Re: [APD] canister filter media advice?

[Barry Anderberg <apd at swoobs_org>]

Technically you don't even need *any* filter on a planted tank at all 
but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but the most experienced hobbyist.

Vaughn Hopkins wrote:
> When I used a canister filter I never put more than two types of  
> media in it.  One was biological media, and the other was plain old  
> filter floss.  The last such filter I used,  Fluval 104, I just left  
> out one of the baskets.  The earlier one I had was a 304 model, and I  
> filled two of the baskets with biological media.  But, no one  has  
> yet convinced me that "biological" media has any real purpose, beyond  
> what plain old filter floss has.  (Speaking entirely about planted  
> tanks, not fish only tanks.)
>
> Vaughn H.
>
> On Nov 30, 2006, at 12:35 PM, Rebecca Perry wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi there,
>>
>>
>>
>> Newbie here with (probably) stupid question: I’m setting up my  
>> first serious
>> plant tank and trying to decide what kind of filter media to use in my
>> Fluval 204 – I’ve settled on the pre-filter stuff and the bio-max,  
>> but I’ve
>> got one more media compartment to fill. Walstad says not to use  
>> charcoal,
>> nor any very fine media, with a soil substrate (which I will be  
>> using under
>> natural gravel.) So what does that leave? Poly Wool? Something  
>> else? Or can
>> I just leave that third chamber empty?
>>
>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I’ve been keeping fish  
>> forever, but
>> I’m new to aquatic gardening, so I’m not a total newbie; however my  
>> research
>> on this subject has turned up many conflicting opinions on these  
>> issues.
>> Thanks,
>> Rebecca
>>     
>
>
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