Make tap water safe for your shrimp right away with Brightwell Aquatics ShrimpPrep, a copper-free water conditioner made for freshwater shrimp. It is also safe for all freshwater fish, plants and invertebrates. ShrimpPrep removes chlorine, chloramine, ammonia and nitrite and detoxifies copper and other heavy metals, which are especially dangerous to shrimp and other invertebrates.
Use ShrimpPrep to prepare water for water changes and top-offs, or add it directly to your aquarium when ammonia or nitrite spikes. It is free of copper, phosphate and silicate, so it won’t feed nuisance algae or add anything harmful to sensitive shrimp tanks.
Key Benefits
- Made for shrimp. Copper free and safe for shrimp, fish, plants and all freshwater invertebrates.
- Removes chlorine and chloramine from tap water.
- Neutralizes ammonia and nitrite in tap water or aquarium water.
- Detoxifies copper and other heavy metals.
- Works right away. Treated water is immediately safe to use.
- Safe to dose directly into the tank. Works in planted, fish-only and shrimp aquariums.
- Free of phosphate and silicate.
- Concentrated. One 500 ml bottle treats up to 1,000 US gallons (3,800 L).
- Made in the USA.
When to Use ShrimpPrep
- Water changes and top-offs. Treat tap water before adding it to your aquarium.
- Ammonia or nitrite spikes. In an established tank with mature biological filtration, ammonia and nitrite should not be measurable. Short spikes can happen after adding new livestock, disturbing the filter, changing feeding habits or a rise in dissolved organics. ShrimpPrep helps protect sensitive shrimp and fish during these periods while the tank rebalances, which usually takes a few days.
- Before adding beneficial bacteria. Chlorine and chloramine kill beneficial bacteria. Dechlorinate with ShrimpPrep before dosing Brightwell FlorinBacter One or FlorinBacter7.
Note: ShrimpPrep does not replace proper filtration or tank maintenance. If ammonia or nitrite stays measurable, test your source water (tap water or RO/purified water). If the source water is clean, reduce feeding, add filtration capacity, or move your livestock to a larger tank. Ongoing ammonia and nitrite exposure gradually weakens shrimp, fish and invertebrates and can lead to illness or death.
Directions
Treating tap water: Add 4 ml (2 pumps) per 8 US gallons (30 L). That equals 5 ml (one capful), or about 35 drops, per 10 US gallons (38 L). Each dose treats up to 6 ppm chlorine, 3 ppm chloramine or 1 ppm ammonia, and detoxifies heavy metals.
Emergency treatment for ammonia in the aquarium:
- Test ammonia with an accurate test kit that uses salicylate reagent.
- Add 4 ml (2 pumps) per 8 US gallons of total system water for each 1 ppm of ammonia measured.
- Wait 10 minutes, then test again.
- Repeat if needed.
Important: use the right ammonia test kit. Use a salicylate-based ammonia test. Nessler-reagent test kits react with ShrimpPrep and will show a false positive ammonia reading.
Caution: Keep out of reach of children. Not for human consumption. If swallowed, contact a poison control center.
