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We were on a week vacation (of course) when my Aquaclear 110 stopped working. My cichlid tank was in very bad shape when I returned (four dead and rotting fish in a stagnant tank. Nice. I cleaned the filter out and got it working again (Saturday) then yesterday it was making intermittent...

This was a Canada to Canada shipment - not international.

Received a shipment of fish today. It didn't go well. 2 DOA betta females. The package was COLD when it arrived. Even though it contained a 40 hour heat pack. The heat pack was warm when it was sent yesterday and warmed up again after I opened the box, but was cold when I opened it. It...

I live in Ontario, and we have recently changed to a Smart Meter for billing for electricity. I'm not sure how prevalent Smart Meters are...essentially it keeps track of the time of day you use electricity and then you get billed more or less depending on demand during those times. My husband...

Thanks for all replies. It is not waste from the bettas. There are no fish in this container. Just tap water, treated with Prime, and salt. This is water waiting to be used in fish tanks/fish jars. I will try agitation of the surface. If anyone knows WHAT it is, I'd be pleased to know.

Really? But this is in a container with just tap water, prime and salt. No organic matter in any significant amount.

It is on the surface of the water.

Anyone know what the white slime is?

Would love to hear jsoong's awesome chemical knowledge applied to the problem. Better safe than sorry, but if I can get safe with a lower dose, then I'm good. Prime is NOT cheap. I use a lot of water changing my betta fry jars and the discus water. I'm constantly topping up the water...

I should have read the whole bottle. It probably says that on there too. Feel free to go with their recommendation if you want to. I'm not trying to argue either...really I'm not. The chemistry principles I was talking about still apply. If you are just treating for chlorine and you don't...

My bottle says 5mL per 50G of NEW water. So they are not recommending treating the whole tank. Since it is a chemical reaction, what matters is that there are enough molecules in the dose for the molecules in the water that need to be detoxified. The Prime is diluted, but so is the water...

I'm wondering what mfdrookie meant. "dosage for the entire tank"

Why do you need to add enough to treat the whole tank volume and not just the water being added? Love PRIME. Smells of sulphur, but just keep your nose away! THX G

The pump was off when the problem started, and I was on vacation for a week so there wasn't any agitation. It is covered, so not a lot of light gets in, but not tightly so some light gets in and air. But now I have cleaned out the tub and left the pump on, so there is agitation, and it keeps...

I'm breeding bettas and I have a 55 gallon rubbermaid that I use as a water reservoir. I have a heater in it and a waterpump. I fill it up and dose it with Prime. Then when I need to change the water in the betta jars, I have lots of treated water ready. The waterpump is attached to a length...