Purigen

[steveb87]

Having a thought... anyone tried to pass tap water through a cartridge filled with Purigen to remove Nitrate? I run tap water to my tanks but just wanted to reduce the Nitrate.

 

[Rocky998]

Having a thought... anyone tried to pass tap water through a cartridge filled with Purigen to remove Nitrate? I run tap water to my tanks but just wanted to reduce the Nitrate.

How much nitrate is in your tap?

 

[Aiken Drum]

Purigen can remove organic compounds and so prevent ammonia forming, which in turn will lower nitrite and nitrate production. It wont remove nitrate once its already present.

 

[steveb87]

Thanks, had a reply from support "Purigen sadly does not directly reduce nitrate. You would need to look at a nitrate remover/absorber, but they have limited capacity and would need regular replacements." It's what I thought but wanted to know for a fact. My water by the way is around 12.5ppm

 

[Aiken Drum]

My water by the way is around 12.5ppm

Is that really a problem? While i can accept getting nitrate as low as managable is desirable, i don't really see nitrate out the tap at that level as being an issue. What you are seeing isnt uncommon.
Stock moderately, do a decent water change every week, and you should be able to keep nitrate at a good level. My nitrate out of the tap is in the 5 to 10ppm region and i dont have a problem with nitrate levels.

 

[steveb87]

Thanks, I have heavy stocking of young fish growing out and like to try to keep the NO3 as low as possible. Feed heavily and do plenty of W/C's and move the larger fish on to the next tank. Just would be nice to add very low NO3 water.