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Since both Brightwell and MarinePure are baked ceramic medias that leech aluminum, would other media such as Eheim Ehfimech and Substrat Pro also leech similar mineral sooner or later? I think Eheim is also baked ceramics.
Just an update. I Still have 25 marine pure blocks in my sump and no issues with any of my corals, and have yet to run GFO. Stay tuned with the build thread as I plan to send off a triton test this month or next.
Don’t have time to read 22 pages. Anyone will to post the highlights and findings from this thread for me and others?
Good point the frag plugs are also baked ceramic
Do you have leather corals?
Yes, toadstools, finger leather and green and neon green sinulara. All are fine with exception of the neon but it was struggling when i got it and I bet in time it will be fine too. I also have Zoas, sps, palys, chalices, and a couple meat corals.
Ceramic is baked clay and not all clay are rich in Aluminum. Even the ceramic used aquarium media products are Aluminun rich, there are also other factors involved when it comes to it dissolving in saltwater and I guess an important factor is how the media is produced. Marine Pure is quite porous and therefore brittle, which I believe is the reason it dissolves so easily.Since both Brightwell and MarinePure are baked ceramic medias that leech aluminum, would other media such as Eheim Ehfimech and Substrat Pro also leech similar mineral sooner or later? I think Eheim is also baked ceramics.
Any update on this?Just sent off my first Triton labs test today. We shall see how much 30 marine pure blocks leach.
Is something wrong now? if not, then just let it ride. The more you stress about it and try and change something immediately, the more damage you're going to cause.Sorry for surfacing an old thread but my first ICP results show sky high aluminum: 475 µg/l
I have three broken pieces of brightwell’s Xport brick in a 25 gallon aquarium.
Has there been confirmation that this brick leaches aluminum?
I just left for vacation (of course) got the results and have been researching.
Should I call someone to remove the bricks from my aquarium?
Ughh not how I wanted to start off this trip.