Worth the price?

jandb · Feb 25, 2015

Welp, as always I've overspent on the startup of my new tank (540 gallon). One of the last expenditures I need to make is media. I have a 100 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank with three 32" filter socks then foam pads. Is spending $100 on a 5# bucket of Pond Matrix worth it or should I spend $5 on lava rock. I'd like to avoid pot scrubbers. Let me know what you think.

Oddball · Feb 25, 2015

There's something a bit more rigid than pot scrubbies. Commercial floor stripping and buffing pads will give you a ton more surface area than lava rock. A couple of pads, cut into pizza wedges, will fill a 5 gal bucket for less than $20 (on average).

rodger · Feb 25, 2015

Spend the hundred on K1 and make a fluidized bed filter. Way more efficient then Matrix. Plus it won't clog.

DIDYSIS · Feb 25, 2015

http://www.w-m-t.com/Products/WaterTek_MB3_Moving_Bed_Media.php Same or better than k1, great stuff, highly recommend

jandb · Feb 25, 2015

Thanks. All very interesting.

jandb · Feb 25, 2015

DIDYSIS said:
http://www.w-m-t.com/Products/WaterTek_MB3_Moving_Bed_Media.php Same or better than k1, great stuff, highly recommend

Kevin, how do you use it. What's your sump st up like?

rodger · Feb 26, 2015

DIDYSIS said:
http://www.w-m-t.com/Products/WaterTek_MB3_Moving_Bed_Media.php Same or better than k1, great stuff, highly recommend

I would agree it is better for two reasons: It is slightly larger and won't go through eggcrate and is less expensive. If I remember correctly the surface area is slightly less per cubic foot. But not enough to really matter.


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