Fluval 205 Leaking...now what filter?

[jorjef]

Originally Posted by subman

Leave it as is no canister is needed. Save the money to buy corals

yep, if you feel you need more flow put another power head it.

[Kes1221]

Wow, so it would be okay without the filter? Even without the sump...we aren't convinced the skimmer is doing much as it isnt a 'bubbly' in the little cup as we have read it should be...

[jorjef]

What filter media did you put in the canister?

[Kes1221]

In the Fluval canister we just had the fluval spongey filters, biomax and he carbon bags...thats what was in there when we bought the system.

In the other tank we intend to be a reef tank, we have a Hanging filter with some carbon, spongey things, maybe some biomax and then a bag of little crushed rocks and shells and such....

[subman]

I'm not a fan of spongy things they need lots of maintenance and turn into nitrate bombs over time.

[Kes1221]

that doesn't sound fun. Will the filtration be okay without the spongy filters? When we took apart the useless Fluval, they were so caked with sand and gross looking stuff.....

[subman]

the LR is your filter the spongy thing and such are more for freshwater where there is no other source of filtration. It's one of the great joys of a SW tank, also one of the biggest mistakes made by ppl moving from fresh to salt.