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Old 03-12-2010, 05:28 AM
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Monthly (well, approximately) for me too. I think I notice the tank is brighter the day after a switch out which tells me I might be stretching it out a bit too long.
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Old 03-12-2010, 03:06 PM
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I change about once a month, if I go longer the water does get a tint of yellow.
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Old 06-14-2010, 12:13 AM
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Oh my someone told me once a week! PM me if this is too much...
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Oh my someone told me once a week! PM me if this is too much...
who was that.....LFS?

monthly for me too
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Oh my someone told me once a week! PM me if this is too much...
Once a week isn't necessarily a bad thing but to me its a waste of carbon, I change monthly or if the tank is looking kind of scuzzy I"ll change it more often than that, never more often than 2 weeks.
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Anyone use Chemi-Pure?
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Lol was the LFS, i will do it every two weeks and see how it looks
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Anyone use Chemi-Pure?
Yep I've used it, can't say I see any better results than regular carbon though. The chemi-pure elite is supposed to have a phosphate remover in it, I haven't tried it though.
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I like to use carbon and purigen. Not 100% sure how purigen works but before I started using it my ammonia/nitrate levels fluctuated daily and since I added purigen it's been at 0 for a long time now. I was gonna test it again by removing my baggy for a week and see if there were changes. On a side note I do a daily 2Gallon water change and a 5Gallon water change on weekends for my 40 Reef so I'm not sure if that plays a factor with fluctuation. Tanks starting to look real good now though so I'm happy with my regime.
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Anyone use Chemi-Pure?
I do & think it's the shiz nit, elite that is, I change it about 8 weeks. Also run a small bag of Brightwells pellets change about monthly & Crystal clear over here. Po4 @ 0
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