New Filtration revision for 300 gallon Ray tank

[Brian Rodgers]

Off Amazon they are about $65 each but they are the best, they are made to fit perfect in the 55 gallon barrels and read reviews where people are still using the same pads 10 years later so worth it in the long run

What are the search keywords please?

 

[Brian Rodgers]

Scratch that question, found it right away

I'm thinking of adding a second set of filters to my system.
I hope I'm not adding a high maintenance process though. As it is now I have to clean a 7" sock filter every other day.

 

[Jesseliu13]

Scratch that question, found it right away
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I'm thinking of adding a second set of filters to my system.
I hope I'm not adding a high maintenance process though. As it is now I have to clean a 7" sock filter every other day.

A good example of why I don't like filter socks... So filter floss is my alternative

 

[Niners4952]

You rarely have to clean them, think about it you have 22" round and 18" deep total with 3 of them its going to take a while before they need cleaning. Im thinking once a month ill turn the system off drain the barrel and rinse them out. I designed this to need little matience

 

[Jesseliu13]

hmm i think i will stay with filter floss for now. when i generate my money i'll invest in this. thanks niners

 

[Brian Rodgers]

Lot's of great ideas here , thank you

 

[Jesseliu13]

i just bought my 2 barrels. maybe in the futute i'll upgrade to 3 barrels.

 

[Niners4952]

what are your plans for the 2 barrels

 

[Jesseliu13]

what are your plans for the 2 barrels

first barrel will be a k1 moving bed filter barrel. The second will be where i store all my equipment and lava rock. I will have over 40 lbs of lava rock (its actually not as much as you think), 2 liters of crappy ebay ceramic media, 4 liters of Seachem pond matrix. It will also hold all the heaters and pumps. I am still working on the mechanical filtration and waiting on the hole saws to come in. In the mean time im going to empty out some of my breeder tanks and sell off the stock. i want to use the space for my filters. i recently had a bad experience with my canister filters, so im going to just remove it. From now on, no canisters on my larger tanks. I have about 120 liters of k1 kaldness sitting in a few buckets. I am also in the process of building a 500 gallon tank out of plywood. just still shopping around for a table saw. and figuring out the budgeting and what i can skimp out on.

 

[Niners4952]

Lowes will cut the wood for you, I just built a 600 plywood and had them cut all the plywood. I am just about finished so hopefully in a week I will start a thread going through my entire build