Seachem Pristine Aquarium Treatment, 500ml (001438)

I have an apex. My Orp was around 250-275. I dosed this ONCE, and my Orp is approaching 375. Water is insanely clear. I will forever use this and recommend it to every tank set up.

This stuff does take a bit of time to work but it does the job. Usually it takes over night to get the cloudiness of my tank to go down but with this it took about less than an hour to clear off. Great stuff! Compared to Tetras version for clearing tank water its way better (the Tetra one didnt really seem to do anything).

Favorite Aquarium products, they have never let me down to date.

Using this product in conjunction with Stability I noticed such a rapid breakdown of mulm and detritus that it had a negative effect on my tank. I noticed no improved clarity or water quality. I have gone back to using just stability and everything seems just fine and the tank is very stable.

ok

The first time my order arrived without a cap, I thought it was a fluke. The second time, well now Im just annoyed. How does one close something sold without the screw-on cap? Unfortunately, this time Id already recycled the old bottle, that Id closed with the cap from the previous bottle. Guess I should have known better. The product itself is great. The packaging is crap.

Waste management properties work great and it does help with fine particles but it is not a miracle in a bottle if you dont keep up with maintenance.

As described.

Dunno if they add fragrance to this but smells pretty good. Also removed the smelly oder my Aquarium had. I was able to overdose with this without losing fish. Of course, I turn on my airstone when I add bacteria every time as they deplete oxygen (learned the hard way once). I dont recommend feeding your fish while adding this as it seems to encourage oxygen-depleting bacterial blooms. Feed them like 6 to 12 hours apart from adding Pristine. I used Pristine in the past, so I know how to use it properly. Edit: I forgot to mention that I do 5x overdoses to get the job done. This could be the reason for negative reviews. I also detoxify ammonia for the entire tank as this breaks down organic waste pretty fast (sometimes). I have had random deadly ammonia spikes in the past because of this, so I know how to prevent a disaster in case it happens. So maybe this edit will be useful for someone else. Also bringing this down to 4 stars, since they should make the product more concentrated in my opinion. I hate waiting for weeks to notice improvements with the normal dose. But, a 5x dose each day and all sludge/detritus will be eaten up by the end of the week; and, then, you can just keep this method as a monthly thing or whenever you have sludge problems again. Edit#2: So, I started getting high Ammonia spikes with this product and did some testing with my test kits. Turns out that theres about 2-4 ppm of Ammonia per capful. If Seachem doesnt add Ammonia, then its because the bacteria are slowly dying and releasing ammonia in the bottle. I ended up trashing the product, but I still noticed the bacteria are alive in my aquarium still eating up sludge (though not as fast compared to adding Pristine daily). Gave this 5 stars, then 4 stars, and now 3 because the ammonia spikes it causes is worse than the ugly appearance of sludge in my tank.

does the job