Does tetra aquasafe neutralize ammonia from chloramines?

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bluejay

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On petco's website it says its
" Principal ingredients: organic colloids, sodiumthiosulfate, organic chelating compounds, polyvinylpyrrolidones. "

So I did a search on some of these and they don't appear to eliminate the ammonia after sodiumthiosulfate has broken the chloramine bond. Anyone know the answer?
 
I've got a bottle of AquaSafe, here's what the label says:

"Aquasafe names tap water safe for fish by neutralizing chlorine and heavy metals present in municipal water supplies. AquaSafe also neutralizes chloramine by breaking down the bond between chlorine and ammonia while reducing both the fish-toxic chlorine and ammonia* components. Additionally, aquaSafe provides a slime coating to help wounds heal and protect fish from abrasions. IMPORTANT: Always make sure that replacement aquarium water is same temperature as existing aquarium to additionally safeguard inhabitants. *AquaSafe will not remove ammonia from an uncycled, overstocked, or under-filtered aquairum."

Principal ingredients:
Sodium hydroxymethane sulfinate, ployvinyl pyrollidones, organice hydrococolloids, organic chelating compounds

For additional information:
Visit www.tetra-fish.com or call (800) 526-0650"

AquaSafe won't remove ammonia. I believe it breaks the bond, leaving ammonia available for bacteria to break down into NO2 and NO3. I think you'd need something like Ammo-LOC if you need a product that will break the bond and neutralize the ammonia in chloramine.
HTH
 
Thanks for the info. I was wondering why the ingredients are diff. I wasn't paying attention on the petco website and was looking at the aquasafe for ponds, apparently it is diff. from the yellow bottle ones, which has sodium hydroxymethan sulfinate, which actually does neutralize some ammonia. Don't know why it says "will not remove ammonia..." I found this webpage, pretty good reading.
http://www.novalek.com/kpd58.htm
 
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