Pond matrix n Purigen

[mnemenoi]

Very cool, might have to do something like that in the future, we use nylons now as they are a bit less sizey for smaller HOB's

[morpheus]

What material does she use for the bags?

we just bought it at hobby lobby. went into the fabrics section and asked for a very fine mesh material and the person showed me something that was white and silvery...i want to say it was called odessa or something

she has this fancy sewing machine at home and just uses a standard HOB filter cartridge as a template

[SunnyHouTX]

What material does she use for the bags?

[morpheus]

well fish are still alive, and ammonia still down, so i figured i was ok. i just have to get my wife to sew a few more bags up...i only have two right now and both are in the canister

[johnnymisty]

Mine never did either it's time for me to buy a few liters and start using again

[SunnyHouTX]

no i recharge it.

i only went through the process once and the purigen was not pure white after (which is what i thought was supposed to happen). didnt know if that meant i did so incorrectly or if it never comes out pure white again. was more a light tan color

Yeah, it's more beige/light tan when you recharge. Still works as good as new.

[mnemenoi]

ours never turns pure white

[mnemenoi]

Indeed, I think I'll be getting some for bio replacement in our filters...

[morpheus]

Do you replace purigen or regenerate? If you replace, I'd like to take the used ones off your had hands.

no i recharge it.

i only went through the process once and the purigen was not pure white after (which is what i thought was supposed to happen). didnt know if that meant i did so incorrectly or if it never comes out pure white again. was more a light tan color

[SunnyHouTX]

Yeah man. I had a niggling feeling from reading online about this and never really had anybody local who did a study. This is awesome.

[johnnymisty]

Do you replace purigen or regenerate? If you replace, I'd like to take the used ones off your had hands.

Purigen hog

[johnnymisty]

glad i was a good guinea pig. yes about 5-6 weeks. i havent opened the canister since the process started, so that part of the system has just been continually flowing. but i need to replace that purigen in the canister so it was a good the drop happened now

It's always good to be the guinea pig now you know you were a pioneer hahahha

[SunnyHouTX]

Do you replace purigen or regenerate? If you replace, I'd like to take the used ones off your had hands.

[morpheus]

glad i was a good guinea pig. yes about 5-6 weeks. i havent opened the canister since the process started, so that part of the system has just been continually flowing. but i need to replace that purigen in the canister so it was a good the drop happened now

[SunnyHouTX]

So about 6 weeks for the denitrifying bacteria to start working well.