When I originally setup up my 2 eheims I did not use chemi-pure because the lfs recommended not to use it. Tank is about 6 weeks old and has not fully cleared up yet. Should I add the chemi-pure to my filtration.
Chemi-pure!? Yay or nay?
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what is it ? and dont forget large tanks can take months to ebstablish even my planted tanks took 6 months before my readings hit zero and were crystal clear adding lots of o2 helps to ebstalish your filters as well
how are you cycling it fishless or do you have fish in there ?
how are you cycling it fishless or do you have fish in there ?
googled it no i wouldnt use it you need the waste to create a cycle if you have fish and high ammonia and or nitrates increase the amount and frequency of your water changes untill the tank ebstablises
Chemi-pure is a good product but I have a few reservations about it. My first issue with the product is how long the manufacture claims it is good for, I don't have a jar of it with me right now but I know they claim it works for like 6 months or a year or something, I have my doubts about that. My second complaint is it gets real expensive to use on large aquariums, you need lots of it for large aquariums, the stuffs not cheap.
I have used it on smaller aquariums (55 and less) and liked the resaults I got. I used it on african cichlid tanks and salt water fish tanks. Water was very clear, fish looked great, slower nitrate developement. Although the manufacture claimed water changes are not needed as often with the use of Chemi-pure, I still did my regular water changes anyway.
I mostly use activated carbon and water changes to achieve the same out come..
Joel
I have used it on smaller aquariums (55 and less) and liked the resaults I got. I used it on african cichlid tanks and salt water fish tanks. Water was very clear, fish looked great, slower nitrate developement. Although the manufacture claimed water changes are not needed as often with the use of Chemi-pure, I still did my regular water changes anyway.
I mostly use activated carbon and water changes to achieve the same out come..
Joel
It is great for importing or acclimating very sensative fish. (Apistos, Discus, etc etc) It has alot of positive effects, but yes it is expensive and impractical on a large scale..
I feel Seachem's Purigen is a better product. You can bleach this stuff clean and reuse it. It works really well if you have a real heavy bio-load. Otherwise, I don't think you need either product .