Re: [Killietalk] Power filter help - sponge filters

[fishscatterer at comcast_net]

I use Aqua Clear 110 in anything over a 29G, will use 2 in a 125G tank with Marineland pre filters on intake tube, usually I will supplement with Hydro-Sponge--the benefits from the water movement alone are wonderful, and filters around 500/GPH per unit.  Give one a try!

Jim Hinkle
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From: Ken Simolo <Simolo at chem_chem.rochester.edu>
> On non-planted tanks, I use the double cylindrical sponge filters 
> (Brilliant?) on 30 gallon tanks and below.  To "cycle" a new tank, I 
> take one of the sponges from an existing tank or use the "squeezings" 
> from one of the sponges.  Instant cycling and the only electricity 
> used for filtration is the one linear pump.  If heavily planted, 
> filters are not even necessary, even on larger tanks such as my 55 
> and 75 gallon tanks, although water movement may be beneficial.
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
> 
> >In a message dated 7/7/06 4:37:22 PM, BigJohnW at webtv_net writes:
> >
> ><<   I now only use either Hydro Sponges of varying sizes or Lustar Jumbo
> >Round box
> >filters in my tanks.  >>
> >
> >How big a tank do you use them in?
> >
> >Lee Harper
> >Media, PA
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