My Purigen smells

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FishFanMan

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I regenerated it per instructions and the color is back to original but it smells like old fish. So it did a good job adsorbing organics but it didn't regenerate as expected. I'm certainly not going to put this smelly packet back in my tank. Anyone else experience this too?

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TL1000RSquid

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Never had mine smell like old fish and some of my bags of been regen'd a dozen times. Maybe soak it again and see if it clears up.
 

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My couldn't stand the smell so she made me throw it out. I'm going to get a new one. My was left in the filter for about 6 months! I wonder if that was the problem. How often do you regen it? I was waiting for it get very dark but mine wasn't that dark so I left it in there. Maybe regen it monthly?
 

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I usually do mine every 2-3 months I try not to let it get real dark, I let one go for a couple extra months once and it got super dark and never regen'd as light as my others still easy to spot that one when I regen them all.
 
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