Purigen Reactor

[JEden8]

Has anyone ever used a Purigen Reactor in their Discus tanks? Just curious about possibly setting one up and what your results were.

[lipadj46]

Search there is a recent thread where someone is getting zero nitrates using one.

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[Chicago Discus]

Don whats it look like?

[Second Hand Pat]

Check out this thread. Paul has included a purigen reactor as part of a total filtration system. He includes a link which points to pictures of his system.

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...ges&highlight=

[lipadj46]

Kensfish has great prices on purigen, you can get cheap water filter housings on ebay.

[Chicago Discus]

That's pretty high tech.......

[Madaboutdiscus]

Just watch using it because it has an issue where it works too well sometimes and can actually over filter your tank and deplete all your good bacteria and your tank will start cycling again.

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[JEden8]

Check out this thread. Paul has included a purigen reactor as part of a total filtration system. He includes a link which points to pictures of his system.

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...ges&highlight=

Thanks for the link! After reading the entire thing it just makes it seems like it might not be worth it to setup. I dunno. I may get bored one day and still do it. Right now I just used two of the purigen bags in my XP3 and it seems to be doing alright. Just don't know how much it's working or not.

[Boyd Luth]

Thanks for the link! After reading the entire thing it just makes it seems like it might not be worth it to setup. I dunno. I may get bored one day and still do it. Right now I just used two of the purigen bags in my XP3 and it seems to be doing alright. Just don't know how much it's working or not.

I can visibly see when my water becomes crystal clear...it's working :-)

[dkeef]

check this out guys. its on 50% sale.

http://www.petmountain.com/product/a...a-reactor.html

[barkmanusd]

Thanks for the link! After reading the entire thing it just makes it seems like it might not be worth it to setup. I dunno. I may get bored one day and still do it. Right now I just used two of the purigen bags in my XP3 and it seems to be doing alright. Just don't know how much it's working or not.

Jeden,
Thought I was the only one who albeit impressed with this setup just can't justify the time, money & resources to set this up. If I were building a new home I would/will absolutely plan something similar...to retrofit this much plumbing, mechanics etc just isn't practical. Please don't get me wrong - this system (and the actual write-ups) seem awesome - just not for me...and I assume most hobbyist.

[dkeef]

Just watch using it because it has an issue where it works too well sometimes and can actually over filter your tank and deplete all your good bacteria and your tank will start cycling again.

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is this true?
how would u know if its over doing?

[Nu2Discus]

I've never used used purigen, so I don't have first hand experience. But this might be possible if its as good as they claim. I don't think it can physically deplete your biological bacteria because it doesn't really touch them. But if purigen really does ad/absorb as much as they claim, maybe you won't be getting enough ammonia, nitrite, and dissolved junk in your water to support your bacteria? Again I've never used purigen, but in my mind it seems like it works kind of like a protein skimmer in saltwater, removing the dissolved junk out of the water, before it becomes ammonia and nitrite. So who knows maybe it could?

I wonder if anybody has tried using massive amount of purigen, and if it would just remove all the bad junk out of your water, and you wouldn't even need a biological filter? Wow, something to think about.

[Frankr409]

is this true?
how would u know if its over doing?

I would find that statement to be dubious.

[Crunchy]

I put a 200ml bag of purigen in my eheim ecco canister. It works great and I have 0 nitrates.