Purigen

I have heard alot of good things about Purigen lately. I know Steve Wright uses it. My question is, would it be ok to run in the same reactor as GFO, or should I just replace the GFO with Purigen. I dont want to buy another reactor. I know you could not re-generate the Purigen once it is mixed, but that is ok.

 

Purigen doesn't remove phosphates like GFO. Don't know about mixing. I wouldn't do it myself.

 

I know it is less effective than a reactor, but I just use it passively in my sump. Better than nothing and cheaper than another reactor.

 

+ on not mixing

if your tank is typical, you can get a lot longer out of the purigen between re generation than you can from GFO which means you may have to throw out perfectly useable purigen when you change

I would add it in the bag in the sump in an area of good flow
or add a little internal cannister filter to the sump , as purigen doesnt need to be tumbled to be effective IME

Steve

 

Does it also remove phosphate as GFO does???

 

I would be careful about using the Purigen that comes in it's own bag. Before the end of the day, it was loose in my sump. I quickly removed it and put it in a bowl with tank water. Let it sit for a day, and started to rinse it off with RO/DI water, and just by the agitation of the rinse, it was everywhere in the bowl. Don't know if it was a defective bag, or the granules were too small for the bag. Anyway you might want to do some checking before you put it in your sump.

 

I dont believe so, or at least not as effectively as GFO does
Seachem make their own Aluminum (Inwall75 is that OK?) based product called Phosgaurd but as much as I love Sea Chem products Rowa works more efficiently at phosphate reduction IME

Adicus makes a valid point , the seam weld on the pre packed 100 gramme version is suspect, so check before adding losely anywhere (I have 5 packs across my set ups and 1 did have a 3mm split on the seam weld)

but if you get the larger 250mm tubs and SeaChems the bag - problem solved

Steve

 

I've been using Purigen for a while now and love it. I use my own bags and never have a problem with it coming out.

I have two Phosban reactors but do not put the Purigen in either of them.

The Purigen is in a bag in my sump in a medium to high flow area.

Great product.

 

I just found this product. Is it still just as effective as previously stated, or is there a better product now?

 

bump