Lifegard Fluidized Bed Filters Pro's vs Con's

[Redeyepacu]

Hello All, Thinking about setting up a LG Fluidized sand filter for biological filtration on my 300 gallon tank. I need to know the pro's vs con's ... From everything I've read it would do everything that a sump would do. I was looking at the FB 600 which is said to handle upto 600 gallon tank double my size. Thanks

 

[marcos]

I currently have one on my 90gal and its great the only bad thing I can say about it is you have to adjust your flow rate really slow so it doesn't spit out sand

 

[ewurm]

FBF's are really great bio filters, but the flow has to be perfect to maximize effect. If the filter isn't configured properly, it sucks.

 

[Redeyepacu]

Cool, Thanks for the info ..

 

[marcos]

btw there it an adjustment knob on the top on them that make the water flow adjustment really easy

 

[cbfreder]

Yeah, great filter. Don't forget that you still need mechanical. Also I would go with the 900 unless there is so size issue. According to the manual, you can have more flow through it and the extra media can't hurt.
brandon

 

[rvrrays]

I have an FB600 and I love the thing.

Colin

 

[unknownuza13]

I have an FB600 and I love the thing.

Colin

Same I have two and going to be adding a third.

 

[kramer]

FB300 here ...Just read the instructions thouroughly. It must be set precisely and put it where you can see it easily. I found the water level dropping affects its flow rate as the pump feeding it will work differently as water level changes. Very efficient tho.