Canisters only

[taylapong]

Hey guys!

Anyone here has successfully kept a reef tank with canisters alone?

[Aspire]

I've been using my cansiter for 2 year now.. working fine..

[nakazoru]

It works for since the first day of the hobby since 2001. But need to know the combination of the media to use and of course the bigger canister the better. Regular maintenance every 2 month, i.e replacing the filter sponge.

Careful with canister that some are easier to maintain than the other.

[taylapong]

I was just wondering what you guys used in the cannister? Is it quite packed, or is the media quite loosely put in?

[nakazoru]

Not too tightly pack, otherwise where got flow. About 1 inch of media, excluding filter sponge.

[Alvin Tan]

be sure to change the filter wool regularly...or u using sponge..wash it regularly...if not sometimes gt some casualties..then disease are trap dere..

[hotlemond]

Hey guys!

Anyone here has successfully kept a reef tank with canisters alone?

why not? you should see how madmac do it

[loster]

why not? you should see how madmac do it

and he keeps sps somemore. there is nothing impossible. may be you can ask him how he maintain it well

[KTLK]

though having a sump has its own advantages,I don't see any reason y a canister can't do a good job:) but of course be it canister or sump,proper care & maintaince must be carry out or even having the world most expensive system is useless

[FuEl]

Nothing wrong with canisters as long as they are cleaned out and the wool and filtration medium replaced as needed. As they are meant to trap dirt, you should not rely it to house the bulk of your beneficial bacteria too much as you will be cleaning it regulary. Use liverock as your main biological filtration. The biological filtration provided by the canister should be only viewed as secondary.

[flying carpet]

My canister filter is the 3 layer type. I put in carbon, rowa, coral chip, ceramic rings, bio ball and sponge.

As long as you the necessary maintainance and conditioning of your water then every thing will be fine.

[hammy]

ya . canister is possible .

my 2215 1.2kg of biohomes and some eheim coarse pad.

every three week to a month clean the coarse pad with my drained tank water.

but i have a skimmer to complete my filtration system.

[taylapong]

It's quite sian to keep opening up the canister man..., then, find it hard to prime.. i use 2 of the Eheim Pro II canisters, with the priming thing? but it doesn't prime that easily?!! Maybe you can help! I thought at first cos i used a surface skimmer with it, but, it's still quite hard after i took it out... does hose length play a part? boohoo

[bluezing]

ya . canister is possible .

my 2215 1.2kg of biohomes and some eheim coarse pad.

every three week to a month clean the coarse pad with my drained tank water.

but i have a skimmer to complete my filtration system.

wow...thats it? sounds gd....

but what if i have a DSB and just skimmer only? good to go?