Clearmax

[bukboi]

hello, I was wondering if any of you have used Fluval clearmax inside a media reactor? I’m very curious to as it would work just as good as GFO.

 

[geologeek]

I've never used it, but always wondered how it differed from GFO as it is a "special resin". Just always assumed they used up the power left from their supply chain of GFO and bound it up in a resin to make it in clumps???

Unless someone has used it and can offer their experience, you can either give it a go, and as with everything go slowly with a little added and see the results, or stick with GFO as it's probably cheaper.

 

[bukboi]

I've never used it, but always wondered how it differed from GFO as it is a "special resin". Just always assumed they used up the power left from their supply chain of GFO and bound it up in a resin to make it in clumps???

Unless someone has used it and can offer their experience, you can either give it a go, and as with everything go slowly with a little added and see the results, or stick with GFO as it's probably cheaper.

I might just cut it open and try it in my new media reactor from innovative marine. I will post results. I’m currently at .60 phos Lol. I added the bag last night under my skimmer in my Red Sea, but it seemed to have jumped up .02 from .58 last night. Could’ve been the pellets I fed this morning.. I have a mixed reef, all the corals & fish are doing fine.. but the glass algae is persistent.

 

[geologeek]

Just be careful to go slowly and add half of the suggested amount at first and see how it does. The reactor is going to increase its efficacy and you don't want to bottom out your phosphate........it zero for too long and you risk a dinoflagellate outbreak.

Go slowly my friend.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I think it is just GFO trapped in a polymer. There have been similar products in the past. I do not believe the claims relating to nitrate will work in seawater.

 

[bishoptf]

I think it is just GFO trapped in a polymer. There have been similar products in the past. I do not believe the claims relating to nitrate will work in seawater.

I'd really love kento know if clearmax is just gfo in a polymer. I can only use media bags and have been using phosguard to bring phosphate down but I know based on @Randy Holmes-Farley results that it can leach aluminum. I would like to go with some form of gfo that works in a media bag like phosguard and the clearmax looks big enough that is should work but id like to know if it really is gfo. I emailed them and asked for the msds information but still do not see GFO mentioned anywhere in the document but it looks like GFO. @Randy Holmes-Farley can you take a look at the attached and see what you think?

Thanks

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

That SDS doesn’t say anything useful about what it is. Do you have it now? What color is it?

 

[bishoptf]

That SDS doesn’t say anything useful about what it is. Do you have it now? What color is it?

I do have it on hand and it looks like brown pellets. Pretty much like looks like this picture, see attached. I think its gfo but would be nice if they would just say what it is ..

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I do have it on hand and it looks like brown pellets. Pretty much like looks like this picture, see attached. I think its gfo but would be nice if they would just say what it is ..

I cannot think of anything else is its likely to be. :)

 

[bishoptf]

I cannot think of anything else is its likely to be. :)

Thanks, that was my thought but not of lot of information out there and always leary of stuff that im not sure about.