Best Filter? - Aquarium Advice

Phyl · 09-05-2005, 12:31 PM

I'm looking for the best filter with the easiest maintenance available. This is for my grandmother's house (she moved into a house with a pond) so I want it to be something that's very easy to maintain.

I'm looking at an Ultima II 1000. Any comments? We had a pond at our last house and we used a AquaClear canister filter but hosing it out was a bear.

The pond is between 900 & 1000g.

Thanks!

piranha · 09-07-2005, 09:45 PM

Cyprio bioforce and Fishmate brands make excellent filters;both in external pressure fed cannisters and gravity fed external box type.They both also incorporate [acronym:e72b495774="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:e72b495774] sterilizers if desired which I think is a neccessity.The cannisters can be partially submerged in the ground to help camouflage. I myself have the Cyprio Bioforce with [acronym:e72b495774="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:e72b495774] and am very satisfied.The water stays crystal clear and filter requires very little maintenance much like an aquarum cannister.When it does need cleaning all there is to do is lift the five clips,pull up the cover with [acronym:e72b495774="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:e72b495774],rinse the sponges with pond water and reassemble.There are different density sponges and room for biological material like bioballs.The larger capacity filters have a backwash valve like a pool filter which really eases maintenance. The pond cannister uses a submersible debri handling pump,the aquarium type has it built into the cannister. Check out AZPonds.com for excellent prices.

seve1 · 09-08-2005, 11:56 PM

I am pleased with my Cyprio as well.

09-05-2005, 12:31 PM	#1
Phyl Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,107 Images: 30	Best Filter? I'm looking for the best filter with the easiest maintenance available. This is for my grandmother's house (she moved into a house with a pond) so I want it to be something that's very easy to maintain. I'm looking at an Ultima II 1000. Any comments? We had a pond at our last house and we used a AquaClear canister filter but hosing it out was a bear. The pond is between 900 & 1000g. Thanks! __________________ Phyllis Join the NJ Reef Club Today! Saving the world's reefs one living room at a time! Next meeting: Eric Borneman, Dana Riddle, & Charles Mazel on October 25, 2008

09-08-2005, 11:56 PM	#3
seve1 Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 45	I am pleased with my Cyprio as well. __________________ Tank 120 Oceanic reef w/40-gallon sump/refugium EuroReef skimmmer, 400wx2 [acronym:47e0f9c016="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym:47e0f9c016], Iwaki pump and 200 lbs [acronym:47e0f9c016="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:47e0f9c016]. Inverts Green & Red Musrooms, Pumping Xenia, Green Star Polyps, Green/Purple Ricordia, Orange Ricordia, Green Acro, Bubble Coral, Hammer Coral, Maxima Clam, Crocea Clam, peppermint shrimp, various snails and crabs. Fish Yellow Tang, Mated Perculas, Bicolor Blenny, Elaegant Wrasse, Possum Wrasse, Clown Goby, Purple Pseudochromis, Coral Beauty, Golden Angel

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09-07-2005, 09:45 PM	#2
piranha Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Port Jefferson Station, New York Posts: 283	Cyprio bioforce and Fishmate brands make excellent filters;both in external pressure fed cannisters and gravity fed external box type.They both also incorporate [acronym:e72b495774="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:e72b495774] sterilizers if desired which I think is a neccessity.The cannisters can be partially submerged in the ground to help camouflage. I myself have the Cyprio Bioforce with [acronym:e72b495774="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:e72b495774] and am very satisfied.The water stays crystal clear and filter requires very little maintenance much like an aquarum cannister.When it does need cleaning all there is to do is lift the five clips,pull up the cover with [acronym:e72b495774="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:e72b495774],rinse the sponges with pond water and reassemble.There are different density sponges and room for biological material like bioballs.The larger capacity filters have a backwash valve like a pool filter which really eases maintenance. The pond cannister uses a submersible debri handling pump,the aquarium type has it built into the cannister. Check out AZPonds.com for excellent prices.