Anyone get the IM Nuvo Fleece Roller yet?

[JoJosReef]

These are on pre-order, but I saw there were pre-orders for Feb shipment. Anyone have these installed yet and can comment?

Specifically,
1. How do these compare with other fleece rollers (like Klir that fits in AIO chambers)?
2. How well do these filter compared to socks?
3. How well do these filter compared to floss in the CustomCaddy?
4. How do you know when you should do a manual roll?
5. Worth it?

Thanks!

 

[misturrtinnie]

Saw these when I was ordering my new tank from them. Pretty simple concept, I used to do the filter floss method on my main display so I can say that filter rollers does a better job filtering the water than traditional filter floss. As for manually rolling, I'm pretty sure I would just give it a roll daily to keep those nitrates and phos down. Since I know my auto filter roller does at least spin once a day maybe even twice during heavy feedings. Hope you give it a try and give us a review!

 

[randomnerd865]

I was in the first group of pre-orders. They still haven't started shipping yet.

 

[JoJosReef]

I've moved these out of the "Essential" category, so might order depending on budget fallout.

One roll oer day seems easy enough, but given this is an office tank, I'd be worried about clogging and going into emergency overflow during the weekend.

 

[misturrtinnie]

I've moved these out of the "Essential" category, so might order depending on budget fallout.

One roll oer day seems easy enough, but given this is an office tank, I'd be worried about clogging and going into emergency overflow during the weekend.

Yeah that's only issue I see with manual rollers, if only they would have made it automatic this would be a for sure buy. I've told myself, I'll never start another tank with filter socks again. Hopefully someone makes an auto one for nanos because I'm still doing filter floss mats on my lagoon 25. Even every 3 day replacement still annoys me.

 

[JoJosReef]

Yeah that's only issue I see with manual rollers, if only they would have made it automatic this would be a for sure buy. I've told myself, I'll never start another tank with filter socks again. Hopefully someone makes an auto one for nanos because I'm still doing filter floss mats on my lagoon 25. Even every 3 day replacement still annoys me.

I read someone's build that was using a Klir auto roller (4") in their AIO chambers. Seen mixed reviews for the Klir, but might be an option.

 

[misturrtinnie]

I read someone's build that was using a Klir auto roller (4") in their AIO chambers. Seen mixed reviews for the Klir, but might be an option.

I've seen so many mixed reviews on the klir, that I stayed "klir" away from them. I really wanted a reef mat, but I ended up with a bubble magus and with some of the bad reviews of water getting through the sides, it's still working pretty dang good so I'm happy with the purchase especially when it was half off a reef mat.

 

[KQuillan]

I just got mine and installed it today.
Had to add a bit more water to reach the opening and it does stand out.
However, now that it is installed, I cannot believe I was using socks!
I will let you know how it is holding up after a week.

 

[OlafsReef]

I just got mine and installed it today.
Had to add a bit more water to reach the opening and it does stand out.
However, now that it is installed, I cannot believe I was using socks!
I will let you know how it is holding up after a week.

Im very interested to see how you like it. Particularly interested to see how the smell is given these are not in a sump.

In regard to socks, I switch off socks years ago to a cups+floss and it was the best decision I ever made in terms of maintenance - takes me 45 seconds to change out my mechanical filtration now. These look even easier, if smell in a non-enclosed area is reasonable....

 

[flashsmith]

I don't know.. Seems easy enough for me to pull out a piece of filter floss and throw another one in on my SR80. Takes all of 30 seconds to do both sides. I'm guessing it cost me about $5 a month changing every other day. I just put an AI blade on it and it is clean looking. Having these things stick up in the air with dirty fleece is a no go.

