omniviparous Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hello all, I've always used Purigen and active carbon in my shrimp tanks, with good succes. Gets the water super clean and acts as a safty net when external polutants get in. The downside is that all the humic, fulvic and other acids gets adsorbed and that the positive effect of the leafs also dissapear. So, are the benefits of the acids and leafs more importent than the cleanness of the water? And is there any wat to get Both? bitbrush 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitbrush Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 Bump! I would love to see the solution to this, I have the same issue 1lildave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evabug1 Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 I'm a shrimp rookie, but I use SL-Aqua Dark Extract, alder cones, and an assortment of leaves in my TB tank. I think the many benefits you get from them are important for your shrimp. I rely on RO water, montmorillonite clay, mironekutron, mineral balls, an HMF, and Aqua Clear 20 for filtration and neutralizing impurities. Also minimize putting your hands in the tank. Just what's working for me. [emoji4]Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk bitbrush 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitbrush Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 Great, but to use carbon or purigen in that aquaclear 20 is the question.Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evabug1 Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 Nah, I don't use either. Just two sponges and a small bag of flu value media.Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk bitbrush 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evabug1 Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 *fluvalSent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk bitbrush 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitbrush Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 Say it aint so! Flu value media is easy to come by this time of year. Lol. Wow, im going to take my purigen out and get some of the aqua dark magic then.Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk evabug1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evabug1 Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Lol, cool let us know how it goes!Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dao Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 There is a saying that better is good's worst enemy. If what you already have is working well, it's best to keep it that way. colorfan, Vpier and NeocaridinaPat 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeocaridinaPat Posted November 3, 2016 Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 On 10/24/2016 at 7:45 AM, dao said: There is a saying that better is good's worst enemy. If what you already have is working well, it's best to keep it that way. Really like that saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy6107 Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 @evabug1 what form of the montmorillonite clay do you use? have a link to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evabug1 Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 https://www.discobee.com/collections/sl-aqua/products/sl-aqua-montmorillonite-clay Sent from my LG-H901 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy6107 Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 thank you very much evabug1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evabug1 Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 No problem! Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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