Siporax Discussion
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i am using a similar product. The rings are very porous. My nitrate has been "0". I think it might be starving the corals now.
https://www.amazon.com/Fluval-Biomax-Bio-Rings-ounces/dp/B000HHSG5M
https://www.amazon.com/Fluval-Biomax-Bio-Rings-ounces/dp/B000HHSG5M
I heard there's more surface area on the media blocks compared to siporax. People like it because it's cintered glass vs ceramic. There have been some claims that certain ceramic media can leach aluminum. I'm not sure if I believe that yet as there are plenty of people that use it without issues. I have some Brightwell xport that I'm going to try out in my new build. One plain one and one with sulfur embedded to help denitrate.
I have two boxes running in my 90 gallon. Recently I had to setup another tank and the siporax made it so much easier to seed the new tank. I just took out my box of siporax and drop it in the other tank for an instant cycle. Does it work??? Well... when I took out 1 box, my main tank went into a mini cycle, so I would say yes it WORKS!
My tank is 90 percent SPS by the way. You should be able to locate my tank thread here. I say give it a try Mike. It won't hurt at all.
You cannot add too much Siporax, like you can't add too much LR. It's not bacteria, it's a home for bacteria to live in. You system regulates how much bacteria is in your tank. It's self regulating.
My tank is 90 percent SPS by the way. You should be able to locate my tank thread here. I say give it a try Mike. It won't hurt at all.
You cannot add too much Siporax, like you can't add too much LR. It's not bacteria, it's a home for bacteria to live in. You system regulates how much bacteria is in your tank. It's self regulating.
Here is what I found when I was researching the media.
Sera Siproax surface area 270 m2/L (this also may be a gross underestimation)
Due to the small pore size, the pores do not clog. Pretty much legendary for it’s trouble free performance
Seachem Matrix surface area >~700 m2/L
Although when tested against other substrates in an independent test it was over 2100 m2/L
http://www.greenaqua.hu/docs/Specific-Surface.pdf
Marine Pure surface area: 1300 - 1700 m2/L
I find that hard to believe with the large pore sizes they have.
Sera Siproax surface area 270 m2/L (this also may be a gross underestimation)
Due to the small pore size, the pores do not clog. Pretty much legendary for it’s trouble free performance
Seachem Matrix surface area >~700 m2/L
Although when tested against other substrates in an independent test it was over 2100 m2/L
http://www.greenaqua.hu/docs/Specific-Surface.pdf
Marine Pure surface area: 1300 - 1700 m2/L
I find that hard to believe with the large pore sizes they have.
I ran Marine pure blocks and plates in my 45G. In june my tank went through a rough patch and I got a dino out break and lost most of my zoas. All my parameters where in check and after reading a thread on another forum I took the blocks out. I think the zoa loss was due to a rabbit fish though. With my current build (120G) I decided to try Siporax and I dumped the whole 10L bucket in the sump. I've only ran it for about 3-4 weeks so far so I can't compare yet.
I'm not sure about other people using it, but in my case, when I added siporax to my tank it completely removed any nitrates that were in my DT. I starved my corals, lost some, bleached most of them. My tank hasn't fully recovered even though I feed quite heavy. So I believe you can add too much, and have a negative effect. Maybe my tank wasn't mature enough to handle the amount of siporax I added.
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