 

[Chrisp171]

I got the large filter roller for my inovative marine sr 80 last month. I'm not a fan of it. It's my first ever filter roller so I can't compare it to others. It was covered in scratches the clear acrylic basicly looked frosted in areas.which ticked me off. Like how do you send this quality of products out.Once installed it was super loud with the water flowing into it. Also the filer roll wouldn't stay tight so the water was just flowing behind the filter roll and not getting cleaned. My biggest issue was after I did get enough gunk into the filter to keep the roll tight it was clogging very fast and causing the water to start backing up and causing my 3rd chamber to lower and causing my ato to go crazy. I took it out after a day and went back to socks. It's also pretty bulky and ugly.It wasnt for me!

 

[zbrusko]

I just put one in my SR60 today. I’ll report back once I have dome details to report on!

 

[zbrusko]

I’ve has this running a couple weeks now and I’m very happy with it. It is not super attractive, so I will see about having a friend custom design & 3D print some sort of box to cover it. Also, the smell is bad. It is quiet if the water level is high enough. I was rolling it each evening, but have since started rolling when i feed morning and evening. I’m happy with it for sure.

 

[shrimpnreefdude]

I just got mine and installed it today.
Had to add a bit more water to reach the opening and it does stand out.
However, now that it is installed, I cannot believe I was using socks!
I will let you know how it is holding up after a week.

I have the midsize/fullsize installed on my IM50 Lagoon. Got the unit used. He let me test it out to see if I like it. I am so-so on it. I would definitely like to get an acrylic box to hide the entire back chamber, including this dang thing. It is an eye sore and I definitely prefer the sleek look without it installed.

I don't even have much of a bioload, like at all. It's a newish setup for now. When I get fish in there and more corals and the feeding gets much heavier, I imagine I'll be turning that thing a couple times a day. It gets gunked up and reduces flow pretty quick even without a big bioload. When it backs up and reduces the flow then the ATO is going off, if I catch it in time and roll it, then the chamber fills up again.

Has anyone else found a place to buy rolls for this other than the $60 6-pack?!

I don't even know if I'm going to use it all the time or only after heavy feedings, then pull it and put a basket with coarse filters instead. I cannot imagine how long it is going to take to go through 6 rolls! Anybody have an extra one or two they'd like to sell?

 

[thecodingart]

I really want to know if this guy will fit in the waterbox cube 20 AIO sock filter chamber.

 

[thecodingart]

I really want to know if this guy will fit in the waterbox cube 20 AIO sock filter chamber.

Scratch that, I just learned about https://www.reefnrolls.com/ and bought an automatic fleece roller from there. I really did want to avoid manual rollers if possible.

 

[flackstarr]

Scratch that, I just learned about https://www.reefnrolls.com/ and bought an automatic fleece roller from there. I really did want to avoid manual rollers if possible.

How do you like the reefnrolls?

 

[thecodingart]

How do you like the reefnrolls?

It's hands down the best option I could find for a nano tank, but I do have some major criticism about it.

- It's a pain to finagle with.The way the pieces attach together simply make it harder to mess with and slightly annoying when trying to replace the roller.
- Tuning it is harder than it should be. The water level sensor has limited access. Trust me when I say playing with this isn't intuitive and needs some work.
- I had to raise mine with some filter foam underneath as tuning options were limited with an out of the box pump from Waterbox. YMMV.

It's the "best" but it's also still not quite where I'd hope it would be is the TLDR;. Regardless, it beats filter socks.

 

[thecodingart]

It's hands down the best option I could find for a nano tank, but I do have some major criticism about it.

- It's a pain to finagle with.The way the pieces attach together simply make it harder to mess with and slightly annoying when trying to replace the roller.
- Tuning it is harder than it should be. The water level sensor has limited access. Trust me when I say playing with this isn't intuitive and needs some work.
- I had to raise mine with some filter foam underneath as tuning options were limited with an out of the box pump from Waterbox. YMMV.

It's the "best" but it's also still not quite where I'd hope it would be is the TLDR;. Regardless, it beats filter socks.

Side note, this just released. I’d highly recommend looking into it:

NanoMat Fleece Roller Filter - Red Sea

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