Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Anyone use/heard of Chemipure? It’s a carbon meant for planted tanks because it doesn’t strip the water of essential nutrients. This is the guy that told me about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepere Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 It sure is pricey at $1.94 an ounce in the 40 ounce tub. Activated carbon can be had for $0.40 an ounce with a 40 ounce package… I tend to be highly skeptical of all marketing claims. Sellers tend to make big claims without backing them up with much data. Many people take the claims at face value…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 On 5/23/2023 at 7:43 AM, Pepere said: It sure is pricey at $1.94 an ounce in the 40 ounce tub. Activated carbon can be had for $0.40 an ounce with a 40 ounce package… I tend to be highly skeptical of all marketing claims. Sellers tend to make big claims without backing them up with much data. Many people take the claims at face value…. Yeah, I really don't know much about it. Just thought the description was interesting and wanted to see if anyone has tried it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepere Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 I agree completely. The idea of pelletized charcoal alone that doesnt need loads of rinsing is interesting in its own right… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 (edited) The claims: These are the folks that make VitaChem as well. Edited May 23 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) Pecktec uses it. It's more popular in the EU as an option in lieu of something like purigen. That being said there is 3-4 different colors and they are all different types of chemical media. I think there is a place for carbon and other chemical media tools when you're dealing with algae or nutrient issues. My biggest concern is that you get the response from seachem and others about "it removes whatever is in excess". Which is a difficult thing to really interpret effectiveness. Here is the chart from the company showing the use for the normal product, elite version, blue, and green. For an algae issues, elite or blue would be best. For a normal planted tank, green would be best and similar in use to purigen. Edited May 28 by nabokovfan87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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