Purigen & Stingrays
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sorry probably better position this. I dont have an RO unit and therefore the water he get isnt nitrate free (although pre filtered before it hits him). i want something that will reduce nitrates and keep them low even if i miss a water change cos im away with work
You don't need an RO unit for rays. Waste of money IMO. Im pretty sure purigen works, even with rays, but I just don't see the point in using it. If everything's stable and on track, delaying a water change by a day isnt much of a problem, especially when you're doing enough water changes to match the ray's bio load. K.I.S.S. is the key, the more things you add to your tank, the more complicated it becomes, meaning the more things you have to screw up.
If you have Nitrate coming out the tap at a level higher then you want then you can run the water in through a Nitraking or Hitragon, these are ion exchange resins that are recharged with a salt solution.
People think these are a pain but I have set up a recharge rig using a simple bucket with a tank connector and thats it...I can re-charge as often as I like.
I have zero nitrate (near enough) in the tap water but I use my Nitragon on the actual tank between water changes, it keeps the Nitrates really low.
People think these are a pain but I have set up a recharge rig using a simple bucket with a tank connector and thats it...I can re-charge as often as I like.
I have zero nitrate (near enough) in the tap water but I use my Nitragon on the actual tank between water changes, it keeps the Nitrates really low.
sea7ray, I will answer your question.
Purigen is completely safe for use with rays, period. No opinion here, just fact. It is completely safe and very effective with rays. I use it in my system as an accessory with my wet dry and hydroponics. I consider it an insurance policy for my rays.
Fellow ray keepers, please help members like sea7ray by answering their questions as simply and factually as possible. Please don't make them feel uncomfortable to be part of our forum.
Happy raykeeping.
Respectfully,
FireMedic.
Purigen is completely safe for use with rays, period. No opinion here, just fact. It is completely safe and very effective with rays. I use it in my system as an accessory with my wet dry and hydroponics. I consider it an insurance policy for my rays.
Fellow ray keepers, please help members like sea7ray by answering their questions as simply and factually as possible. Please don't make them feel uncomfortable to be part of our forum.
Happy raykeeping.
Respectfully,
FireMedic.
FM, the others did answer the question with helpful advice...mine was specific to a part of his question surrounding Nitrate in tap water.
I did not know if purigen is ray safe so did not offer any answer, my answer could have been tighter by saying I do not know but it did not occur to me.
Its kind of like saying to a doctor " Is there a cheaper way of buying headache tablets as I am buying 4 packs a week" The answer could be "Yes, buy a supermarket brand in the biggest size they do" OR would it be better to say "well, lets look at why you have those headaches?"
I do not understand why the poster would not have felt welcome?
In the pic above, are those Sulphur based Nitrate reductors? If so do you have to turn them off when the Nitrate reaches zero as the deltec site says you need to?
I did not know if purigen is ray safe so did not offer any answer, my answer could have been tighter by saying I do not know but it did not occur to me.
Its kind of like saying to a doctor " Is there a cheaper way of buying headache tablets as I am buying 4 packs a week" The answer could be "Yes, buy a supermarket brand in the biggest size they do" OR would it be better to say "well, lets look at why you have those headaches?"
I do not understand why the poster would not have felt welcome?
In the pic above, are those Sulphur based Nitrate reductors? If so do you have to turn them off when the Nitrate reaches zero as the deltec site says you need to?