Thanks to Jfolley for the great meeting tonight

[crumbletop]

Thanks, Scott and Julie for opening up your home tonight. I had a great time. It was nice to see all of the people there.

 

[eyebedam]

I second that. It was a good meeting & im glad I was able to put some faces with some names now.

 

[TitansFan]

Great fun as always. I now have one of those pads in my fowlr. We shall see how it does. You have a beautiful home and that 180 is going to look great in it.

 

[jfolley67]

Thank you all for attending. It was great to have such a full house. I love to host things like this and meet new people. I got alot of great advice and hopefully gave a little as well.....'tis what it is all about! Our home is always open to friends......so let us know when you need to host again....looking forward to future meetings with everyone.....and yippee, there were more women there tonight!! AMEN!

 

[Angela Short]

Wish I could have stayed longer Julie! My kids would have loved getting to play! Tank is looking good even afer all your trouble awhile back! Nice tangs also!

 

[jfolley67]

Hey Angela, I have your wood in the garage, let me know when you want to pick up....I have an appointment at 10 tomorrow and have a meeting for my job at noon but should be back by about 2:30 I am thinking.....

 

[Angela Short]

I PMed you Thanks for letting me stash it there!!

 

[Kalied20]

Yea, thanks for hosting and the food was great. The tip for the filter is great....gonna rig something up and try it.

Thanks J

 

[stlver1]

sorry i couldnt make it...sounds like it was a good time

 

[rcmike]

I wish I could have made it also. Sounds like a good meeting.

 

[jfolley67]

It was a GREAT meeting......glad everyone had fun!! Let me know if the filter pad works for you all that are trying it....

 

[gobyholic]

Julie - would you give us the info on the filter so we can get one. We remember what it looks like but the maker???

Oh! Had a great time and really enjoyed the fellowship and meeting all of you guys & gals! Looking forward to next months meeting.

bob

 

[jfolley67]

HI! the pad is called a PURA FILTRATION . I purchased mine at Fins for 7.59 and cut it to make 2 pieces inside my eheim. You have to change the pad one time a month. My dream pad, will always keep these on hand.

 

[Mikeyjer]

Too bad I couldn't make it. Working in restaurant makes it hard to make to the meetings.....The filter pad that your talking about, is that the one you were talking about before, the phosphate removing pad? Give me more details since I couldn't make it, thanks!

 

[pitbullpooch]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9336150#post9336150 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mikeyjer
Too bad I couldn't make it. Working in restaurant makes it hard to make to the meetings.....The filter pad that your talking about, is that the one you were talking about before, the phosphate removing pad? Give me more details since I couldn't make it, thanks!

the filter pads that i use that remove phosphates are called poly filter. I know the poly filters are really good and have dropped my phosphates down and helped me out alot with algae problems in the past when i used tap water. heres a link to the pad jfolley67 is refering to http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=MN3311 it does say it removes phosphates and alot of other stuff. they have these at my lfs so ill have to try them out. I have to order the poly filter online so this will save me from online ordering if there as good as the polyfilter.

edit: from what ive read since i posted these do better then the poly filters. jfolley i couldnt find any info on about how long they last. how often do you have to change yours out?

 

[jfolley67]

are the poly filters you talk about white? If so I think I know what you are talking about....if not, no I have not tried. If it is the white, I was not successful at getting rid of red slime using it....which I spoke about at the meeting. The Pura Pad was amazing, I am not sure how, but it truly found whatever was lurking in my tank and handled getting rid of it well.

 

[jfolley67]

Mike, sorry you could not make it, I hope you got all the info on the pad you need, we talked about red slime issues.....I had it bad in our tank for a year and just about gave up this hobby because of it, discovered these pads and boom, within a few days.....red slime GONE. Never to have returned. I cut the pad into an eheim filter so I get 2 months worth....because you only change them once a month but you can fit them into your sump, I hear some are doing.....cheap fix it was after spending tons of all that "get rid of slime" chemical garbage that worked for a day and it would all just come right back!

 

[jfolley67]

Pitbullpooch, you change it once a month....

 

[pitbullpooch]

yea they are white and thanks for the info. ill def. switch to these after the reviews ive read.

 

[jfolley67]

Glad to help, so glad I could share some good info on something at the meeting....and of course to the ones that couldn't make it as well...good luck!