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P-Clear residue

Is P-Clear safe to use with sensitive fish?
Will it affect the bacteria in my filters at all?
Does it leave any residual chemicals in the water or are they all removed with the particles?
I have problems with cloudiness when I disturb my AD

Is P-Clear safe to use with sensitive fish?
Will it affect the bacteria in my filters at all?
Does it leave any residual chemicals in the water or are they all removed with the particles?
I have problems with cloudiness when I disturb my AD
P-Clear is not made of Alun which tends to wreck the delicate pH of the tank.
It consists of a food grade flocculent used in water filtration plant for human use.
It won't affect water pH, but will increase temporarily the turbidity of the tank, until the mechanical filter will remove it from the water column.
When using flocculants the hobbyist need to follow a few general guidelines such as:

We recommend removing the biological / mechanical / chemical filter prior dosing P-Clear because it will clog the pores of the material and replace it with filtration wool.
We recommend adding an air pump because the fine filtration component may significantly decrease the flow rate (especially after 2-3 hours of filtration) and oxygenation may drop due to slow turn over of the water into the filter. Do not leave the tank without supervision, the fine filtration media can become clogged and may create water spills.
We recommend discarding the polywool once the aquarium cleared up and to then reinsert the biological/ mechanical/ chemical filtration that was present before the dosage.
Plants with fine leaves tend to accumulate the flocs that P-Clear produces. They can be displaced from their resting places by moving water gently around the plant or by siphoning the leaves delicately.
Will it leave residuals? Yes.

The active component once added to the water will react with water soluble components suspended and dissolved in the water and precipitate them. By doing so, it begins the sequence that will remove the suspended particle from the water column. The vast majority of the material that is clumped together by the product will be captured by the filter. Some may settle down into the gravel. Once it has reacted with compounds in the water, it will become inert.

Can it create accumulation? Not really.

Regular maintenance of the rtank will emove these inert compounds from the gravel.

About specificities.
I have never used our P-Clear with ADA substrate. I am not sure how it can react. P-Clear is used to clear cloudiness in the water, not to remove particles in the substrate itself. As such, it should not be expected to clean the substrate to remove the requirement to use a gravel cleaner. Waste Control was designed to remove and reduce solids in the gravel and may be a better choice for this part of the job.
When used as directed, there is very little chance of toxicity (mainly mechanical such as I explained earlier about filter clogging).
Since the biological filter should be removed during treatment and replaced with filter wool for its fine straining mechanical properties, the particles will not clog the biological filter and will not impede it function. If the filter media is not removed, then it can mechanically fill porous media meant to support beneficial bacteria, in these cases the media may have to be replaced and started again, but chemically there is no inhibition of bacterial growth by the product.

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P-Clear residue

Is P-Clear safe to use with sensitive fish?Will it affect the bacteria in my filters at all?Does it leave any residual chemicals in the water or are they all removed with the particles?I have problems with cloudiness when I disturb my AD

Is P-Clear safe to use with sensitive fish?Will it affect the bacteria in my filters at all?Does it leave any residual chemicals in the water or are they all removed with the particles?I have problems with cloudiness when I disturb my AD

Is P-Clear safe to use with sensitive fish?
Will it affect the bacteria in my filters at all?
Does it leave any residual chemicals in the water or are they all removed with the particles?
I have problems with cloudiness when I disturb my AD

Is P-Clear safe to use with sensitive fish?
Will it affect the bacteria in my filters at all?
Does it leave any residual chemicals in the water or are they all removed with the particles?
I have problems with cloudiness when I disturb my AD