I love Fluidized Bed Filters !!! my Dual FB900

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Tunnel Rat;844609; said:
Just be careful.
I have had a FB600 running for about a year now I came home from work to find a lot of water on my carpet it was the FB600 leaking from the base the very bottom plate joint.
I am now going to make my own FBF filter for my new 400gal tank do not trust the lifeguard ones any more it was lucky I was not on Holidays :eek:




Rat
Click to expand...

Pls post how you build yours, i havent had much succes making one kept blowing all the media out..lol ( sorry to derail neo)
 
islander671;844622;844622 said:
Pls post how you build yours, i havent had much succes making one kept blowing all the media out..lol ( sorry to derail neo)
Click to expand...
you need a high GPH pump... although they have build-in flow control... but they are not as accurate as i want it to be... so i add my own valve

to restart it is tricky... i will lay FB filter flat... and rock it back and forth... till the sand is out of the inner tube... then wait till it go to the max line... then fine tune it with your valve...

and one good thing about the adding your valve to your intake is you can shut the FB down without the same back draft into the inner tube...
 
im upgrading to those next month you were right price difference is nothing and i found out i can still hide them
 
I haven't done any maintenance to my 300 I belive when that sand is all nasty you need to replace it
 
Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? It's use is for bio and you would be throwing out all your bio?????
 
good pre filter is the key

i run mine after a eheim pro 2

you need a pump with a flow rate adjuster as you need to build the flow up slowly to fast and all the sand will pump back into the main tank

no need to change the sand just top it up every 6-10months
 
so its a bio filter? do you have to use a seperate mech and chem filter?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom