Anyone Use PuriGen?

[dylanjs]

Does anyone have any experience using PuriGen in a mixed reef aquarium?

 

[NYreefNoob]

purigen

by seachems ? i was thinking of using myself, so would be interested also in thoughts of it.

 

[dylanjs]

Yeah, that's the one. Seems interesting, but might be one of those too good to be true situations.

 

[marki24]

I use it.

 

[jackson6745]

I use it.

and............:wink1:

 

[dylanjs]

Is it the kind of thing you can put in a mesh bag and leave in the sump?

 

[marki24]

Yes you can put it in your sump. I dont have a sump so i just put it in my Fluval and my Aquaclear. I just put it with the media. The good thing about it is that you can regenerate it. I really like it and i would recommend it. Anything else you want to know about it, feel free to ask.

 

[Quang]

Purigen polished my water somewhat. I didn't have any adverse effects while using it in a mostly LPS tank.

My purigen came in iits own pouch.

Honestly, I didn't miss it when I stopped using it. Just got expensive and too lazy to regenerate it.

One more thing, I had the water go through polyfilter before it hit the purigen, so detritus won't clog the mesh pouch its in.

 

[marki24]

its not expensive when you regenerate it. Your lazyness was just making it expensive hihi. Purigen is a synthetic absorbent that removes a wide variety of pollutants, proteins, ammonia, nitrites and nitrates, with practically no impact on trace elements. Purifies aquarium water, raises redox levels. I would recommend it and i always use it. A 250ml sells for about 12 bucks and it could last you for years depending on the size of tank. The option is up to you. but i recommend it.

 

[andylee]

I use it for my seahorse tank at work. I'm not sure if it does anthing, though.

 

[Henrye]

It's a good ion exchange resin that complements carbon quite well. It does change color as it becomes exhausted, so you know when to change it.
I do use it and find my clarity is a bit better when in use, and I really view it as a stopgap measure to control excessive nitrates. It is not, however, as efficient as skimming and water changes, so I would not expect miracles.

Henry

 

[Hitsnorth]

I use it. I like the fact that it changes colors when its done and you can regenerate it. Mine seem to get exhausted about once a month but to be honest I don't know how much it is doing for my tank. I put them in my sump. As long as they are changing color I feel like it must be removing some bad stuff out of my tank so I will continue to use them since there doesn't seem to be a downside to using them.

 

[dale]

Purigen

So if I use Purigen, should I also use carbon?

 

[marki24]

You dont have to.

 

[foamerdave]

use this on my fresh tank with some crap tap water seems to work, turns mud brown in 2 weeks then i regen it. need to get some for my 20g reef