skuzza Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 The local pet shop put this in the tanks and to every ones amazment the tanks are amazing.They have made the corals liven up and the hard coral come alive staight after arivel.Also no alge problems at all.I have put some in my tank to see if any change in coral health.Anyone else tryed this yet.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 my lfs is looking into it ill try it if they get it in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Don't have marines but I use purigen in my planted freshwater discus tank. It doesn't seem to have any negative effects but lots of positives. It also doesn't seem to have any long term negative effects. I've been using it for over 8 years, great stuff. Works better than activated carbon and it can be regened. I've regened mine over 100 times already and it's still going strong. Keep us posted on the progress... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 my lfs is looking into it ill try it if they get it in If you have a credit card, Hollywood's will courier it to you. They used to stock it but I'm not sure if they still do. It's not cheap but when you consider it does a better job than carbon (and doesn't seem to remove the same nutrients carbon does) and can be regenerated many times, it is much cheaper than carbon in the long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 when you say not cheap what does that mean?? im up in auckland this weekend anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Last time I purchased it I paid about $50 for 250grams... (equivalent to about 1kg of carbon), so is about 4x the price. When you consider a minimum of 50+ regens it is much cheaper than carbon... It is likely to cost a bit more now as it was at least 4 years ago when I got the last lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted April 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Thanks warren.I am abit worried about useing bleech to regen that reuseing.Have you had any issues?.The price down here is only $38.00 for the purigen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 No, no issues. The regen process requires the use of a dechlorinator. I use Sodium Thiosulphate for 24 hours, works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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