Filters

[SamUK]

about once a week.


its easy too, jus pull the bottom off, give the sponge and carbon bag a rinse through and put em bak in.


not like my annoying fluval thats like one of them lil china dolls that you open and each time theres a smaller version inside.



i used the smaller version on my old 2ft tank and that was great too.

crystal clear water and healthy fish.


comes with a spray bar and that too so i think its great!

 

[jarmado]

not like my annoying fluval thats like one of them lil china dolls that you open and each time theres a smaller version inside.

russian dolls, you mean?

 

[SamUK]

thats the one!


i should kno my mum collects the things.

fluval reminds me of them, pull the bottom off, then pull the cage out and then open the cage.


you get there eventually i guess lol.

 

[Teelie]

My Fluval is easy. Just shut off the tubes, unplug them and the power, pull off the top and there's everything ready to be cleaned. Foam filters on the left, media baskets on the right. I only have to pull the top one or two media baskets if I need to reach the lower ones, which incidentally means all the water is run through all the filter parts and insuring little gets by untouched. My description makes it sound more complicated than it is.

 

[SamUK]

thats cos yours is external


and there not that bad really. my magi flo is jus easier.

 

[andywg]

The away I go is (all measurements imperial):

less than 8 gallons = internal

8 to 30 gallons = external

more than 30 gallons = sump

I would sump everything, but the lady prevents me...

Externals are far easier to clean, and often have spereate media for mechanical and biological, allowing you to throroughly tinse the mechanical media under chlorinated water to help prevent a rise in nitrates.

But, having used wet dry filters on sumps, I don't think anythign can filter as well. The filter floss gets dirty so much quicker when water flows on to it (without it being sumberged) which means it is extracting detritus far better than any external would.