Filter Question: Aqua Ultima II

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lymiq

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does it do a good job w/ mechanical filtration? is it as advertised? twice the filter than the competition? any problems with biological filtration or maintenance? likes and dislikes.. anything. Been seriously thinking about saving some cash for this filter ... just want to do some homework before selling my kidney and foot... thanks in advance
 
Since there have been no replies in four days, I would say most people have elected to not purchase one. (Those would be 'nay' votes.) Looks like maybe you should check on the going price of kidneys and feet :grinno:
 
i've seen people w/ large tanks (above 400gal) invest in these filters .. most of us owners of 240gal or less pay little attention to these filters due to cost ... plus most canister and wet dry filters out there are adequate to take care of the load ... i have a canister, power head and gravel now ... which is very adequate .. my water quality would not be at the level today if i did not have gravel ... however, with the ultima II you can have bare tank and still do well in the water quality department ... cleaning is also easy w/ the ultima II ... a turn of a valve and all your debris will be washed out in minutes .. currently, i spend an hour vacumning and refilling the tank every week ... even that did not remove 100% of the fish/food waste collected over the week ... anyway all of what said above about ultima II is from reading their literature .. i have yet to get an honest opinion from the end users .. just want to see what others have to say ... i'm still waiting for comments .. =)
 
I am a wet/dry guy myself. I just like to make stuff, and a canister isn't something that you do on your own. Sorry I can't be helpfull.

Bump the thread every now and then to keep it visible. Eventually someone may respond.
 
I generally make my own pond filters. The only thing even close to this that I have any hands on expierance with is a bead filter. They do a great job but persoanlly I'm a lot happier with a wet/dry type of bio-filtration. I'll have to take a lot closer look at this sort of thing when we move and build our own monster tank but for now the only constructive thing I can tell you is that this type of filter works much better plumbed in because of the backflush feature.
 
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