Filter

[berrykin]

I had been using calyster for my filtration......... I not sure wat medium to put in the calyster...... Currenly i put coral chips..... wool.... thats all i think.....

give comments...

[*dlareg*]

Do u mean canister filter?

Depends on wat kind of filtration u want your filter to perform, mech, bio or chem or all?

For mech filtration, i believe coarse and fine wool will be enuf. For Bio, u can use ceramic rings.

It all comes down to what kind of filtration u want to acheive.

[SpiderOne]

some carbon wouldnt hurt. Remember to clean your filter regularly

[Razo]

some carbon wouldnt hurt. Remember to clean your filter regularly

can u advice how reguarly? evrey week? every month?

[*dlareg*]

I'm running a canister for my 2ft set-up and I clean my filter and change the wool every fortnight. The filter wool literally turns black after 2 weeks. A bit troublesome but have to keep the nitrates down.

[berrykin]

Oh my god.. no wonder my nitrate is at the highest point!!!!

I had not change the medium in my canister from the day i start my tank til now.. had been 2 month plus.........

Aiyo... time to change lioa...... lazy ma...

[junyong84]

dun be lazy lar

go n change ur filter media... though they can get very expensive...wif all those good stuff...

Rather... i still cant figure out what's e diff poly filter, sponge and cotton wool???

i put all 3 of em into my canister...

[berrykin]

My calister got three layer..... Wat to put for each individual layer huh???

[Mellow]

hi,

i used to have a 2 feet tank with canister as well...it is best if u can change and clean your filter once a week...if u are thinking of cleaning them once fortnightly, i think it would be better to just put nothing inside besides carbon and phosguard.. most of the time, the cotton or other filter media would cause a nitrate build up..let the live rocks and sand do the filtration...a good skimmer helps too...that's what i did last time too...nitrate also lower...compared to the high nitrates i had when i stuff my canister with bio balls, wool and other filter media...

[[PrinCesS (",)]]

IMO, i suggest you to put Polyfilter, Thick wool.. not the thin freshwater one.. ,place carbon in a stocking or net...

[diabolus]

y does berrykin have the same avatar as nleong?

[berrykin]

carbon dangerous lei.... if i lazy neer change... it will release back all the dirty thing back to the water lei.............

aniway tomolo gonna have my first change of water for my tank after 2 months pluss keekek

[[PrinCesS (",)]]

i change my water weekly....

[diabolus]

eh...stop using the sadako pic.

[[PrinCesS (",)]]

Cant help it born with that look... is this 1 better?

[diabolus]

yes!

im going to set it as my wall paper...

[sjsheng]

if i going for canister filter which brand should i go for? dolphine brand which cost much cheaper then the brand ehiem...

cheap mean not really gd ?

which model should i go for ehiem if i owning 2ft tank ? n which is betteR?

[[PrinCesS (",)]]

Dolphin brand would not be advisable because it is an over head filter..

For 2FT.. Ehiem 2213 would be sufficient

diabolus... Do that and my sister will rip you apart

[danzer]

Hi.. Hw long can carbon be placed in the tank. I am using seachem matrix carbon for 6mths liao

[junyong84]

to place safe.. at least change ur filter media once per mth...

juz 2 cents

[sjsheng]

if i buy the ehiem filter..does those mechanical, biological stuff included?

any how much is 1 professionel Canister filter ??? 200+ ?

[Air]

my fren just brought the redsun or redsea 1 ...quite a big 1 wit hall the needed medium in it. wool, ceramics, bio balls at $150. i forgot the model name......

Why does everyone put charcoal in the filter.....i have bad exp with it....heard it will release the adsorbed thing back to tank.....

[Razo]

if i buy the ehiem filter..does those mechanical, biological stuff included?

any how much is 1 professionel Canister filter ??? 200+ ?

no... not included...

[berrykin]

How long do i need to change my ceramic rings?????? it had been 2 mths plus in my calister liao...

[SpiderOne]

i think u mean carbon. not charcoal.

change all media once a month??? who told u that?? . U can just wash wool dont have to replace,waste of $$. U change all media once a month u can basically forget about biological filtration too. Only thing u shld probably change is carbon