Pssst...Tired of buying expensive bottles of Flourish Excel?

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Then get the generic, stronger stuff; Metricide 14. Contains glutaraldehyde, which is the active ingredient in Excel. The stuff sold by Seachem is just diluted with water, just like their bottled ferts.

Excel contains 1.5% glutaraldehyde
Metricide is 2.6% glutaraldehyde

So if you dose Metricide according to Excel doses, you'll be adding almost double, which is typically fine. I've dosed 2-3x the recommended amounts of Excel.

You can get a gallon of Metricide for just over $20 shipped, which would cost you about $80+ if using Excel. This isn't breaking news either, do some reading on the planted tank sites.

BUY: http://www.dealmed.com/Products/Surface-Disinfectants/Metricide-14-Day-1-Gallon
 
Their was a guy who posted this on Ac last year and got flamed to death. I did some searching via google DIY Flourish excel and found a lot of interesting links. May have to give this a try. Just need to find a 2.5% solution for sale. Any links Cardona.
 
LOL, I think that's how it went until people really figured out what is in Excel. Seachem has made a killing of this stuff!
 
jcardona1;4913147; said:
LOL, I think that's how it went until people really figured out what is in Excel. Seachem has made a killing of this stuff!
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The threads I found are from 06 though. I think his presentation was wrong. The poster talked about diluting it yourself which I think is asking for it. But If I can find a reasonable price bottle of a predilluted 2.5% solution I'll give it a try.
 
Just Prince;4913163;4913163 said:
The threads I found are from 06 though. I think his presentation was wrong. The poster talked about diluting it yourself which I think is asking for it. But If I can find a reasonable price bottle of a predilluted 2.5% solution I'll give it a try.
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Here's a thread with some info on diluting it. To be honest, I don't see the need. All you half to do is cut the dose in half, and it's the same as Excel.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/f...127417-mixing-metricide-cidex-water-okay.html
 
Cool.
 
bumpage :)
 
So based on the first link you posted this stuff is normally used as a sterilant? Would this only be because of the duration of exposure or what? I'm just always leary of adding chems to the tank that's all.

Otherwise I'm all for it!!!
 
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