Mark Hewitt
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I'm getting a new 35G tank for Christmas, which I obviously don't have yet. In preparation for this I've just bought a TetraTec EX700 external canister filter ( http://www.aquatics-online.co.uk/big...cEXfilters.htm )
I would like for this filter to be up and running and capable of filtering my existing bioload (see sig) when I install the tank. But as I don't have the tank yet, would it be feasible to just use a bucket of water, which I put the input and output tubes into and add my ammonia source into that instead?
Possible problems could be that the bucket is about 4.2 gallons so about 3.5 usable space and of course it doesn't have a heater.
I would like for this filter to be up and running and capable of filtering my existing bioload (see sig) when I install the tank. But as I don't have the tank yet, would it be feasible to just use a bucket of water, which I put the input and output tubes into and add my ammonia source into that instead?
Possible problems could be that the bucket is about 4.2 gallons so about 3.5 usable space and of course it doesn't have a heater.