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06-22-2007, 06:02 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Age: 29
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|  Purple Up precipitate
I've just about finished my first bottle of Purple Up (the stuff has worked great in my tank!) and I'm pretty sure there's a thick layer of precipitate at the bottom of the bottle. Does anyone know what this truly is? I'm guessing it's probably calcium or aragonite (the 2 ingredients the bottle lists) and I'm wondering if there'd be any benefit (and more importantly no harm) in filling the bottle back up with RO water, mixing it up and using it as a supplement. 
Just a thought...yes, I'm a cheap bastard...but Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is one of my favorite mantras...
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20 lbs live rock and 3" sand bed - Remora w/ MJ1200 & Prefilter - 10 gallon sump/fuge - MAG7 & SCWD return - 65W 10,000K PC - 15W Actinic - Red-legged Hermits - Cerith Snails - Nassarius Snails - Royal Gramma - 6line Wrasse - Maroon Clown - Wheeler's Goby - Bubble-Tip Anemone - Green Star Polyp - Button Polyps - Frilly Brown Mushroom - Green Bullseye Mushroom - Kenya Tree Coral | 
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06-22-2007, 06:08 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Apr 2007
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id like to know the same thing since im about 1/2 through my bottle _________  and yes those are my zoa's in that pic.
60gal salt water tank. live rock yea i got that.(not sure how much) live sand im guessing about 70lbs natulas proteenskimer uv filter sumptank w/ bio bio balls eheim canster filter 2 heaters 1/10 chiller firefish 2 scissortail dartfish a yellow and a blue tang watchtower goby coral beuty red wrasse tomato clown bicolor blenny and some coral | |
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06-22-2007, 06:24 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Did you shake the bottle before each dose???  _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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06-22-2007, 06:43 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Age: 29
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Yup, I did...I wish I had made a note of when I bought the bottle. Wonder if it's just been sitting too long. Using only half a capful every night (when I remember) made it last a good long while. | |
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06-22-2007, 06:57 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: oakley,ca Age: 27
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that stuff was hard as a rock at the end of my bottle I shook it up and poured some in bam instant cloud I was so scared I couldnt see anything in my tank after a while it cleared up but please can someone tell me is that a bad thing to do or is it safe to do again
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as of 6/27/07
tank: 55gal, coralife super skimmer , odyssea 260w 48" compact light, Fluval 304 canister filter, power head, 50 lbs live rock
Fish: yellow tang, 2 false percula clown fish,dragon goby, 20 red legged crabs,9 blue legged crabs, 2 yellow tip damsels,7 nassarious snails,5 zebra snails,3 bumble bee snails,2 astraea cones,3 cerith snails. | |
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06-22-2007, 08:43 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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you are suppose to turn it upside down and shake it "like a polaroid picture", haha.
I shake the crap out of it. If it doesnt come out real thick, you havent shaken it enough. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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06-23-2007, 05:50 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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It is ok to mix it up and add RO/DI water to the bottle and reuse it. It is an accumulation of calcium/aragonite. Yes as mentioned, best to really shake it up well before adding.
I love purple up though as it works great for coralline algae especially. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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06-23-2007, 06:39 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Age: 29
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Suh-weet! Glad to see that great minds think alike, Reefer...thanks for the advice, as always...  : | |
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06-23-2007, 07:49 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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All it is made of is Aragramight and boosted Magnesium and and touch of Iodide they Add Glycerin to make it stay suspended in solution . Same type of Glycerin that is used to thicken cough syrups and many Phytoplankton formula's You can use water .. I make a foumulia that the shop in Richmond sell at 1/2 the cost and twice the bottle size and it won't stay on the shelf LOL Works better the customers all say.. Selling alot of bottles every month _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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07-04-2007, 06:13 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va Beach, Va
Posts: 567
| Just keep adding a little R/o
HI,
If you add r/o to the bottle and shake it will slowly dissolve alittle till it reaches a saturation point of the water use it till its gone and repeat till the calcium carbonate is gone,
Its a never ending source of calcium.
Ps be sure you need calcium before you add it or you may start a little precip, also mag stops the reaction in the tank if your calcium levels are pretty high I shoot for around 1,200 for the mag.
Doug
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55 GAL OP, 37 GAL SEA HORSE TANK, 5 CLARKI,
2 MARRONS,2 SERPANT STAR,1 RANDALL PISTOL,NUMEROUS HERMITS,2 SKUNKS,
4 PEPERMINT,1 ANAEMONE, SEVERAL SOFT CORALS, 2 ADULT W/C SEA HORSES,8 CHROMIS.
1 B 1 LM BLEEMY,1 WATCHMAN,1 TRUE PERCULA, 2 TANGs, 1 gold angel 1 ROYAL BEAUTY. 1 20 GAL SUMP WITH 1skimmer, 1 fluidized sand filter,
REFORGIUM, AND DSB IN MAIN AND SUMP, right handed hermits. | |
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