canister filter media>?

[marscortes]

i have a cascade 700.. not the best. but for now. i know im soppose to follow the guide lines on filling in the media per tray, i have 4 trays. what would you guys suggest in putting in the trays as media rather than than what the instuctions told me to put. ( charoal? sponge ? more sponge? think sponge ?????

 

[beex215]

i have a cascade 700.. not the best. but for now. i know im soppose to follow the guide lines on filling in the media per tray, i have 4 trays. what would you guys suggest in putting in the trays as media rather than than what the instuctions told me to put. ( charoal? sponge ? more sponge? think sponge ?????

u sure u got the 700 cuz that has two trays i believe and the 1200 has 4 trays.


anyway i have a 1000,i use what they gave with it.i also add a bunch of filter floss in all three baskets.

so the bottom is the black sponge,then the filter pad,then the floss
mid and top is pad,then floss

i do the mechanical way cuz my 55[in sig].
water stays very clear but turns slight brown if i get lazy and not do my 50% water changes weekly

and if i had 4 trays mine would still be the same but at the top i would add a box or 2 of bio max

 

[moxxommox]

i had 2 canisters running, one was filter / floss/charcoal/wool etc... the other was just bio-media..

just do what makes you happy.

if you only have one running, just have a heap of wool and a activated carbon and some bio-d00dl3z or lava rock or something

g'luck!

 

[HarleyK]

Howdy,

In general, you want some coarse mechanical media (e.g. Ehfimech) on the bottom, then some biomedia (e.g. EhfiSubstrat pro) and some filter floss to top it off.

HarleyK



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