who uses POLYFILTERS

SUPERSTOCKRACER · 02/14/2013, 07:54 PM

in their reef tank?
do they pull out your magnesium,strontium, and potassium iodide/
do they really lower nitrates and reduce phosphates?

TheAquatard · 02/14/2013, 08:32 PM

Not sure about the other things but they do filter nitrates and phosphates in the sense that it is pulling debris and junk out of your water that other wise would break down.

bigpuffer1 · 02/14/2013, 09:59 PM

i live by poly filter. i run one inbetween the baffles in my sump. where most people put a sponge. i dont buy into any of the upsales i just run the plain white one grabs so much debris.

kriv4o · 02/14/2013, 11:08 PM

I use a piece between the buffles in my sump for a day after a WC to catch the bigger floating debree.

Signal151 · 02/14/2013, 11:21 PM

Guys, a Poly Filter is meant to be used as a chemical filter, not a mechanical filter to grab visible debris. In other words, you use it instead of carbon, exhange resins, and ferric oxide.

Click Here for the Poly Filter FAQ page which should answer all your questions.

fishyguy7 · 02/15/2013, 12:17 AM

I run poly filter from time to time. No real schedule I just toss it in when I feel like it

64Ivy · 02/15/2013, 09:28 AM

After my last crash, which was caused by an introduction of copper to the system somehow, I'll always keep a Polypad in my sump. Fairly inexpensive piece of mind for me.

02/14/2013, 07:54 PM	#1
SUPERSTOCKRACER Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 192	who uses POLYFILTERS in their reef tank? do they pull out your magnesium,strontium, and potassium iodide/ do they really lower nitrates and reduce phosphates?

02/14/2013, 11:08 PM	#4
kriv4o Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ocean Pines, MD Posts: 509	I use a piece between the buffles in my sump for a day after a WC to catch the bigger floating debree. __________________ 40b DT, with a 20l DIY sump 10g clam lagoon plumbed together with^ 10g stand alone NANO, JBJ 24g NanoCube rescue project

02/15/2013, 09:28 AM	#7
64Ivy B'rer Reefer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greenwich, CT Posts: 3,194	After my last crash, which was caused by an introduction of copper to the system somehow, I'll always keep a Polypad in my sump. Fairly inexpensive piece of mind for me. __________________ Be Kind To The Elderly. Life Without Parole Means Nothing To Us. ToTM 3-03 Current Tank Info: Between tanks. Searching for a home

02/14/2013, 08:32 PM	#2
TheAquatard Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 284	Not sure about the other things but they do filter nitrates and phosphates in the sense that it is pulling debris and junk out of your water that other wise would break down.

02/14/2013, 09:59 PM	#3
bigpuffer1 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 52	i live by poly filter. i run one inbetween the baffles in my sump. where most people put a sponge. i dont buy into any of the upsales i just run the plain white one grabs so much debris.

02/14/2013, 11:21 PM	#5
Signal151 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 71	Guys, a Poly Filter is meant to be used as a chemical filter, not a mechanical filter to grab visible debris. In other words, you use it instead of carbon, exhange resins, and ferric oxide. Click Here for the Poly Filter FAQ page which should answer all your questions.

02/15/2013, 12:17 AM	#6
fishyguy7 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Fort Collins,CO Posts: 426	I run poly filter from time to time. No real schedule I just toss it in when I feel like it