cale262 Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 It was WC night for me and I ran out of prime just before I did my Victorian tank, I thought it would be no big deal to skip the Prime this one change...wrong...1/3WC without prime and all my Syno cats are belly up...$h1ty night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baos Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 heavy charcoal filtration without prime should be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geleen Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Ouch, sorry to hear that. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Master of Puppets Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I did that a little while ago and lost 2 giant balas. I stalked up on 3 big bottles of prime after that. The worst part was finding a bottle with enough for one dose under the stand a few hours later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cale262 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) When I started to empty the water from the tank last night I was certain I had another bottle after finishing one off in my O tank, I searched high and low before deciding to refill that tank...I went out first thing this morning and bought a 2L bottle of Prime and 3 new Synodontis petricola from Henry...When I got home I went under the kitchen sink to grab some glass cleaner and guess what I found,...another brand new bottle of prime I looked everywhere but under the damn kitchen sink I'm going to fill up a few smaller bottles and leave one under every tank for future WC's... Edited November 18, 2009 by cale262 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluecan Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 that really sucks...sorry to hear that where is the best place to buy the prime and how much is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cale262 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 ...where is the best place to buy the prime and how much is it? I buy mine from Natures corner store, here's a link to their conditioners...Natures Corner store, water conditioners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 I'm going to fill up a few smaller bottles and leave one under every tank for future WC's... I've started doing that, too. But, mostly because I have tanks on 3 different floors and get tired of running up and down stairs a few times for hoses, buckets, prime, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackinator Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 sorry about your loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewels Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Why did this happen? Are Syno's particularily sensitive? Is it an excess of chloramine in the supply? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraken Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 :boxed: That sucks, sorry to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cale262 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Thanx all for the condolences... Why did this happen? Are Syno's particularily sensitive? Is it an excess of chloramine in the supply? I don't know if the tap water has changed lately but my Syno P's have always disliked water changes, I've always tried to add the water slow in their tank as not to shock them and have always added Prime until this last WC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraken Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 I don't know if the tap water has changed lately but my Syno P's have always disliked water changes, I've always tried to add the water slow in their tank as not to shock them and have always added Prime until this last WC... They can be very sensitive to change. I doubt it was a change in the tap water.:smokey: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazoo Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Kind of typical of lake fish as opposed to river fish ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewels Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 typical of lake fish as opposed to river fish ? Me thinks you got somet'in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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