Mineral mud. Anyone else use it yet?

mini-reefer

Member
I know your thinking, "Does he mean Miracle Mudd?" Nope.
I just found this stuff and a friend at the LFS swears by it. So I took a leap and modified an Amiracle SL-5 into a skimmer/hang-on refugium. I could only add about 5 lbs to it for around 5" in depth. I put in two types of calurpa(sp?)and am hoping that all this will work instead of the wet/dry that the filter used to be.
I've had problems with trates the last couple weeks and am baffled because the tank is 5 months old with a dsb and live rock with no problems before. I started to see coralline coming up and then all of a sudden I've got brown algea everywhere and hair algae as well. I thought it was a phase but its lasted awhile and started to make me nervous. No dead critters I can find and all my corals and fish appear to be doing well.
Just thought I'd post about a new thing I'm trying and see if anyone else has any experience with this stuff.
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mammafish

New Member
I don't know anything about mineral mudd. Does it have anything to do with the problems your having with trates?
 

mini-reefer

Member
No, actually I'm hoping it will bring the trates down along with the calurpa. Just a more natural addition to the dsb already in the tank.
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m1rodrig

Member
I've never heard of it.Is it a competitor for miracle mud and how much did it cost compared to miracle mud?Do they have anything set up with this mud if so what are the results?
 

mini-reefer

Member
Its made by Carib-sea. Cost me $31.99 for 10 Gal net wt.
The lfs just switched their main display reef over to a dsb and live rock with a 50 gal refugium/sump. They added 30 lbs of the mineral mud to the refugium with calurpa and a few live rock pieces. Their corals seem to have gotten more cololrful and open more than ever before and Ive been watching this tank for nearly 2 years on a weekly basis.
They switched over after my friend that works there switched his 175 and 140 reefs over to this setup awhile back and the tanks look great. He swears by the stuff.
My tanks been up for a day now and nothing new to remark on yet. I just wanted to see if anyone has used it or has any comments on the stuff. Thanks.
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