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I want to try ROX carbon. Where would the best place be to grab some?

BRS wanted $20 SHIPPING for a $20 container. Nope.

Thanks.

CaCo3 the sponsor has similar carbon for a really great price. Good guy to deal with

A sponsor on canreef CaCo3Reef

I saw it there... but shipping info made no sense.

Could not figure out what it would actually cost.

I also read his post about it coming from somewhere else. Don't really get it.

Is it ROX, or is it Not?

Anyone out there who is a die hard ROX fan feel free to comment.

Thanks

I got some ROX 3.1 from him and honestly my water has never been clearer....as for the shipping I had someone pick it up for me so I'm not positive....but I think it's free

Shipping is included in the price, or at least it always has been. Great guy to deal with and all his products are very good quality.

Paddy from experi if you want something in this hobby just buy it and and CAco3 has some amazing stuff and the shipping isnt that bad. heck dude he is in Calgary

I use the brs stuff order it by the 5 gallon pail works out well that way. If you want to try some i can get u some i have a half pail i think still.

I just looked, and couldn't figure it out either! :lol: I forgot to order ROX on my last BRS order, and I'm almost out. So if you order from CACO3REEF please post, ok Guinea Pig? :lol:

I know where he is... but want to buy genuine ROX. His post leads to believe its similar but not actually ROX... and his shipping says ...

"free shipping with any other purchase with free shipping"

WTH does that mean????

Anyways. I considered ordering but I was left confused after visiting his site and moved on.

I think it was confirmed it's not ROX. I'm not sure why it can be marketed as such.

ROX as far as this hobby has known thus far has been extruded carbon and this is also granular. When anyone says ROX they're referring to this specific carbon carried by BRS. I'd love for someone to source it on this side of the border...

Interesting. I do not think it can legally be sold as a branded product if it is not.

That would be false advertising. And potential for a law suit from the company who trade marked ROX.

ROX is made by NORIT AMERICAS. Anything else is not ROX.


Wes. How much do you want for a pound? I have a scale I can bring over.

Throw this out there....

Anyone in Edmonton who may be interested in going group on a 5 gallon pail and splitting cost equally let me know.

I could never use a 5 gallon pail of it in my lifetime. Shoot me a PM.

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/...um-carbon.html

just a note that 5 of the 1g containers is cheaper than a 5g bucket due to volume discounts.

Ok maybe not! I do recall noticing that trend for the bulk chems (and I just re-confirmed it with calcium).

Pat I'm in if you want to get 2 other people (4 people total) in the 5G pail. We can split the total cost and it would be worth the cost of shipping.

Pat, I'd be in for some Rox!

Ok. Let's see if we can get 2 more people.

3 pounds each.

I will take a share.

PMd

I'll pm you guys shortly.

Just for the record, the stuff Eli at Caco3 Reef sells is very high quality. Call it what you want but it does work.

Marine Aquaria sells it, and it's in Edmonton. I've been using it for the last couple of years. It's sold in .5lb, 1 lb and 15 lb bags. It is the actual ROX carbon.

Dez it's the ROX 0.8 extruded?

Hey patty, Im in my friend.

Cheers,

Chris

Yup

Expensive locally. Looks like I have enough folks to order. I'll email all details tonight. Busy weekend. Sorry.

I am thinking this order may be for ROX only.

To simplify things... 15 pounds Rox divided equally between (7 people showed interest) is just over 2 pounds each. Makes easy to just chop the bill and not worry about the rest.

5 of 7 want carbon... 2 others want more.

$31.88 = 2.14 pounds. Yes I do have a scale. (if all 7 are interested)




Subtotal $169.99
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Rewards Redemption $0.00
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Total: $223.17


Let me know asap. I will order soon.

I must jump in here & if I **** some one off well............it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out CaCo shipping. Over $100 total order - shipping is free.....if you place an order under $100 you need to contact him for a price. Where it says $11 per lbs free shipping with any other item with free shipping.....simple......$100 of any other product & 1 - $11 pound of carbon....there's no shipping cost.

ROX is a BRS name for there carbon from what I can tell & chances are it all comes from the same place. From what I can tell from the bag of CaCo's carbon I am looking at right now it is extruded small pellet form & honestly we all really need to support local vendors. If it doesnt get rust when in use it's good quality IMO.

I started using it recently & I can say that it really is a good product. I notice that my water clarity after 2 days was completely amazing. Also noticed some difference in my coral especially zoo's.

Rox is made by Norit Americas. I did a google.

So did I but didn't get that one.....must google again.

Ok found Norit Americas & there is no mention of ROX just activated carbon.

Oh cool thanks, I still like the bigger size of carbon pellets then .8 & it all sounds the same to me, not to mention easier & faster to get from CaCo but to each is to own.

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Hello all
not trying to stirrup any wrong dispute everyone is entitled to their opinions about any given product price tagged and used,lets face it we all like to get our hands on the best and highest quality with the lowest price tag (as for me I detail my product test it over and over and give out free samples as I receive it from the manufacturer to get everyone's reply for myself and the rest as we all share a common goal) Most of you who know me on a personal or business level know that I will never carry or promote a product that I don't believe in to place in my reef system.
For those of you needing information on the names and product I carry be it ROX1.3 or other you may want to check out my 1st post on Activated carbon under my forum, that should explain what I carry,the quality and the origin of it (www.canreef.com/activated carbon)
For those who are interested in the shipping charges We have it posted on every individual page of caco3reef.com/

As I said earlier Please don't take what I wrote as a dispute as everyone is entitled to their opinions
And now I am off to try and figure out my pump problem:fadein:

Yeah I'm not trying to stir anything up either I'm still just confused as you said in that previous thread that this product doesn't come from NORIT. We've seen the demo and we know it's an effective product regardless of its origin. Of particular interest to me (with regards to the BRS ROX 0.8) is the fact that it's extruded. I suspect there's no other product readily available to us with as few fines and this seems to be significant if we consider new studies linking HLLE to carbon fines.

I was just on his website under the ROX 1.3 heading and it states "Free shipping throughout Canada with a purchase of over $70 with no hidden cost". Then at the bottom of the page it has 1-9lbs of Rox for $11 with "free shipping Canada wide with any other purchase containing free shipping". So if I wanted to buy 8lbs at $88, which is $18 over the minimum order required to get free shipping as stated on the same page I would not be getting free shipping until I buy another item worth over $70. Hardly clear at all as it doesn't state that the $70 order for free shipping is only for some items and not others.

Oh ya I see what you mean now, I will let Eli know about that confusion next time I talk to him. Thanks for pointing that out.

I was thinking probably a typo or something missed in a web site update. I have never met Eli but he's supposed to be a really honest and good guy to deal with.