RollerMat with different fleece...?

[salty150]

Anyone know if it is possible to use the RollerMat with a different fleece roll?

Would like to use a higher density fleece - 100 micron instead of the Red Sea 200 micron.

 

[blaxsun]

This is something I haven't tried yet. I imagine I might see a bump in fleece usage (at least initially) with a lower micron count.

 

[salty150]

Yeah, I assume you would use the fleece a little faster - as it would catch more material out of the water.

But your tank water would be clearer - and so would your sump.

I just don't know if there is any other manufacturer's fleece roller that would fit on the ReefMat - or are they pretty standard size...?

 

[blaxsun]

Yeah, I assume you would use the fleece a little faster - as it would catch more material out of the water.

But your tank water would be clearer - and so would your sump.

I just don't know if there is any other manufacturer's fleece roller that would fit on the ReefMat - or are they pretty standard size...?

That I don't know.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

I have a AquaMaxx 170 fleece roller which is about 50 microns (I think most brands are). But I use Red Sea because it is 200 microns. Between the Fleece roller and my skimmer it will pull too many nutrients out of the water if I don't use a 200

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Red Sea didn't play nice like the majority of the fleece makers, theirs is all metric sizing and metric width of fleece.

You can use cooling paper, but that's a rabbit hole you need to research on your own as it's NOT plug and play and I don't know personally how'd it go with the red sea.

 

[blaxsun]

Metric is the standard measurement outside of the US...

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Metric is the standard measurement outside of the US...

I'm more than aware of that...

End game is that if the op wants another fleece option, it's going to be custom cut width and not plug and play due to the non standard setup that red sea chose to implement.

I use a few different bubble magus filter rollers (small) I can use any media that measures 4" across (klir, aquamaxx, clarisea) are all compatible and tested. I use coolant paper instead, it's a reasonably cheaper option for me and I'm willing to do the extra footwork needed to make it work.

Red sea roller mat users can't do the same as the width of the 500 and 1200 machines aren't standardized to any of the other branded rollers when it comes to media width.

 

[salty150]

Yeah... that is what I was afraid of...

 

[ChiCity]

anybody know if the reefmat will fit in a
trigger sapphire 26 sump?

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

I cut down my Red Sea media with an Olfa box/mat knife to fit my AquaMaxx. But then again I am trying to let more nutrients through instead of taking them out.

 

[salty150]

The Red Sea ReefMat 1200 has a 6.7" wide roll...

There is a 7" wide roll that Klir makes that is 50 microns...

I wonder if that extra .3" would make a difference - or if it would fit the Red Sea 1200...

 

[blaxsun]

The Red Sea ReefMat 1200 has a 6.7" wide roll...
There is a 7" wide roll that Klir makes that is 50 microns...
I wonder if that extra .3" would make a difference - or if it would fit the Red Sea 1200...

There's enough "wiggle" room to fit a 7" roll - just barely. It may get a little "scrunched" right on the spool itself (which is about 0.25" narrower than the width of the outer red roll holders). The only thing that I can see being an issue is that the diameter of the fleece roll seems much larger than the ReefMat fleece rolls (and the roll itself may end up being too wide to fit the ReefMat spools).

One of my suppliers carries these so I think I'll have to try it out.

 

[Shark~bait]

I'm more than aware of that...

End game is that if the op wants another fleece option, it's going to be custom cut width and not plug and play due to the non standard setup that red sea chose to implement.

I use a few different bubble magus filter rollers (small) I can use any media that measures 4" across (klir, aquamaxx, clarisea) are all compatible and tested. I use coolant paper instead, it's a reasonably cheaper option for me and I'm willing to do the extra footwork needed to make it work.

Red sea roller mat users can't do the same as the width of the 500 and 1200 machines aren't standardized to any of the other branded rollers when it comes to media width.

Is the Clarisea a good fit on the bubble magus? Struggling to get new rolls for my bubble Magus right now

 

[Shark~bait]

I'm more than aware of that...

End game is that if the op wants another fleece option, it's going to be custom cut width and not plug and play due to the non standard setup that red sea chose to implement.

I use a few different bubble magus filter rollers (small) I can use any media that measures 4" across (klir, aquamaxx, clarisea) are all compatible and tested. I use coolant paper instead, it's a reasonably cheaper option for me and I'm willing to do the extra footwork needed to make it work.

Red sea roller mat users can't do the same as the width of the 500 and 1200 machines aren't standardized to any of the other branded rollers when it comes to media width.

Is the Clarisea a good fit on the bubble magus? I’m struggling to find bubble magus rolls right now so if this is an option to use would be great

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Is the Clarisea a good fit on the bubble magus? I’m struggling to find bubble magus rolls right now so if this is an option to use would be great

Yeah the Clarisea will go in long as you have the 'small' sized filter roller, same measurement across. Aquamaxx brand fleece is a drop in option if the sizes are the medium/large fleece.