Purigen

[Crude]

Order the "The Bag" made by Seachem. Best option to put Purigen in IMO. I stuff about 250ml of Purigen in them for my use.

Definitely. They are reusable, too. I'm currently using them to hold some (very fine) substrate from my old tank to help seed the new one, then I'll switch back to purigen. They're made of a sort of plastic mesh, so I could really scrub them to get all the muck off when I went to wash them.

[Totenkampf]

the purigen is really fine so it needs a special bag. my 100mL bags definately are not felt but some kind of tightly woven plastic so that you can recharge the bags. sunnys recommendation is best i think, i just got a special buy on the 100mL.

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Purigen

Order the "The Bag" made by Seachem. Best option to put Purigen in IMO. I stuff about 250ml of Purigen in them for my use.

[NDsuperduty]

I was placing an order online and decided to buy some fine mesh bags to put my purigen in rather than buy pre-packed 100g bags. I order some 100 micron bags and when they come in they look like felt, not the typical mesh. Is this normal or did I just order a cheap bag?

[moganman]

Have you recharged it? I've read that you have to remove the purigen from the pantyhose to recharge it or else the bleach will eat through the pantyhose. Sounds like a PITA compared to "The Bag".

Nope but I'll figure something out.

[mistahoo]

I bought 59 cents panty hose at wal mart and cut it the size I wanted and it works perfectly.

Have you recharged it? I've read that you have to remove the purigen from the pantyhose to recharge it or else the bleach will eat through the pantyhose. Sounds like a PITA compared to "The Bag".

[Ballinxalex]

I bought 59 cents panty hose at wal mart and cut it the size I wanted and it works perfectly.

U gotta be careful on the panty hose bc they rip easily and when it spills into ur tank it is no joke it takes forever to get it out :) trust me it happened to me before

[moganman]

I bought 59 cents panty hose at wal mart and cut it the size I wanted and it works perfectly.

[Ballinxalex]

I use a liter and half for my 220

[mistahoo]

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Eheim for Mech. Purigen in WD. No carbon.

+1 no carbon. I use two 100ml packs for my 100g

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[mistahoo]

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Do you use Purigen? How often you recharge it?

Yes haven't recharged yet. Had it running for about a month

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[TexSun]

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Eheim for Mech. Purigen in WD. No carbon.

[NDsuperduty]

Purigen

If I got some of the bags is purigen one of those things that I would only need 2 bags for 200g or do most people use extra? I will be running carbon through my Eheim and plan to put the purigen in my W/D.

[TexSun]

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What bag do y'all use for your purigen? I think the bag i tried was 300 micron(possibly 500) and when I went to rinse it in the sink I noticed little grits of sand like material coming out of the bag. Is that purigen coming out of the bag bc the holes are too big?

I would guess that's what it is.

I've been using the purigen packs they have. Its convenient you don't have to mess with too large a hole, bags breaking, closing the bag... let seachem take care of it.

I don't have the info handy, but I think each pack will treat ~100gal.

[tat]

You recharge it when you want to. Judge by how dark the purigen is.

Do you use Purigen? How often you recharge it?