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Aquarist Forums => Freshwater General Discussions => Plants => Topic started by: charlie on April 07, 2017, 02:21:29 PM

Title: Is Metricide 14 Excel, how safe is it? you decide!
Post by: charlie on April 07, 2017, 02:21:29 PM
https://www.sunkengardens.net/blog/2017/1/14/the-myth-of-liquid-co2-and-the-dangers-of-glutaraldehyde
Title: Re: Is Metricide 14 Excel, how safe is it? you decide!
Post by: wolfiewill on April 08, 2017, 11:21:26 AM
Yikes!!! This is good to know. I think I've bought my last jug of Metricide.
Title: Re: Is Metricide 14 Excel, how safe is it? you decide!
Post by: charlie on April 08, 2017, 06:18:27 PM
Anyone has a link or knowledge to counter this claim?
Title: Re: Is Metricide 14 Excel, how safe is it? you decide!
Post by: lucius on April 08, 2017, 06:56:45 PM
Found this, "I believe the infamous 'Polycycloglutaracetal' is a solution of Glutaraldehyde in water"

http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showthread.php/54446-Excel-vs-Glutaraldehyde

http://www.oscarfish.com/article-home/equipment/114-buyer-beaware-seachem-excel.html

If you go on Seachem's website, Karen Randall is quoted on their site.  Could simply be Seachem's way of saying that bottled water is better than tap water.
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