prime water conditioner

[i have crabs]

i bought a botle of prime bout a week ago no big deal use it 2 or 3 times no big deal yesterday i was making a bucket of top up water (yess crappy tap water for a couple more weeks) thier was tons of tiny black specks in the bottle i noticed righ away cause i pour it in the cap first so does any one know what the hecks goin on should i use it anyway wich i did or take it back wich i will be told its supposed to be like that or should i call seachem and check if i won a trip to a seachem bikini barbquee

 

[steve-s]

Couldn't tell you what the specs are, mabye a precipitate of some kind but they are considered harmless.

http://seachem.com/support/FAQs/Prime_faq.html

Cheers
Steve

 

[i have crabs]

says on the site small black specks are normal wich is good but i still wonder what they are thanks steve for the link shoulda though of that

 

[steve-s]

Here is Seachems response, I was curious as well....

The black specs are just excess Prime. Prime is as concentrated as we can make it. Sometimes excess will precipitate out and that is what the black specs are.

FYI, Prime is bisulfite and hydrosulfite salts. Although Seachem was not specific, I would surmise the black specs are a precipitate of sulphites.

Cheers
Steve

 

[pearsont74]

do u have an inline water filter in your water system?
I have seen those when my inline filter is going bad
also also check the screen on your faucet