Does anybody hear run sponge filters and a drip system only for filtration? no canisters, stumps or HOB? Just kind of curious if that would work instead of running a bunch of stuff.
Drip system and Sponge Filter
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Jasongonefishing has. I think ti'd work, but the question is what conditions. What size tank? Stock in the tank? How often do you want to do water changes?
If you did water changes often enough, you wouldn't need any filtration at all. If you vacuumed the bottom often enough, had very few fish, and had a drip, you could depend on bacteria growing on the glass and substrate.
If you wanted to keep some 12 inch fish, then you'd need more than that.
If you did water changes often enough, you wouldn't need any filtration at all. If you vacuumed the bottom often enough, had very few fish, and had a drip, you could depend on bacteria growing on the glass and substrate.
If you wanted to keep some 12 inch fish, then you'd need more than that.
I have probably 10-15 tank all over a hundred gallons and it's expensive on the electric bill with such an old house to run that many filters. I know that's just the Hobby, but if you can do a little work and save yourself the money while not sacrificing quality of water for the fish it's even more of a sweet perk. I am on a well so paying for water is nothing short of the electric to the pump. The sponge filters will provide biological no? The drip will be more or less the mechanical. I can run 1 air pump all the tanks instead of all the filters and canister filters... not to mention with the drip cleaning the filters won't be so bad. Am I wrong in my thinking? Good or bad...
Good. You do know many people just do sponge filters in over 50 tanks in their fish rooms right? I've seen LFS do without drip system they have a drain for their tanks and do manual water change. Drip system is great which is an added benefit.
Yes because this hobby gets expensive so many use air for the whole room and just do water changes on their time. I never used a canister filter personally always been sponges and sumps and got my small fry tanks hang on filters when they get some size just so I can clean the filters rather gravel vac the tank
I'm curious if you can use sponges and a drip system only, no sump no canister no any kind of store filter short of the sponge.
Like I said they ONLY use sponge filters. My buddy with 50 tanks plus uses sponge filters and thats it. Does water changes manually once a week and thats it. His room has PVC pipe running around so he can tap into each rack. If you go on youtube and see peoples fish room most of them are in air. Most people will not spend hundreds on each tank rather spend 200 bucks on a good air pump and 50 bucks on valves and PVC pipe and such. Sponge filters been around for many decades and on my smaller tanks thats all I Use. Its the surface skimming and the beneficial bacteria which is all thats needed.
You could do a sponge filter only with no drip.
You could do a very high drip with no sponge filter, and some bio-media.
You could do no sponge filter, no bio-media, no drip, and just manually change water more often (like daily) and keep stock light.
You could do a drip so heavy, you don't have any filtration, any bio-media, no sponge, just clean fresh water flowing into the tank-------that's what a river is.
"There are many roads to the top of the mountain, but the view is ultimately the same."
You could do a very high drip with no sponge filter, and some bio-media.
You could do no sponge filter, no bio-media, no drip, and just manually change water more often (like daily) and keep stock light.
You could do a drip so heavy, you don't have any filtration, any bio-media, no sponge, just clean fresh water flowing into the tank-------that's what a river is.
"There are many roads to the top of the mountain, but the view is ultimately the same."