canister filtres?

howdy20012002 · #1 09-06-2006, 03:40 AM

so what should I have in my filtres? or should I even use them?

Ruth · #2 09-06-2006, 03:44 AM

Carbon works well but I agree with Albert 100% on the sponges and rubble.
You can also just leave them empty and only use for circulation.

albert_dao · #3 09-06-2006, 03:46 AM

You're probably better off getting rid of the canisters and switching to Phosban reactors or something.

Josh24 · #4 09-06-2006, 03:49 AM

Would he be better off to just use a pump, rather than a canister?
Where would his mechancial filtration come from?

Unless it was bare bottom then you could just suck the debris out weekly?

What are your thoughts?

albert_dao · #5 09-06-2006, 03:52 AM

Mechanical filtration is only good in the form of micron filter socks. Short of that, you're best to just avoid it and siphon off detritus as it accumulates.

I don't have any mechanical filtration in any of my tanks. The water is AWESOME. No floaties.

howdy20012002 · #6 09-06-2006, 03:51 AM

I can probably ditch most of the filters in most of tanks.
However, My SH tank would concern because I don't have much flow in there because, well, the SH's dont' do well in lots of movement.
So with minimum movement, the LR won't really be able to do its job.
The canister filtre at least create some movement and gets out some stuff
Any suggestions?

albert_dao · #7 09-06-2006, 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by howdy20012002

I can probably ditch most of the filters in most of tanks.
However, My SH tank would concern because I don't have much flow in there because, well, the SH's dont' do well in lots of movement.
So with minimum movement, the LR won't really be able to do its job.
The canister filtre at least create some movement and gets out some stuff
Any suggestions?

Easy, Phosban reactor and heavy skimming. Bing bang boom.

howdy20012002 · #8 09-06-2006, 04:09 AM

Easy, Phosban reactor and heavy skimming. Bing bang boom.

any suggestion on name brands for skimmers? I am looking to upgrade on a few of my tanks and wanted to get some opinions on what I should look at for a reasonablly priced skimmer

albert_dao · #9 09-06-2006, 04:17 AM

Remoras are a good bet on a low maintanance filter. Like any other injection skimmer, though, the performance is largely dependant on salinity and whether or not the tank is contaminated with oils (KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT OF THE TANK WHEN USING THESE!).

Other than that, you could go for the Coralife Superskimmers. They're very well priced and can remove quite a bit of junk from the water column. That said, there's a few glaring drawbacks of which I've addressed in a post in the Product Review forums.

I hear EuroReef is working on an HOB skimmer though...