Scottishscales
Aquarium Advice Activist
The acurelf is an organic product that makes particles stick together. It's not a chemical.
Most "chemicals" in this hobby won't kill your fish. Chlorine used in city water disinfection, ammonia, nitrites, and over medicating for diseases is usually the culprit. Things like prime only help there is not really a way they can harm your fish unless they were swimming in an giant vat of it. I dosed a double amount of prime every day for a month during a cycle to keep my fish alive when I made a filter cleaning mistake. You just have to do your research before you use something. I went through soooooooooo many articles looking for answers. Seachem prime and stability are your best friends if you read the dosing instructions and follow them.
And The test kit doesn't go in the water is an outside the water test. You fill up vials with your tank water and add drops of indicators and they tell you the level of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate in the water. This is crucial because the test strips are wildly inaccurate.
Most "chemicals" in this hobby won't kill your fish. Chlorine used in city water disinfection, ammonia, nitrites, and over medicating for diseases is usually the culprit. Things like prime only help there is not really a way they can harm your fish unless they were swimming in an giant vat of it. I dosed a double amount of prime every day for a month during a cycle to keep my fish alive when I made a filter cleaning mistake. You just have to do your research before you use something. I went through soooooooooo many articles looking for answers. Seachem prime and stability are your best friends if you read the dosing instructions and follow them.
And The test kit doesn't go in the water is an outside the water test. You fill up vials with your tank water and add drops of indicators and they tell you the level of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate in the water. This is crucial because the test strips are wildly inaccurate.