I have a well stocked 20G long tank here in my office. Obviously, I only see it monday-friday.
PROBLEM: My office has brief power outages on occasion. I have a UPS backup, but it will only last for an hour or so (if Im lucky). If the UPS dies & it goes without power for more than a few minutes, my AquaClear 50 power filter loses its seal & cant prime itself once the power comes back on. No filtration until Monday. Potential for total loss of tank.
IDEA/concept: Self-priming motorized cup of bio media. Sump too large & costly. Sponge filter current is too strong.
SOLUTION: I bought a small Whisper 10G In-tank filter (motor in water, primes itself), which I filled with BioMax rings. You would be surprised how many I fit in there. I know this does not flow enough for the whole tank or do any mechanical filtering for me, but it should keep the Ammo & nitrite from shooting up, right? Its cheaper than a sponge filter, plus my fish dont like too much current. I would rather see the AC 50 pump burn itself up because it couldnt prime, than lose all my fish.
What do you think? Is this gonna work?
PROBLEM: My office has brief power outages on occasion. I have a UPS backup, but it will only last for an hour or so (if Im lucky). If the UPS dies & it goes without power for more than a few minutes, my AquaClear 50 power filter loses its seal & cant prime itself once the power comes back on. No filtration until Monday. Potential for total loss of tank.
IDEA/concept: Self-priming motorized cup of bio media. Sump too large & costly. Sponge filter current is too strong.
SOLUTION: I bought a small Whisper 10G In-tank filter (motor in water, primes itself), which I filled with BioMax rings. You would be surprised how many I fit in there. I know this does not flow enough for the whole tank or do any mechanical filtering for me, but it should keep the Ammo & nitrite from shooting up, right? Its cheaper than a sponge filter, plus my fish dont like too much current. I would rather see the AC 50 pump burn itself up because it couldnt prime, than lose all my fish.
What do you think? Is this gonna work?
