lionheart
Aquarium Advice Activist
how good are these at biological filtration
ive bought one which turns over 1550/LPH
however i read a artictle that said they are not very good as a biological filter because very little oxygen is present in the cannister which stops the benifical bacteria from surviving,the one i have purchased is a 3 basket system which enables you to have 3 different mediums the sponge is at the bottom and the top of the cannister and u place your medium in the 3 baskets between the 2 sponges,the one i bought is self priming,also on the return hose back to the tank u can fit a spraybar,my first thoughts are this should be fitted above the water level,however i am unsure if u can place it below the surface,which in my opinion would make it more quiet,as u would not get the water noise, and i'm not 2 sure if the surface of the water would circulate- or move as good this way as obviously u would get better water circulation with the water falling from the spray bar back into the tank,
currently i am using a fluval 3plus internal filter which turns 700/LPH
would by using the 2 filters together enable me to stock more fish,or is it a case that regardless of how many filters u have running it will not enable you to increase your stock levels,
ive bought one which turns over 1550/LPH
however i read a artictle that said they are not very good as a biological filter because very little oxygen is present in the cannister which stops the benifical bacteria from surviving,the one i have purchased is a 3 basket system which enables you to have 3 different mediums the sponge is at the bottom and the top of the cannister and u place your medium in the 3 baskets between the 2 sponges,the one i bought is self priming,also on the return hose back to the tank u can fit a spraybar,my first thoughts are this should be fitted above the water level,however i am unsure if u can place it below the surface,which in my opinion would make it more quiet,as u would not get the water noise, and i'm not 2 sure if the surface of the water would circulate- or move as good this way as obviously u would get better water circulation with the water falling from the spray bar back into the tank,
currently i am using a fluval 3plus internal filter which turns 700/LPH
would by using the 2 filters together enable me to stock more fish,or is it a case that regardless of how many filters u have running it will not enable you to increase your stock levels,