zeruipelayo
New Member
Hi all,
Has anybody tried to increase flow rate of existing filter by "upgrading" the filter head?
For context...
I currently own a Biomaster 350 and for the tank size I have (74 litres) is more than enough to achieve full cycle and maintain good water quality. Tank is a community tank with small fish only (ember tetra, corydora paleatus, celestial pearl danios) and heavily planted.
I'm using the pre-filter for the mechanical filtration part (I clean it every week, so never gets too clogged) and thus use all 4 trays for biological filtration (using a mix of Seachem Matix, Eheim Substract Pro & Aquario Neo Media Pure). That gives be around 3kg of biological media inside the canister.
Smaller top tray currently has purigen.
If / when I upgrade to a bigger tank in the future (thinking of 200 litre), I would like to keep current filter (if possible) as the 3 kg of media should cope with 200l (at least using PondGuru's ratio of 1kg of good bio media per 100l of water).
Major problem would then be Cannister's flow rate, considering turnover cycle.
So, the thinking would be if a Biomaster 600 or even a 850 filter head would fit and work properly on top of a BioMaster 350 container. They seem to be the same size (at least in theory). Has anyone tried something like this?
Cheers
Has anybody tried to increase flow rate of existing filter by "upgrading" the filter head?
For context...
I currently own a Biomaster 350 and for the tank size I have (74 litres) is more than enough to achieve full cycle and maintain good water quality. Tank is a community tank with small fish only (ember tetra, corydora paleatus, celestial pearl danios) and heavily planted.
I'm using the pre-filter for the mechanical filtration part (I clean it every week, so never gets too clogged) and thus use all 4 trays for biological filtration (using a mix of Seachem Matix, Eheim Substract Pro & Aquario Neo Media Pure). That gives be around 3kg of biological media inside the canister.
Smaller top tray currently has purigen.
If / when I upgrade to a bigger tank in the future (thinking of 200 litre), I would like to keep current filter (if possible) as the 3 kg of media should cope with 200l (at least using PondGuru's ratio of 1kg of good bio media per 100l of water).
Major problem would then be Cannister's flow rate, considering turnover cycle.
So, the thinking would be if a Biomaster 600 or even a 850 filter head would fit and work properly on top of a BioMaster 350 container. They seem to be the same size (at least in theory). Has anyone tried something like this?
Cheers