What filter do you use?

[zennzzo]

i dont use filters. i just keep a straw next to the tank, and blow some bubbles into it once a week

How long of straws and do you use the large diameter "McDonalds" type?
How often do you have to do S/C's...

225g-Wet/Dry, 90g, w/UV, 3600gph pump and 1000 scrubbies.
120g-Wet/Dry, 20g, 780gph pump
46g-Cascade 1500 canister stuffed with Scrubbies,
Marineland dual bio wheel return.

Might be converting over to Straws like bitteraspects, we'll see how it goes and who I can get to blow my tanks...

 

[jay_leask]

150g, fx5, fluval 404

 

[bitteraspects]

How long of straws and do you use the large diameter "McDonalds" type?
How often do you have to do S/C's...

Might be converting over to Straws like bitteraspects, we'll see how it goes and who I can get to blow my tanks...

because i have been using the straw method for many years, i am a bit more experienced with them. because of this, i use different straws for different tanks, ranging from a coffee stirrer in my nano tanks, to a bubble tea straw for my tanks 6' and over.

if you want a good universal straw, i would go with a blue JITB straw. (you get them free with purchase of an oreo cookie shake. (well worth the $5 investment)

i try to stay away from flex straws and crazy straws. while it makes for a nicer display, it is much more difficult to factor in "straw head".

 

[deeboi]

sump w/bio balls, plumbed with quiet 6000 return.

might get a large cannister for mechanical filteration...

hang on for reef tank.

 

[zennzzo]

because i have been using the straw method for many years, i am a bit more experienced with them. because of this, i use different straws for different tanks, ranging from a coffee stirrer in my nano tanks, to a bubble tea straw for my tanks 6' and over.

if you want a good universal straw, i would go with a blue JITB straw. (you get them free with purchase of an oreo cookie shake. (well worth the $5 investment)

i try to stay away from flex straws and crazy straws. while it makes for a nicer display, it is much more difficult to factor in "straw head".

IC,...IC,...
Duly noted...
I wonder if the "JITB" is similar to the infamous "FDSS" as seen in the 1994 hit,
"Pulp Fiction", used by John Travolta, when he sampled the "chocolate shake"

 

[bitteraspects]

i would imagine its an updated version. FDSS v8.0

but if you can get your hands on one of the classics, by all means, go that route. the old FDSS was a real workhorse straw. its not as compact and light as some of the straws of today, but its strong and reliable.

 

[Jgray152]

Fx5 on a 55
Fluval 304 on a 29

 

[MONSTERUP]

aqua clear100 on a 110g.

 

[viejaMadness]

Fluval 104,206
Aquaclear 70 x2(one of the best for me)
Aqueon quietflow 55/75(one of the best for me)
Marineland Penguin 350(one if the best and pretty quiet)



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[lp85253]

1 ac110----nice filter------4 ac70's----nice filter -------aqueon55/75----- nice filter-----2 pen 350's----nice but can get loud----5 sponge filters---love em------2 cascade 300's ...= to ac70's