Thank you for your help. I've used Novaqua for years with no real problems; my one fish lived for five plus years. I do believe that it dechlorinates; it says that as a dechlorinator alone it works better than most other products. Because Novaqua does not eliminate chloramines, I bought AmQuel plus, also, which removes ammonia, etc.-I would not be adding this until the tank is done cycling.
I'm not familiar with Novaqua but from what I just read, I would be a little scared of it. It says it "neutralizes" chlorine and chloramine. You really want a dechlorinator that removes them. The thing that would scare me most is that it says it has buffering action. That could be a big problem if you overdose and maybe even in normal doses since it says it "tends to temporarily buffer water near the neutral point". If that means it lowers/raises the water from it present pH to near 7.0 pH, that could be a big shock to your fish every time you use it.
You definitely need a dechlorinator that preferable removes chlorine and chloramine rather than neutralizes it. You don't want anything that "removes" ammonia or nitrite or the tank won't cycle.
Here (you will have to scroll down the page to Novaqua) is a link to the site I read about it on. To make a long story short, based on what I just read, I personally wouldn't use it. But that's just my opinion. I prefer Stress Coat for my dechlorinator.