What do you put in your filter?

[bigredspecial]

This is geared more towards AquaClear users, but still applies to everyone else.

What's in your filter?

In my AC70, I have a course foam(The old style; I'm not sure if you can get them anymore), then a fine foam block(New style); above that is a layer of floss and a bag of caramic blocks(biofiltration). In the chamber to the side where the impeller is, I have some phosphate removing media, to battle green water(Which is working quite well).

My other AC's are simply 3 sponges. I'm poor.

What does everyone else use?

 

[cinlnk]

I n my AC300...I have a block of foam,then a bag of ammonia chip removing chips, then on top of that I have a bag of carbon I use from time to time to remove any meds and such.

 

[Fishckabibble]

in my aquaclear 50 i have sponge on the bottom ceramic bio in the middle and carbon media on the top and my tank does really well with just that.

 

[prettypleco]

110's have foam and biomax and the goldy tank has floss on the bottom, sponge on top with biomax.

 

[OKH-Jake]

I use basically the same, as Fishckabibble and it works great in a 10 gallon.

 

[hyunelan2]

In my 2 Magnum 250s I have the blue fitted spounge, ceramic 'donuts' for bio filtration, and some filter floss.

This reminds me I need to change my filter floss.

 

[GIS Guy]

In my 2 Magnum 250s I have the blue fitted spounge, ceramic 'donuts' for bio filtration, and some filter floss.

This reminds me I need to change my filter floss.

Inquiry: Bio can take place in a closed canister filter?

 

[seastaar88]

i used to have an aquaclear 20. now i have a whipser 10 and a whisper 20 on my 20g.. i liked hte ACs because you had a LOT of room to add whatever you wanted. in any rate, i just use filter floss, sometimes carbon. next time i'm at the lfs, i'm going to get a bag of bio rings.

 

[Brack-Man]

Inquiry: Bio can take place in a closed canister filter?

yes bio can take place in a canister filter. On my 55 gal brackish tank I have a Rena xP3 w/ foam on bottom, then carbon, then ceramic rings, then Filstar Bio Chem Zorb and finally micro floss on the top and it works better than any other filter that I have ever tried.

 

[GIS Guy]

Thnx for the reply.

 

[ninamarie]

I have a Nano Deco Art Filter for mine.

and these are the filters for it.