Well Mr Paul, you are certainly welcome to take issue with whatever you like, frankly I don't care if you are offended by my answers to your rhetoric filled posts.
First of all, lets address your rhetoric shall we.
Your opinions about "messy media baskets and severe bypass issues" are just that. Opinions. I frankly don't consider the media basket on the AC to be messy and I only have bipass issues when I fail to keep my filter clean and I'm running a whole lot more AC filters than your one. Perhaps you need to clean your filter out a little more often instead of putting duct tape on. Like you, I'm an aquarium keeper and a member of this forum, and like you, I'm both entitled to my opinion and entitled to state that opinion. Nor do I have to conform my thinking to yours. I have my own experiences and my own successes to draw from. One of the nice things about aquarium keeping is that there is no one right way to do things. Your opinion of what you think is best doesn't make it best for everyone else, and restating it over and over again my linking to your opinions on why YOU think it is best doesn't make it any more "best" for anyone else. Your posts might be a little bit better received if they were not so chock full of your high personal opinion of your own opinion.
Secondly, I'm well aware of what Brian is "accomplishing" in his aquarium thank you, as I've been following his threads longer than you have been a member of this forum. I don't need you to post link after link to his thread or his youtube site. I also don't have to conform my thinking to his just because you apparently think I should.
Third, I don't need your link to what a blackwater tank is thank you very much, as unlike yourself I already know what it is. In addition to be a scientist, I also keep several, so please don't try and educate me on what the filter does and doesn't do with the chemistry of the water
Now lets address the incorrect statement in your rhetoric shall we?
Not sure where you are getting your facts from Paul, but perhaps you need to better educate yourself on exactly what Purigen is and what it isn't. Perhaps one of these will help;
Seachems Purigan - zeovit.com
Amazon.com: Seachem Purigen 100ml: Pet Supplies
Seachem. Purigen
Purigen absolutely does remove both nitrates and phosphate, that what it was designed to do.
So your "issue" with my first statement is completely ungrounded and misplaced. Sorry about that - perhaps you should better educate yourself before you take issue with what someone tells you.
In regards to you taking issue with my second statement, I'm frankly a bit confused . . . I've been using AquaClear filters for a lot of years now, just how long has the Fluval C been on the market? I think perhaps you and I have a bit different definition of the phrase "long term." Perhaps is has something do with how long we have both been keeping aquariums
, but if you choose to take issue with that, that is your problem.
Well looky there, I can write really long posts of my opinion with lots of links in them too! Imagine that . . .