Carbon Filter or no Carbon Filter

[Leslie]

Purigen is an excellent product. The only downside is you have to be careful which dechlorinator you use with it as you can ruin it if you don't. If you're a carbon fan Seachem's Matrix Carbon is also an excellent product. It lasts much longer then regular carbon. Seachem puts out many very good products IMO.

 

[chishnfips]

I just looked it up. It's granular like carbon. I already looked it up and I'm unsure about recharging. I read the explanation but it wasn't too clear to me on how much dechlorinator is needed to remove the bleach and the whole thing about needing to add a buffer to prevent a ph spike. Otherwise it sounds like a great product. I suppose the folks at the lfs could clear it up though.

If its granular do you need to put it in some sort of perforated container. Do you not get sponge versions of them?

 

[yvez9]

i bought my 100g purigen in a pouch, like regular media

i'm sure you could fit it in your filter as the bag is quite small. You can still buy a bottle of granules and put them in a filter bag. Seachem sells a filter bag but i'm sure aquaclear filter bad or nylon stockings would do the job


I use AquaPlus to dechlorinate my water and have had no issue with it's effectiveness.

to regenerate it, you dip in a 1:1 water:bleach solution for 24 hours.

Then you rinse it and let it soak in water for 8 hours.

I think the pH buffer they are talking about is to make sure the bleach is fully removed as bleach will alter your pH. I've only used it for a month so i haven't gone through this yet but i'll post here when i do so.

As for the dechlorinator bit, this is probably seachem trying to sell their own dechlorinator so they won't guarantee the results with another brand...

 

[emo]

I've been reading up on Purigen, it sounds brilliant... but on the website it says "Caution: some slime coat products may permanently foul Purigen™ and render regeneration difficult."

I use stresscoat to dechlorinate, i'm guessing this would fall into this category.

Has anyone used stresscoat with purigen to regenerate it?

 

[chishnfips]

Was also wondering if you can get it in britain it seems to be an american make.

 

[Leslie]

Yes, Stresscoat is one of the no no dechlorinators. Products that are Amine based are the ones Seachem say are toxic when used with Purigen.

 

[BobK]

Leslie, what is Amine based mean? Probably a stupid question but I'm interested in trying out Purigen. I use Tetra AquaSafe and I want to make sure it's safe before I go out and buy the Purigen.

 

[Leslie]

This comes directly from the Seachem site:

If they use an amine based polymer it will not foul the resin but will render it non-regenerable. What amine based polymers will do is bond not just to Purigen but to any organic scavenging resin as well as any ion exchange resin and when you attempt to regenerate the resin they will then bond with the chlorine to form chloramine which can be released into the aquarium. This is not just an issue with Purigen but with all resins being sold in the pet trade. The problem only occurs when one attempts to regenerate the resin, there is no problem unless you wish to regenerate the resin you are using. Seachem products do not contain amine based polymers and are safe to be used in conjunction with not only our resins but also with other companies resins.