Schuran media users

[Lunchbucket]

figured i would get the most views w/ the SPS guys that use Ca Rx's.

wondering what you guy's Schuran style media (genX, Schuran, other Schuran knock-off's) looks like when it has been in teh rx for quite a while and gets eaten up a lot?

mine did jsut get smaller as it got eaten up but now it seems to be flaking apart almost mushing up like ARM. i never had it do this but i have been running it for quite a while and all the pieces are getting eaten up pretty good.

post pics please. i'll get one tonight
thanks
Lunchbucket

[Maximus]

I've been using Schuran for the past 6 months or so and I have no flaking at all. I really like this media over ARM because it doesn't turn to mush, even when the ph gets real low.

[chadfarmer]

i am running a mixture of schuran and the gen-x

no flakin just getting smaller

[gotfish8]

No flaking here either. Love the shuran, mix a little dolomite in it and the mag stays up now

[smcooler]

run it in a MTC pro-cal works great no flakeing just gets smaller and poris.



stan

[Orseemi]

Where did you guys get these medias?

[jdieck]

I use the Gan-X and seems to be working very well. I noticed that some pieces that seem more porous than other dissolve first and at the end they tend to flake but still a lot better than the mud I used to get with ARM.
I still use ARM for the second chamber.
I get it from www.premiumaquatics.com

[jt_redmist]

Those of you that had ARM media turn to mush. How long and at what PH did you run your reactor before it turned to mush?

JT

[jdieck]

Using Arm at 6.4 to 6.5 PH starts partially mushing in about three weeks to a month. I think mushing will not be an issue if it were not becasue it plugs the proper recirculation. Upflow reactors may be less prone to it than down flow.

[njb2345]

Same here..... no flakeing at all....

[kpk]

I just got my reactor up and running last week them my ph probe broke (my fault of course). I have been running the gen-x. What ph is optimal with this media?