Canister filter?

Cubano32

Cubano32

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Getting ready to set my 20 long running and one last thing I need to take care of is if I want to use my canister filter I have as another source of filtration, more mechanical than anything or keep it and use it as some kind of reactor. Anyone have any thoughts on it or have used a canister in their set up

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Is stay away from sponges, if you want carbon, maybe some purigen I think you'll be fine. You can use floss for a bit if you want to polish the water. Most like with anything in this hobby need to maintain it
 
GugsJr said:
Is stay away from sponges, if you want carbon, maybe some purigen I think you'll be fine. You can use floss for a bit if you want to polish the water. Most like with anything in this hobby need to maintain it
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Yea I know i run 2 canister filters on my 75g planted tank I clean once a month I'm pretty good at doing maintenance

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GugsJr said:
Is stay away from sponges, if you want carbon, maybe some purigen I think you'll be fine. You can use floss for a bit if you want to polish the water. Most like with anything in this hobby need to maintain it
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Hey what's your opinion on when I fill my tank to do 10g clean water and 10g water from an establish tank ? Was reading some stuff and some people do it not sure if it's a good idea tho


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Cubano32 said:
Hey what's your opinion on when I fill my tank to do 10g clean water and 10g water from an establish tank ? Was reading some stuff and some people do it not sure if it's a good idea tho


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If you want to cycle the tank its not the water you need. You need either live rock, sand or some other biological filter to see it.

The water from an old tank will not be able to seed the tank.

If you're going that route you need to make sure to get the seeded material from a tank you trust

I setup my frag tank in a week using rock, sand and a biowheel soaked for a week from my display tank. Well I guess you can say two weeks since I seeded the biowheel for a week...lol
 
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If you want to cycle the tank its not the water you need. You need either live rock, sand or some other biological filter to see it.

The water from an old tank will not be able to seed the tank.

If you're going that route you need to make sure to get the seeded material from a tank you trust

I setup my frag tank in a week using rock, sand and a biowheel soaked for a week from my display tank. Well I guess you can say two weeks since I seeded the biowheel for a week...lol
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Oh damn wow that's awesome...yea unfortunately none of my buddies or friends are into saltwater all fresh water planted tanks so I guess I'll have to do it the old fashion way

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Cubano32 said:
Oh damn wow that's awesome...yea unfortunately none of my buddies or friends are into saltwater all fresh water planted tanks so I guess I'll have to do it the old fashion way

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Someone here may be able to help you out or even a LFS you trust. I would offer but I had an ich outbreak about 3 weeks ago or so and am about to start to go 90 days with out fish in my Display tank while my fish sit in QT and get treated.

No reason to rush it.

If I was starting a new tank after the cycle I would seed it with pods after the cycle so by the time you add your fish you have a nice healthy system.
 
GugsJr said:
Someone here may be able to help you out or even a LFS you trust. I would offer but I had an ich outbreak about 3 weeks ago or so and am about to start to go 90 days with out fish in my Display tank while my fish sit in QT and get treated.

No reason to rush it.

If I was starting a new tank after the cycle I would seed it with pods after the cycle so by the time you add your fish you have a nice healthy system.
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Yea I mean kinda in a rush but not really was hoping to get some corals from aquatic experience next month but we will see..i usually get most my stuff from aqua pros but it's been so long can't remember if they sell live rock

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Cubano32 said:
Yea I mean kinda in a rush but not really was hoping to get some corals from aquatic experience next month but we will see..i usually get most my stuff from aqua pros but it's been so long can't remember if they sell live rock

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They do they have it in a fishless container so you should be good
 
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They do they have it in a fishless container so you should be good
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Solid prob swing by there sometime this week then and also pick up a few bags of sand...i used to just raw shrimp my tanks for cycling still good way of doing it or do you do yours diff

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Still have to figure out a good light for the tank with the length being 30" options ate limted with led

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Cubano32 said:
Still have to figure out a good light for the tank with the length being 30" options ate limted with led

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I have an extra diy rapid led available. This is the one above my frag tank. It needs a controller / dimmer and a power supply for the fan. I may have a simple controller kust need to see if it still works. I can let it go for $100View attachment 22477
 
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I have an extra diy rapid led available. This is the one above my frag tank. It needs a controller / dimmer and a power supply for the fan. I may have a simple controller kust need to see if it still works. I can let it go for $100View attachment 22477
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Oh damn nice good price..so I'm thinking of doing like a couple torch corals a nem, hammer, Duncan's some zoas...this light will be good for that right

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Yes it will, that's a rainbow nem in the front and the rest are sps. What you've mentioned would be easy. Let me test it and make sure it would. I'll get back to you.

Only reason I have this is, I upgraded to two radion gen4 XR30 Pro
 
GugsJr said:
Yes it will, that's a rainbow nem in the front and the rest are sps. What you've mentioned would be easy. Let me test it and make sure it would. I'll get back to you.

Only reason I have this is, I upgraded to two radion gen4 XR30 Pro
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Ok cool thanks also last question is it your camera phone that's making it look so blue cause that's really blue little more then what I'm looking for but either way let me know it's a great price

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Cubano32 said:
Ok cool thanks also last question is it your camera phone that's making it look so blue cause that's really blue little more then what I'm looking for but either way let me know it's a great price

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I have my blues at 100%, my whites, red, green and if at 24%
 
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