Diatomic Filters

crackmonkey · Sep 4, 2005

I have searched uk google and cant find a shop that sells them. Are they worth having to run along with my external filter? I heard they make the water crystal clear.

zig · Sep 5, 2005

Ive never seen them for sale in the UK either, in the US they use them a lot, they normally only run them for short periods of maybe a few hours at a time, a lot of people with planted tanks use them to clear water after major replantings etc when they may disturb the substrate and cloud the water, but i dont think you run them all the time.

BigC · Sep 5, 2005

Here is the link for the closest seller.
http

/www.happy-diskus.de/e_artikel/Hobby...omic_Filter.htm
Might have to use the shaver socket (not 3 pin plug) as they are probably German, enquire before you buy.

Lateral Line · Sep 5, 2005

They certainly have been sold in the UK. The first time I saw one was at my LFS in the mid 1960's.

As zig says, they are not a thing you run all the time. They actually clog up quite quickly if the tank water is not aready filtered by another mechanical filter.

crackmonkey · Sep 5, 2005

Do they have big pipes like an external filter, if they do theres no room for it.

BigC · Sep 5, 2005

There the same size as an normal canister type external filter. As was mentioned earlier they are not your primary filter, they are used as a water polisher or an aid for when your trying to get rid of a parasitic infection.