chemical filtration in ray tanks

[ronin_man]

just wanted to see if/what people use in your ray tanks for any chemical filtration, such as nitra-zorb or phos-zorb or any special ammonia or carbon.
if anyone thinks these or others are especially usefull products.
why/why not ?

reason i ask, my bro was going to toss out a 33g tank cause it is all scratched and and whatnot as he just bought a new one to replace it.
im now in the middle of turning it into a sump for my ray tank and am going to use it as a large bio filter and as such i am going to have alot more room in my rena XP4 and AQ 500,
so i wanted to hear some opinions if i should pop in more mechanical to my filters or if some other stuff would be beneficial?
the tank size that these are on is 150g, just a fyi

any advice is welcome

 

[Miles]

Chemical Media often do the same thing that large frequent water changes will do (remove dissolved organics).. so not many raykeepers use them.

If anything, I like Chemi-Pure and/or Purigen.. but I don't use any chemical medias, just do water changes. If you have nasty bad tap water, these might be more beneficial.

I have also heard good things about the product PolyFilter

 

[Zoodiver]

I have also heard good things about the product PolyFilter

Closest thing to chem filters I use on ray tanks is poly. Great stuff to pull crap out of the water.

 

[Miles]

Closest thing to chem filters I use on ray tanks is poly. Great stuff to pull crap out of the water.

I thought you were Kevaldo for a sec.. didnt see your avatar change


LiuSu or however you spell his name has wonderful experience with polyfilter

 

[StripeGirl]

here in Boston i would say i have nasty tap water,I use 1 fx5 for just amo-carb.All the rest is Bio

 

[ronin_man]

is this poly just like filter floss or something, or is there more to it?

 

[Zoodiver]

http://www.aquaticeco.com/subcategories/3501/Poly-Filter

Great for pulling copper and most other 'bad' things out of the water.

 

[ronin_man]

oh cool, i've seen them before and they just looked like standard filter pads to me, i never took the time to read them, i just figured poly stood for polyester, as it turns out it does but has more to it that just that .
might use this as a part of my prefilter for my new sump as i'll be setting it up fairly soon (whenever my overflow decides to get here...)

 

[Nic]

lots of large water changes and chemipure... polyfilter is great as well

 

[LiuHsi]

Ya man, poly filter is good stuff, I wish I had bought more when it was $2.99 a piece...