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07-22-2008, 12:57 PM
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Hey guys, I accidently posted this in my intro to everyone. Anyways, my friend baught one of these and he told me to check it out...Hi-Q USA Zero Water Exchange Aqarium System what do you guys think about this? I think that its a great concept because I know my dad won't be taking care of these fish, and I can only come in every so often. Anyways Feedback would be nice.
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07-22-2008, 01:36 PM
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Not buying it. Reads like a reverse UG filter(which is nothing new), replacing the plastic uptubes with things to make them look like SW overflows. Not buying the claims about nitrates either. Unless heavily planted/macro or using an external nitrate removal system/resin water changes are required.
In the end you have a UGF fir bacterial and a power filter for mechanical/chemical. You'll notice they reference plants for nitrate removal scattered throughout the site. Nothing revolutionary here I suspect |
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07-22-2008, 07:25 PM
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I agree. Sounds (and is) too good to be true.
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07-22-2008, 08:22 PM
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I agree too!
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07-22-2008, 08:34 PM
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07-23-2008, 09:54 AM
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Hi Q
I think it seems like it would work.. It says guaranteed or your money back.
http://www.hiq-usa.com/Bright_future...sh_farming.asp They have an article on their site of a fish farming concept I think I may have actually heard about a while back. I think they actually had something on the news about it. They farm fish in huge tanks and never change the water by recreating the same type of biology(dont know if its the correct term for this lol) that happens in a pond. I'm going to look into it a little more, this is interesting and seems right for me. My father is to old to be changing the water. |
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07-23-2008, 10:09 AM
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Anyways I actually like doing PWC it's relaxing to me. I guess I am weird for thinking that lol.
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07-23-2008, 10:15 AM
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From the little reading I have done, those systems seem to be used in commercial business, meaning way more money and way more sophisticated equipment.
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07-23-2008, 01:26 PM
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Is this a reintroduction? Wasn't this exact filtration unit offered around 5yrs ago?...Hmmm, I vaguely remember such similarities. Either way, it is bunk and nothing more than a reverse flow UGF as Ahab stated.
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