AquaLung99
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Has anyone used Purple up?? If so how do you rate it..Good..SoSo.. Don't waste your $$.. Any opinions are welcome.. Thanxx Joey
Purple Up
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abulgin
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I used it once and saw no ill effects, but then stopped once I I read on www.wetwetmedia.com that the people who run that site advise against using it. Go there and search the term and you will see lots of responses. Seems that this is just liquid pollution that may cause an overdose of Iodine, among other things.
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I say dont waste your money. I used it and it didnt do anything. Just let your tank do its work for you. The Coralline will come I promise. I started using it and the coralline didnt come so I stopped and now I am gettin coralline. Alls it does is add calcium to your tank which if your using a right salt mix then you dont need to add. Also if your already dosing calcium you dont need to add. I see no use in wasting your money on something like that when you can use it on food, lights or something else you want or need. I'm not gonna get it again cause I dont need it. Good luck in your choice though.
I used it since my calcium was at 300.
The tank is now a lil above 400 and I also use liquid calcium along side purple up and now I am starting to see some of my algae turning purple. Best info is to read the info on the bottle and if you think you need those extra ingredients then yeah use it.
The tank is now a lil above 400 and I also use liquid calcium along side purple up and now I am starting to see some of my algae turning purple. Best info is to read the info on the bottle and if you think you need those extra ingredients then yeah use it.
I agree with cbrguy. Get some 2 part. You get WAY more for your money. I have had great results with B-Ionic as well. The 2 part mixes will not add trace elements, but you should be fine unless you have a ton of corals and never do water changes. My LFS uses Purple Up on their DT with good results, however, and there is no way to overdose it.
MinibowMatt
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purple up= Algae in a bottle
The best way to treat your tank's chemistry is to learn how to balance magnesium, buffer, and calcium. Here's how:
1. use a good salt mix. They vary in how much magnesium and calcium they contain. I like Oceanic, because I run stony coral (coralline is, if you like, a stony algae, and goes right along with it. I have to scrape it off my glass---a lot.)
2. do weekly 10% water changes. This replaces trace elements like strontium, iodine and such that get used up in such tiny amounts, but that need to be there. Crabs and shrimp need iodine, particularly...but dosing iodine: that's for way beyond a beginner tank. Right now, regular water changes can supply all you need. And NEVER dose any elemental chemical into your tank that you don't have AND USE a test for...
3. Everyone should have an alkalinity test and a ph test. I use Salifert DKH ALK test and a ph meter. Test, if things look 'off'.
4. If you are going to have stony coral, clams, or want a lot of coralline, eventually you'll need the Calcium test and the Magnesium test...and magnesium additive. I use Kent Tech M.
5. Always follow bottle directions. This is serious. Do.
6. Keep a log book. These numbers will get confusing if you don't write them down as you test, with date.
7. Your best water readings are: magnesium 1280. Calcium 420. Alkalinity 8.3-9.3. Salinity 1.025 (range is 1.024-6), temperature from 78-82: try not to exit that zone; and other chemicals best handled by water changes: there will be a lot of elements you have only heard of in the periodic table, and will never dose. But cheap salt is not always a bargain.
Keep your mg (magnesium's chemical symbol) at 1300-1400 with those readings and you'll soon be scraping coralline too.
HTH.
1. use a good salt mix. They vary in how much magnesium and calcium they contain. I like Oceanic, because I run stony coral (coralline is, if you like, a stony algae, and goes right along with it. I have to scrape it off my glass---a lot.)
2. do weekly 10% water changes. This replaces trace elements like strontium, iodine and such that get used up in such tiny amounts, but that need to be there. Crabs and shrimp need iodine, particularly...but dosing iodine: that's for way beyond a beginner tank. Right now, regular water changes can supply all you need. And NEVER dose any elemental chemical into your tank that you don't have AND USE a test for...
3. Everyone should have an alkalinity test and a ph test. I use Salifert DKH ALK test and a ph meter. Test, if things look 'off'.
4. If you are going to have stony coral, clams, or want a lot of coralline, eventually you'll need the Calcium test and the Magnesium test...and magnesium additive. I use Kent Tech M.
5. Always follow bottle directions. This is serious. Do.
6. Keep a log book. These numbers will get confusing if you don't write them down as you test, with date.
7. Your best water readings are: magnesium 1280. Calcium 420. Alkalinity 8.3-9.3. Salinity 1.025 (range is 1.024-6), temperature from 78-82: try not to exit that zone; and other chemicals best handled by water changes: there will be a lot of elements you have only heard of in the periodic table, and will never dose. But cheap salt is not always a bargain.
Keep your mg (magnesium's chemical symbol) at 1300-1400 with those readings and you'll soon be scraping coralline too.
HTH.
fivesmallworlds
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You'd be much better off using your money on a 2 part. The liquid calcium is just calcium chloride mixed and diluted in saltwater. So you're paying extra $$ for a diluted form of the product that you really want, calcium chloride. I don't know about you buy I have plenty of saltwater around that could be used to dilute my own calcium chloride... get my drift...
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