
Originally Posted by
Justahobby
Chemi pure starts out with a saturated sodium state. Submersing the media into an (and I qoute boomer) "85% table salt" solution saturates the media causing it to re-release everything that has been taken up including ammonia, etc. To the SW hobbyist it is useless since the media never has a chance to absorb ammonia, metals, etc before becoming over-saturated.