Wats Ur Media Filter In Ur Canister

[cleekdaFish]

i have almost all bio balls for bacteira growth and 2 coarse filters and thats it

 

[Danno]

I would suggest you add at least a tiny bit of carbon. Some people don't run it but I love it.

 

[andywg]

I would suggest you add at least a tiny bit of carbon. Some people don't run it but I love it.

So long as he does water changes, there is pretty much no real benefit from carbon.

This thread went through the science of what carbon does, and concluded it is probably about as useful as aquarium salt.

Edit---

Forgot to add about mine.

My only running cannister is empty. I use no media at all in my cannister.

 

[kribensis12]

My power filters have, 2 marineland filter pads a piece, and the smaller version only has one.

 

[-Ian-]

My only running cannister is empty. I use no media at all in my cannister.

Sorry if this is a stupid question but what's the point of that?

 

[andywg]

My only running cannister is empty. I use no media at all in my cannister.

Sorry if this is a stupid question but what's the point of that?

My cannister is used purely for water movement around the tank. The actual filtering is done by the trickle tower over my sump

All of my tanks run on filtrations systems I myself constructed now, even to the point that I have a not insusbstantial amount of DIY Live Rock in my SW tanks.

 

[-Ian-]

My cannister is used purely for water movement around the tank. The actual filtering is done by the trickle tower over my sump

All of my tanks run on filtrations systems I myself constructed now, even to the point that I have a not insusbstantial amount of DIY Live Rock in my SW tanks.

Thank's, now I know

Wouldn't a powerhead or two be a lot cheaper though?

 

[andywg]

Wouldn't a powerhead or two be a lot cheaper though?

Not since I already owned the filter. It used to run on one of my tanks before I changed them all over to sump based systems.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

My only running cannister is empty. I use no media at all in my cannister.

Sorry if this is a stupid question but what's the point of that?

My cannister is used purely for water movement around the tank. The actual filtering is done by the trickle tower over my sump

All of my tanks run on filtrations systems I myself constructed now, even to the point that I have a not insusbstantial amount of DIY Live Rock in my SW tanks.

you could put a bit of filter media in it like peat or something to aid in filtration

 

[andywg]

you could put a bit of filter media in it like peat or something to aid in filtration

I could, but I never run peat in my filters. My filtration is strictly mechanical (filter floss) and biological (bioballs). I( don't believe peat will really aid my filtration in any way, at least not in any way that I desire.

If I put anything in the cannister then at some point I will have to maintain it. As it is I doubt I would have to crack it open within 2-3 years.

 

[Arimus]

My 305 has the coarse filter pads on the side, ceramic rings in the bottom, bio balls in the other two chambers.

 

[DevUK]

My Fluval 204 has standard sponges, then 2 baskests of filter wool and then fluval ceramic bio media.

My Tetra EX700 has the standard media in it at the moment - Ceramic mechanical filtration in bottom, filter pads and then bio balls with a fine pad on top. I may replace the standard fine pad with filter wool in the future, but not yet

 

[geo7x]

in my eheim pro 2224 cannister i have blue sponge/foam, ceramic rings, substrat pro (similar anyway) and poly wool.

 

[Danno]

Carbon for me is important because my tap water comes from a lake. I live in a small hamlet and I don't want to take chances. I like removing the chemicals. Oh course, this is probably all personal opinion.

 

[dthoffsett]

The community tank has sponges and ceramic bio-rings. The mbuna tank has sponges, ceramic bio-rings, and crushed coral in a filter bag.