may be a stupid question, but.....

drizzt04

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i have a friend with a bunch of pool filters and he offered them to me. my question is, can these be used efficiently on aquariums? i have seen some being used on big tanks around the forums, but i have no idea how well or if they work. can you guys help out?
 

drizzt04

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i dont know the make or model because i havent actually seen them. is it worth me going to get them and finding out what they are?
 

Petrella88

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free should be enough reason I drove an hour to loo at this 55g tank that was in a storage unit the guy had no clue about it and since it was free I drove an hour 20 mine to see it well of turns out the 55 had a pretty new great looking marineland400 and a ton of roman ruins aquarium décor. 200w heater gravel and a lamp everything in new-ish cond. I ended up returning the roman ruins to petsmart and getting $114 in store credit one peice was $69.99 now I ned to figure out what to spend $114 or less in store credit at that hell hole
 

jbnebres

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Definitely go check it out at least. If it's in good condition I'm sure you can rig up a decent diy. Hopefully it comes with the pumps. Just imagine the crazy amount bioballs/scrubbies on one those things- and you said, "a bunch of pool filters"...

Petrella88;2913838; said:
free should be enough reason I drove an hour... to figure out what to spend $114 or less in store credit at that hell hole
:ROFL:
 

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Cartridge filters will work for fish tanks, but DE and sand filters won't. The last two need to be backwashed and can't be done with aquariums.
 
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