Thoughts on Purigen Use

I use it and like it. I like the fact that it is reusable. My tank never skipped a beat when I switched.

It is phosphate based and I understand it can increase phosphate level. I wonder if it would also absorb some nutrients needed by plants.
Never tried it myself.

i have used it manytimes and no problem with plants at all,..

hmm, sounds nice to use it in my tank... I guess I will someday

Is this stuff worth buying?
I have a high light tank and dose fertilizers almost every day.
How often does it need to be recharged?

Be careful what water conditioner you use with Purigen.

"Only certain slime coat products will cause Purigen™ to become toxic; the products that do this are amine based. Prime™ and Safe™ are not amine based and so will not cause this problem. If you're curious, what happens is that the amine compounds can strongly bind to the resin, then when they (the amines) come into contact with any chlorine they will form chloramines which are highly toxic. We offer a stress coat product, StressGuard™, which is not amine based and so can be used in conjunction with Purigen"

Jag1980 said:

Is this stuff worth buying?
I have a high light tank and dose fertilizers almost every day.
How often does it need to be recharged?

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According to Seachem, it only lasts about a month before you need to regenerate it.

I had someone sprinkle some in a bag of shrimp I ordered. Some of the granules were black so I guess it did its job.