MarinePure: Anybody use it?

[hillegom]

Wokaid:
Where did you buy that nice extruded aluminium?

[wokaid]

I went through 80/20s nearest Canadian distributor which was Rocky Mountain
Machining in BC. Basically you deal with a Salesperson that then send your plans to 80/20 designers who come up with a drawing. Designers are not Engineers so can not guaranty if the stand will hold your tank. This little tidbit I only found out after a few emails. This caused me to add the 45 degree braces.
Definitely not the cheapest option.

Wokaid

[hillegom]

Looks sturdy enough.
And cool

[albert_dao]

IMO, the pursuit of ever increasing surface areas in reef tanks is an overblown distraction.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

IMO, the pursuit of ever increasing surface areas in reef tanks is an overblown distraction.

Agreed. I think this product offers options in the design phase, but adding it to a functioning reef is redundant.

[Wretch]

Is this basically the same as hydroton? I know people were using it as well.

[Myka]

MarinePure is just live rock replacement. This is handy for people using artificial reef structures or for other types of systems with no live rock like breeding setups and commercial setups. A tank needs very little live rock in order to process the ammonia produced by the fish. Nitrifying bacteria is very efficient. I wouldn't put this stuff in my reef tank.

[ReEf BoSs]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

IMO, the pursuit of ever increasing surface areas in reef tanks is an overblown distraction.

I agree which is why I could see using the stuff, if one didn't want a display of live rock.
Just comes down to aesthetics mostly.

[gmann]

just wondering if anyone that uses marine pure has noticed any ill affects to their corals? I read online that it leaked aluminum which made some users corals die.

looking at this option vs the xport bio plate simply because I wont have to saw the minepure in half to fit my sump.

[hillegom]

It seems the Brightwell block is getting better reviews on line.
Rich (Bblinks) really likes his, but he didn't have to cut it.
Does it not come in a brick, plate or cubes?