Mangum 350's rule!!

[nealio]

I was givin an old 350 but when I was assembling it the little clips broke of the actual canister, then the rubber 0 ring split.

SO I went out and bought a new one! *thumbsup2

This thing RULES! I had two HOB filters going in a 28g bowfront. A penguin 100 and a topfin 30 that came with the tank. I strapped this bad boy on there and the water was SPARKLING clean when I woke up this morning. The diffrence is HUGE!! I totally recommend this filter to everyone!

I give it five thumbs up
*thumbsup2 *thumbsup2 *thumbsup2 *thumbsup2 *thumbsup2

 

[GIS Guy]

Kinda why I run 2 on my 28g (turtle).
The other benefit is the bottom mounted impeller.
It can never run dry even out of water.

 

[nealio]

Should I be using the polish cartridge or the carbon cartridge?

Is it good to switch it up ?

 

[GIS Guy]

After w/c the polish cartidge is good.
I believe the floss sleeve can be used w/ the polish cartridge.
The carbon is not necessary, but instead fill the container w/ bio chips.

 

[nealio]

Can you link me to some "bio chips"? I haven't heard of them before.

I thought carbon was good for the tank?

 

[FishLuvr]

carbon is only needed to remove chemicals, and or medicines from the tank, and it is believed that after a prolonged period of time if left in, the carbon will "deactivate" and leech what it took out back into the tank. It also helps to remove odors, but unless your leaving dead decaying fish/plants or crazily overfeeding you shouln't have any "strange" odors.

The general concensus is to keep carbon out until you need to medicate a tank or if you used some kind of chemical in the tank. I have never used carbon on any of my tanks, never needed to

 

[GIS Guy]

Nealio,
Just look for anything that is bio ceramic.
For example I am using AquaClear BioMax in my Emperor.
AquaClear 30/150 Media
Water is pumped thru the container and will certainly allow bacteria to grow.

 

[Endl98]

so far im happy with the performance of my 350 , just not the noise. bit hummy
i put the blue sleeve on and filled the can with ceramic noodles and some carbon just to help with the end of cycling . making sure the water doesnt smell.

you can also add filter floss or anything else to it. plus hook it up to a bio wheel 60.

 

[nealio]

Nealio,
Just look for anything that is bio ceramic.
For example I am using AquaClear BioMax in my Emperor.
AquaClear 30/150 Media
Water is pumped thru the container and will certainly allow bacteria to grow.

Thanks for the replys I'm gona try some of this