or can you just not use it and just use ro/di water with salt of corse....

[patrick1234]

fif you use just declore it will not harm any stuff you can drink declore with out any harm

what is amquel Missy?

[tomc1980]

Its a declorinating product commonly sold in fish stores. Chief concerns would be buying one that doesnt mess up your protein skimmer. Stress coat for one has a ingredient that helps with the fishes slime coat but also can gum up your skimmer from what ive read. Seachems prime from what ive seen isnt supposed to do that and will dechlorinate your water if you cant do RO water. I may be wrong but thats what research ive done is telling me.

[patrick1234]

tom you are right
but if i was to go with one id go with prime

[NATIVEVAMAN]

Its my bet you wont find any amquel or prime on a coral reef anywhere in the world.keep it reel,keep it natural.

[patrick1234]

you also will not find power compacts
or ro water or salt mix
jp with you native

[Lady G]

I have never had a SW until now, and I am just starting on mine....so I do not know the effects in a SW tank, but Amquel does work in FW, when doing testing it will still show Ammonia, but it has been broke down. I do not remember the reason now, but I used it a few years back and had the same concern, my tests were still showing Ammonia, I found out that was normal and it wasn't harmful. Still I switched to Prime and have used it ever since. I just like the fact it takes such a small amount. Anyways just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in.

Good luck!

[patrick1234]

Ammonia
burns fishes gills

[Lady G]

Originally Posted by patrick1234

Ammonia
burns fishes gills

Yes, Ammonia is bad....what I mean is, it still showed it, but it had been broke down and wasn't really there I guess, like I said I don't remember the reason it still showed up on the test...I just know it was broken down and was normal for the test to still show it...not normal for there to be ammonia, and in no way did I mean it was ok to have ammonia. I did switch cause it bothered me even though I was reassured this was ok.

[patrick1234]

o ok i get what you are saying

[NATIVEVAMAN]

I would say that if amonia gets that high in your tank the reasonable thing to do is a water change.Just because it says "reef safe"on the bottle doesnt mean its true.