What media do you have in your XP's?

[Newt]

First of all, filters don't suck the gunk off the gravel. You need more circulation if you want to keep it in the water long enough to be taken in by the filter.

I used to have the two spraybars tilted down towards the gravel, to stir things up and hopefully have the filters catch it. It didn't work. Maybe it just seems like there is a lot of poop on the gravel because it's black and the poo shows up better. The worst is the pleco poo, it's everywhere (wood in, lots of tiny wood pieces out!)

Maybe I am feeding to much, as suggested by 12 Volt Man. The ray and eel together eat about 8 earthworms everyday, plus I feed bloodworms or some other frozen food to the severums at night to suppliment their morning pellets. It's a lot for any filter to put up with.

 

[wangster11235]

i have 3 on my 120
2 of them are like this
bottom tray-black pads
middle tray- matrix biomedia
top tray- pillow stuffing stuff and micro pad

other one is like this
bottom-black pads
middle- pillow stuff divider then ac110 media
top- pillow stuffing and micro
tank is very clean and there is little poo on the ground. i also feed my fish a lot

 

[rallysman]

all of mine:
bottom- Sponge
Middle- biomax
top- pot scrubbers/floor scrubbers.

 

[SkidMark]

my xp3s have corse sponges in one basket. finer sponges in one and biofiltration media full in the 3rd and it seems to work great and theyre reusable

 

[convict3]

should u use a fine filter pad or water polisher pad in the top basket to get the small particals out?

i have a ac200 and a ehiem eccofor a 60 gal with a very dense polishing pad on top and my water is crystal clear.water prams r ideal

11- 2-4 inch cichlids
1-8 inch common placo9 poos alot)
3 3 inch clown loaches

 

[sean-820]

i have one xp3 on my 125 (planning to get another but not yet)
it has the standard foam inserts (bottom tray)
then bio ceramic rings in the middle try and a micro filtration pad and zoiotde (no clue how to spell this but it starts with a z and it does a similar job to carbon) in the top
all these were specially made for the xp3 and it works fine
tank inhabitants are 5 piranhas so they are messy and the xp3 still manages to keep the tank clean