Hi, folks,
This is not a question about which is the best filter media.
I want to try my first canister filter: in the (distant) past I always had undergravel filters, and more recently, in several tanks (max 100 litres) I've used a variety of sponge filters. I like them because they're fry and shrimp safe, ultra easy to maintain, and inexpensive. (I hate maintenance and I'm going by same principle you get in backup systems for computers - the best system is the one you actually use)
To improve filtration on my 90L cube, and to make a bit more space in the tank, I want to try an external canister. Having ploughed through many threads here on media, and also the aquariumscience piece on media (Darrel's recommendation) I'm inclined to try fluidised K1.
Question: is it just a case of taking A N Other canister, using a pre-filter as usual, and then most of the remaining space without baskets and just a couple of handfuls of K1? Can it really be that easy?
Also: anyone else doing this .. is there a particular canister filter you'd recommend that makes it particularly easy to do this? Have been gravitating towards a Fluval 207 but also wondering if it wouldn't be just as effective in something like the AllPondSolutions EF1
Asking this potentially dumb question on the basis that the only really dumb question is the one you never ask.
This is not a question about which is the best filter media.
I want to try my first canister filter: in the (distant) past I always had undergravel filters, and more recently, in several tanks (max 100 litres) I've used a variety of sponge filters. I like them because they're fry and shrimp safe, ultra easy to maintain, and inexpensive. (I hate maintenance and I'm going by same principle you get in backup systems for computers - the best system is the one you actually use)
To improve filtration on my 90L cube, and to make a bit more space in the tank, I want to try an external canister. Having ploughed through many threads here on media, and also the aquariumscience piece on media (Darrel's recommendation) I'm inclined to try fluidised K1.
Question: is it just a case of taking A N Other canister, using a pre-filter as usual, and then most of the remaining space without baskets and just a couple of handfuls of K1? Can it really be that easy?
Also: anyone else doing this .. is there a particular canister filter you'd recommend that makes it particularly easy to do this? Have been gravitating towards a Fluval 207 but also wondering if it wouldn't be just as effective in something like the AllPondSolutions EF1
Asking this potentially dumb question on the basis that the only really dumb question is the one you never ask.