ReefresH20 with Cell Pore technology

[Bderick67]

First of all, don't need anybodies opinions on OTHER filter media. There is very little here on MFK regarding the use of cell pore, even though it has been around for a while. It seems to be a little on the high side regarding price.

Has or does anybody use this product?

http://www.reefresh2o.com/

The product data sheets:
http://www.reefresh2o.com/downloads/ReefresH2o.pdf

 

[dmopar74]

i have not tried it yet only due to the fact that its not tried and true, it sounds promising but advertising can make alot sound promising. basically bump for more info.

 

[Bderick67]

i have not tried it yet only due to the fact that its not tried and true, it sounds promising but advertising can make alot sound promising. basically bump for more info.

I agree. Not sure that it would be a good choice for canisters but it looks as if it may be a good choice for wet/dry filters.

 

[esse]

I have a slab in the drip tray going on three years now. It never needs to be cleaned. I would think it would be very hard to plug up. It is very brittle, so you need to handle with care. Even with that you will still get some crumbling when you handle it.
Overall, I like it and I would get it again when needed.

 

[brianp]

Well, you solicited opinions, so I guess I’ll contribute mine. First, I have never used this product. I haven’t because if I sit back and carry out a mental exercise in which I evaluate the applicability and likely performance of a material with this particular structure, I see a disconnect between the reported (“theoretical&#8221 surface and the actual result that one is likely to see. With regard to wet/dry filters, per se, I see this as a non-starter. The reason is that the composition of this material is the antithesis of what is commonly used in wet/dry filters. In fact, you will see that biosupport materials used in wds are usually non-porous…..and this is not by accident. Also, the pores are narrow and convoluted and my guess is that this will result in the pores being continuously filled with water, which is a violation of wd principles. Now, I’m not saying that you can’t use a slab of this in a wd filter to oxidize ammonia and nitrites…BUT…the efficiency is likely to be far less than with conventional wd media in which the bacteria are exposed to atmospheric oxygen. In other words, the water-filled pores are likely (IMO) to cause this slab of material to act more like a canister biofilter that has been attached to your wd filter. Of course, this is all “informed speculation”. In conclusion, it looks cool but I question its bang for the buck in any filtration format.

 

[Nic]

cell pore is great bio media.... very brittle....price is usually why people go with other products that are almost equal