Chemi-Pure - Standard vs Blue vs Elite

[kangadrew]

Hello,

I am in the planning stages of my 60 gallon display tank, which will be converted to a dwarf cuttlefish tank soon. It is up and running, it's a pretty bare-bones reef tank right now - but I'm going to play around, upgrade some stuff, and turn this thing into a sweet tank to house three dwarf cuttlefish, rather than the Octopus briareus that I have been planning on.

For now, I am wondering which form of carbon I am going to run in the tank. Which do you prefer of the three listed in the title? Filtration for the tank will be carbon and filter floss run in some sort of filter (either a big custom HOB filter, a canister filter, or a ~25 gallon sump). There will be macroalgae kept in the display, a skimmer rated for 55-100 gallons, plenty of live rock, and I am debating either a Sulfur Denitrator or a remote DSB for extra nitrate reduction.

I am just stuck on what kind of carbon to run, at this point. Elite is about 1.4x the cost of standard, and blue is about 1.7x the cost of standard. Are these costs worth it?

I'll post a build thread whenever I get some more things planned out, and I'll post some pics of the tank currently. It's not in the best shape right now but things will be changing!
Drew

 

[bpinkstaff]

I run elite and love it. Crystal clear water and just seems to
Make everything in my tank healthy and happy!

 

[GatorScott]

I tried CP blue and elite. After using both I ended up using BRS Rox.08 Carbon lol

 

[Mombo]

Im still under the impression that these are just good carbon, gfo in one bag. Then one of them has Purigen as well in it? I assume the elite. I thought the little beads they put in there dont help in saltwater

 

[kangadrew]

I run elite and love it. Crystal clear water and just seems to
Make everything in my tank healthy and happy!

Great to hear, I'll consider that one vote for Elite!

I tried CP blue and elite. After using both I ended up using BRS Rox.08 Carbon lol

Interesting to hear, why is that? I'm open to any ideas, I just need carbon in the tank lol. Looking for something of good quality.

Im still under the impression that these are just good carbon, gfo in one bag. Then one of them has Purigen as well in it? I assume the elite. I thought the little beads they put in there don't help in saltwater

I am pretty certain that Chemi Pure Blue is just the Elite with Purigen inside of it. I don't plan on running Purigen separate, so I shouldn't need Blue - but if it's worth the extra cash I may run some.

 

[Katrina71]

Elite

 

[jrwoltman]

Elite, plus Purigen. It seemed to work better for me than the blue, but that could just be in my head...

 

[Katrina71]

My pod population dropped with blue. I have no idea why.

 

[kangadrew]

My pod population dropped with blue. I have no idea why.

Interesting to hear, I will probably end up using Elite.

 

[Mombo]

So elite is just carbon and gfo in a pre packaged bag right?

I've just been using that brs carbon and filling my own bag then using gfo as I need it.

 

[GatorScott]

Interesting to hear, why is that? I'm open to any ideas, I just need carbon in the tank lol. Looking for something of good quality.

I could never get the results I desired with the other. I know many people use CP and swear by it but it just didn't work for me. After researching I read a lot of good stuff on the ROX Carbon, so I ordered it off BRS and man 2 days crystal water. And I've never went back.

 

[Mombo]

Are you using a reactor or just a bag of it in the sump?

 

[mckinney0171]

Elite all the way

 

[GatorScott]

Are you using a reactor or just a bag of it in the sump?

It's for a biocube and just a bag on a media rack. I empty and refill the bag once a month.

 

[Tautog]

Elite + purigen seems to be best for me, but Elite can remove too much