with Bead filters if your fussy about water clarity you definatly need some sort of pre filter on the other hand the glass filter i use is both Bio and mechanical and definatly polishes water !!!
CREATING THE ULTIMATE FILTRATION AND EVOLVING WITH YOUR FISH!!!!!!
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Going thru reading this from the begining, Huron, bro your crazy .....in a good way
. Your verbage and use of exclamation points has me smiling. I bet your a fun dude, I feel silly commenting with my smaller size tank and lower level filtration.....But as you stated earlier it will grow with my fish
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. Your verbage and use of exclamation points has me smiling. I bet your a fun dude, I feel silly commenting with my smaller size tank and lower level filtration.....But as you stated earlier it will grow with my fishSent from my HTC VLE_U using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
My entire tank/filter is in an unfinished portion of the basement. There's no ducts in there whatsoever and there's a porch above it.
The rays seem to like the cold water. It's not much colder then their tank water.
I try to do a water change at least every other day, if not daily. I use all 250 gallons when doing these water changes.
Yes, it will catch/trap waste and debris. As long as you backwash the filter at certain time (depend on your stock, which you can determine within 2-3 weeks from observing your water clarity), you can maintain clear water. I haven't experienced with the glass media, but from seeing Ken and Hulon fish, I have no doubt that glass is a better version of bead. It's better you do a close loop, rather than sump to Ultima. When you do close loop, you can drain your tank during water change, and use the same water to backwash the filter. You can drain your tank very quickly, too.
Interesting, how big is your tank and how do you heat it, if already posted size sorry I'm still about half way through reading from the begining. I have an old dark room (only finished room in my bsmt) I was going to make it a heated fitration room with the tanks external in unfinished area. I am concerned about keeping the water heating in the winter.
Sorry just realized I spelled your I'd wrong Hulon!
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Tank is 750. Sump is probably 250-300. Last year I just used normal heaters along with a warm water drip. Had no trouble keeping temp with like 1500 watts worth of normal heaters.
Not sure what I'll do this winter..... Either tie into the water heater, get a big inline heater, or some smaller titaniums off a controller......
I don't know David $500 dollers for a 16 chamber filter and a heavy duty 7 way valve with media is not that bad at all ..To put it in perspective and Fx-5 is $350 retail and ya sometimes you can get 1 on Ebay cheaper .Granted the Glass filter needs a pump also..
