xp1 media?????

[molly luver]

i purchased the xp3 a few months ago and its a great filter keeps my tank so clean and there so much room for the media

i purchased a smaller tank and bought the xp1 but can seem to fit all the media i want in it the ceramic rings or bio stars just wont fit ny ideas y???

 

[neilanh]

what do you mean they won't fit? the baskets are the same between the XP3 and the XP1, the only difference is the XP1 only has 1 basket where the XP3 has 3.

 

[molly luver]

i no the baskets are the same but in the xp3 theres a whole seperate basket for the ceramicrings and bio stars so theres no truoble with them fitting

in my xp1 in this order i tryed to fit 2 sponges the bio stars and ceramic rings the bio zorb then the floss exactly the same as the pik

 

[neilanh]

Oh, now I understand what you're saying.

I think you have it pretty much right. There's no point in running biostars and ceramic rings, they both accomplish the same thing. I agree, there's not much room in the XP1s, as I'm running 1 myself.

Also, there's no real need to run the biochem zorb, unless you have a specific need for that type of filtering, such as trying to take meds out of a tank or something. I don't run that in any of my tanks. Sponges, bio-media, and floss is all you need for normal filtering.

 

[tropicalfish]

Use the ceramic rings. Do not use the bio zorb stuff. Don't use the fine filtration pad (white) unless you feel you need to.

 

[molly luver]

cheers guys