A little filtration issue.

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
KaiserSousay;4955326; said:
What most posts on denitrators and such fail to mention is the long lag time between putting them in service and seeing any results.
Often the results are very disappointing compared to the time put into it.
Up to you.
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The two I've seen have stated very clearly that this is not a quick fix but rather will help in the long run.

As for results... I'm not seeing results much now unless I do a 50% and a 60% water change two days in a row. I don't really have the time for that I can do a large water change on one day but to change my water... in just the one tank... it took me 3 and a half hours...

If it can help cut having to do two very large water changes two days in a row then I will find it very helpful. I feel if I don't get this under control now that I won't later and it will only get worse since these fish aren't or are just barely half way grown. I think I'm going to cut about 4 fish out.
 
I think what Kaiser is suggesting is that there is no need to add extra filtration unless you want more mechanical filtration. your filters can handle your bio load, so Kaiser is just pointing out that adding a canister filter will not help with lowering nitrates at all. HOB filters are actually much easier to clean the gunk out of, so adding a canister filter may actually create more maintance in the sense that it is harder to remove the gunk from it.
I would recommend plants, but I usually have an understocked tank, with more plants than fish, so maybe my confidence in their nitrate removal is a little biased.
 
Oh the plant thing works on a properly stocked or understocked tank for sure. I have a planted tank that I never see any measurable nitrates from. Perhaps I will stick some hardy plants into my filter. Couldn't hurt. Nice aesthetics to the room too maybe.

I've been wanting to upgrade my filter for a while now. They do the job for sure though.

I think I want to try the algae thing though. I will set it up and set it by the window with a bulb illuminating one side of it. I have all the materials already so I think I'll try it. Couldn't hurt.
 
Oh, wow. Using sunlight on an algae scrubber. That's so simple it's genius. I'll have to try that sometime.


There's not much to fear from the occasional sulfide bubble from a deep sand bed. It's only a little worse than farting underwater. And if farts killed fish then anglers would eat a lot more chili! Well, we all see the holes in that argument, but you get the picture. It takes about two months for the DSB to really kick in in my one tank's worth of experience thus far.
 
knifegill;4956547; said:
Oh, wow. Using sunlight on an algae scrubber. That's so simple it's genius.
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Unfortunately the genius doesn't belong to me. I got it from the thread. I would put it OUTSIDE if I could figure out how to get the tubing through a wall without putting holes in it... my grandparents would be a little excited about that....
 
Then again, sand just requires choosing, rinsing, rinsing, rinsing, rinsing and eventually adding to the tank. And then you wait. No extra pumps, lights or anything.
 
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