Beware of Temu Purigen

[snowballs99]

Bought a bag off Amazon. $15 for like 400ml. 2 big bags worth.

Added it to tank.
Tds spiking everyday.
From 150 to 400 tds after a week.
Thought substrate was just leeching.

I eventually just soaked the bag in RO water for a few days until the tds stopped spiking so much. Maybe I should just soak it in bleach first before use?

 

[gnatster]

Was it in sealed Seachem branded packaging?

 

[snowballs99]

Was it in sealed Seachem branded packaging?

Nah it was blatantly a seachem copy cat.
Packaging looked very similar to purigen but it clearly had their own words/logo on it.

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

Was it sold from the “Seachem” store?