What water conditioners are best for the setup of a tropical aquarium?

prime is good, any brand with a stress coat product in it is your best choice.

I have been using API and it works fine. And it is also good to add when you get new fish, or if your fish get stressed for some reson like they jump out of they tank, or you have to net them for some reson, as it helps then regrow their slime coat.

If you are still cycling the tank you will need to add a source of ammonia. I prefer the raw shrimp from the groocery store method but their are things you can buy at the petstore instead or add some fish food to create the ammonia.

FYI, you can not just let the chlorine evaporate, water contains a lot of things that will never evaporate like metals and often chloramine.

I've had tropical fish for a few years. There's 4 things i use for the water. Tetra Aqua-safe, Tetra Easy Balance, Stress coat and stress Zyme. My fish have all lived well with those chemicals and so on. Having a good filter is also essential and a few plants would be nice for the fish too. Hope this helps

If you can find Prime, then get it. It gets rid of chlorine, chloramine and helps detox other chemicals. It is fully concentrated so only takes a small amount where the others that contain stress coat or aloes takes 5 times more costing you more in the long run.

To add.......letting water sit will not remove chloramines which is just as important as removing chlorine!

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Fill a bucket from the cold water tap, with the tap fully on. This should remove most of the chlorine.

Use an aerator and filter (continuously) afterwards. You will also need a water heater, to keep the temperature suitable for the fish.

If you let tap water sit fr 24 hours it dechlorinates. This is what I do, but if you want a chemical any brand is sufficent. Also, make sure you have an adequate heater, and I reccommend using a SafeStart or similar chem to get the cycle going.

i depends i use aqueon water conditioner and it works great as for other things but a ph tester kit and test you water after you use the conditioner then look to see if your fish can live in that type of water and buy ph up or down and use as directed

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