threnjen
Aquarium Advice Addict
Lots of people acquire strange preoccupations/addictions. Mine is for filters. Why do I get so preoccupied with what is, by and large, the most un-glamorous and uninteresting part of our hobby?
I just love trying different ones because I love making different configurations and seeing how I can customize the filter media. What can I fit in it?? Can I do something fancy or special with it?? I get VERY preoccupied with filter media customization.
I seriously have a box of filters that I have used and moved on from (for now) because I just wanted to try something different.
It's so stupid because they all do the same thing and have the same functional purpose...
My newest filter is a Marina S10 slim HOB for my 5.5g which is not one I have ever seen recommended or talked about. It has a really slim profile but a lot of room for customization which is great! I even fit a purigen packet in there! And I like that it has the motor IN the tank so NO PRIMING after water changes. For some reason that annoys me so bad. It was really cheap too!
The filter I replaced was an Azoo Palm 60 which was perfectly functional, not a thing wrong with it lol. I just wanted to "try something else"
Now that I like this one I am like, maybe a Marina S20 slim for my 10g?? I had an AQ20 but I just hated it, and now it has one of those cheap Aqueon filters that come with the kits. Hrm hrm
I also bought on a whim a mini external canister filter that I have never even hooked up to anything at all I have more than one filter that has never, ever been used ....
I just love trying different ones because I love making different configurations and seeing how I can customize the filter media. What can I fit in it?? Can I do something fancy or special with it?? I get VERY preoccupied with filter media customization.
I seriously have a box of filters that I have used and moved on from (for now) because I just wanted to try something different.
It's so stupid because they all do the same thing and have the same functional purpose...
My newest filter is a Marina S10 slim HOB for my 5.5g which is not one I have ever seen recommended or talked about. It has a really slim profile but a lot of room for customization which is great! I even fit a purigen packet in there! And I like that it has the motor IN the tank so NO PRIMING after water changes. For some reason that annoys me so bad. It was really cheap too!
The filter I replaced was an Azoo Palm 60 which was perfectly functional, not a thing wrong with it lol. I just wanted to "try something else"
Now that I like this one I am like, maybe a Marina S20 slim for my 10g?? I had an AQ20 but I just hated it, and now it has one of those cheap Aqueon filters that come with the kits. Hrm hrm
I also bought on a whim a mini external canister filter that I have never even hooked up to anything at all I have more than one filter that has never, ever been used ....