Quote Originally Posted by MizTanks View Post
WOW! Very sweet setup Beautiful tank! You did a wonderful job on your stand, I am very impressed. You should be proud
Could you tell me a little more about these cerameco detox bloxs? I've never heard of them before now.

Looking forward to watching your tank grow.
Here u go

This is what CeramEco says about the Detox Blox:

Detox Blox are made from our filter media material that has biological and mechanical filtering capabilities, It is a ceramic material that combines surface area and water passing capabilities that makes it unmatched for providing biological filtration within small volumes of material. We are presently using the material as a block that can be placed in sumps to enhance or provide whatever biological filtration the aquarium setup requires. This has allowed some users to remove their sand beds and rely on detox block or have a much barer look than usually can be accomplished. Obviously the blocks can be used to replace the live rock or whatever else would be placed in a refugium in a typcical setup. In this application both aerobic and anaerobic Bacteria are able to perform their function. Blocks are also available to replace the ceramic or other biological filtration now being used in Nano or other plug and play setups.



We are also using the material in a cartridge shaped cylinder that can be placed in the standare canister filters or reactor cannisters such as the phosban reactor. In this application we have found that the material will become blocked after several months of filtration. This limitation has been overcome by reversing the flow through the filter every few months (simply done with three way valve) , or using a duplex system where one cartridge is replaced at regular intervals. Controlling flow through these cannisters allows one to create either an aerobic or anaerobic enviornment. This type of set-up also accommodates a method for tank dosing that appears to be much superior to direct dosing into the tank. (Dosing mataerials are injected into the cannister in front of the filters which results in premixing and even dispersal)

For technical and comparison use our media is .12 square meters per gram. Converted to compare with other medias we get about 32,000 square feet of area per cubic foot. To compare with other materials (same units for all) bioballs 97, Feather rock 19,000, japanese shower media 20,000, sintered glass media 19,000, marine pure 100,000 (very expensize), pea gravel 100. Effectiveness of the media is a function of surface area as well as the ability to pass water.


Every tank is so different it is difficult to make recommendations, however for smaller tanks (smaller than 30 gal some are using a single cannister filter or phosban reactor (2-3 lbs) setup. Larger tanks 40-50 gallon are using a duplex catridge system ( 4-5 lbs) successully.