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Re: Tank Filters
Hi all I've been in the hobby for 30+ years a & never owned a sponge
filter. I use a plane under gravel bowl filter.The 1 gal. or the 2 gal.
4"&5" in dia. Just put it in a 1/2 pound plastic butter or Margarine dish
Fill with Med. natural gravel about 2" Deep. In 2 week you won't believe
how much dirt it picks up.& when you lift it out of tank all the dirt stays
in the filter.To clean just dump them into an old plastic dish pan.Rinse
with cool water Run a tooth pick in the air stem refill the filter with
gravel.& thies filters last for ever unless you step on them Karl
-----Original Message-----
From: RSchwiegerath <critters at sdc_org>
To: KillieTalk at AKA_Org <KillieTalk at aka_org>
Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 8:43 PM
Subject: Tank Filters
>Hi All,
>
>Got to agree with Guy Wren. I use plastic box filters in most of
>my tanks. (I sure miss the corner filters once manufactured by
>Lustar.) Size depends upon tank. Unfortunately, it's hard to
>always find them here in New Mexico. (Last ones I purchased in
>Alququerque were from a Germany manufacturer.) I use NO filter
>fluff and NO cover - just about an inch (4 cms to the foreign
>majority - heh heh!!) of aquarium gravel. Rarely a hastle with
>airflow. When they get real dirty I just dump the contents into
>a quart (liter) plastic container and hand-swirl/rinse well with
>COOL water. Decanting off the water until it runs clean. This
>keeps from destroying the good bacteria attached to the gravel.
>Then back into the tank. No fear of losing fry, etc.
>
>Tanks,
>
>Bob Schwiegerath
>Socorro, NM
>
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