Vortex diatom filter

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Originally Posted by Mrfish55

Been using mine on a regular basis for over 20 years, have an extension with a piece of rigid tubing on the end I use for vacuuming the sump out as well. Buy yourself a bag of powder from a pool supply store, will last forever and is much cheaper, you can also get powdered carbon ( I used to get it from the local dry cleaner ) works great but you have to run the diatom in a small container till it runs clear as you don't want to flood your system with it. Periodic use will not have any adverse effects, they also work great on a quarantine tank.

+1 Best water polisher on the market. Had mine from way back in my FW days. I put an extension on the output line so I can maneuver it around to blow detritus up into the water column and thus get filtered out.