Carbon vs. ChemiPure

yogoshio

yogoshio

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So I've heard lots of good things about chemipure, but want some other info. After my disaster with Kent carbon, I'm scared to death of that stuff anymore, but if I need it, I'll use it. Anyone else here use chemipure with good results?
 
IMO, ChemiPure is nice to throw in the back of a small AIO tank. For any real tank setup, you would be better off with a reactor running a blend of carbon and gfo, or a dual setup with each running in their own canister. I would take this opportunity to also start cycling a bio pellet reactor now if you have been considering one. I love Rox 0.8 carbon from BRS, and doubt ill be using anything else until they stop selling it. It's worth the extra money up front because you can use a lot less per month for the same/better result of other carbon available.
 
I have a canister/filter socks I use to run anything. I prefer phosguard to GFO, and if carbon is the way to go then that's what I'll do. I already have the components, and not looking to buy anything extra. Not when I already have a "reactor" in a sense at least (in terms of the canister). And I'll be having a fuge, so I don't really want to pull out the phosphates chemically otherwise I'll starve my chaeto.
 
Phosguard is just a fancy trademarked name for gfo. Your paying more for a name. Also, using gfo will definitely not cause your chaeto to die off. There are more than enough members here that can verify this.

Edit, sorry, got products mixed up, I was thinking phosban instead of Phosguard, phosban is gfo, Phosguard is aluminum oxide.
 
yogoshio said:
phosguard is a pellet, GFO is granular. How is that the same thing?
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I had 2 similarly named products mixed up. I was thinking of phosban, which is gfo with a fancy name. I'm not sure about using Phosguard, I've never had any problems using the much cheaper gfo in a reactor.
 
The main reason phosguard works for me is it doesn't require any tumbling, just water flow, so I can easily add it to the canister filter I use without any issues, and its worked great. And is actually cheaper than GFO from BRS. At least from Amazon.
 
I just looked up pricing, recommended quantity per gallon and assuming a monthly replacement based on a quick search what most people do, and assuming all other variables are identical, you are paying almost 3x as much for Phosguard than bulk gfo per month to do the same thing. You do not NEED to tumble gfo, you just need to have good flow running thru it, if you use it in a canister filter, I'm sure there is enough flow being forced thru the media to be effective, even thou an inexpensive media reactor like a tlf150 would be a better choice for any filtration media than a canister filter.
 
Pufferpunk said:
I prefer Purigen. I can't tell you how many times I've regenerated & reused.
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Purigen is good stuff but it filters different targets than carbon, and does nothing to filter phosphates in the aquarium. It's not really necessary if you have a good skimmer anyways to remove any organics before they can break down into the chemicals that it absorbs (ammonia, nitrites & nitrates primarily). Its a good backup media to have in the tank because it does absorb trace chemicals that cause discoloration in your water, and will help supplement carbon in clarifying your water. It's somewhat a personal preference if it's worth the cost. I use it in my skimmerless nano, but have not used it on any larger tanks that have skimmers and i don't see any benefit on those tanks to run it.
 
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