I only use sponges and floss for my filtering media, and when I clean them I often just give a good rinse in the sink. The tiny amount of chlorine it is exposed to for a few seconds is not going to destroy the beneficial bacteria.
got a 320 gallon tank full of big american cichlids, it was filtered with nothing but 4 sponge filters for 2 years. It was perfect lol. I added an fx6 just recently not because I was having problems, but to polish the water and make it crystal clear (purely aesthetic reasons). Fitlering is way too overrated lol, i realized that if my tank, with that amount of biomass, was fine with just 4 sponge filters, any tank can be ok as long as you keep up with water changes and cleaning
I doubt any of those way fair tanks are in stock. They probably make them as they get orders for them. Then it will take three months to get it or longer.
24:46 Me: I'm confused doesn't everyone have sand? Lol, beat that surface area.
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Dr Mazerall? Didn't catch that name. I'm curious to learn more. Bacteria don't have little bacteria as 'kids'. They save resources until there is enough for them to replicate-split. So I don't think the concept of 'ageing' as higher life forms grow, reproduce then die really applies?? And bacteria don't just attach the a hard surface and go to work. They are a part of a huge colony of many different types in the matrix of the layer that they all live in. I'm curious to go a little farther down this rabbit hole. Because I'm thinking that unless you are changing media often, all filtration becomes biological(excepting charcoal, purigen, ect)in some ways. In a sense everything that gets caught in the filter begins to break down. Plant matter, fish waste, food that happens to get pulled in before eaten. Trapped in the filter, where lots of bacteria live can probably allow the chunks of any biological matter to break down pretty quickly compared to just laying on the bottom of the tank.
interesting! Looking forward for the anoxic results.BCBs with water flow worked fine for me.regarding plenums not to compacting substrate.
I only use sponges and floss for my filtering media, and when I clean them I often just give a good rinse in the sink.
The tiny amount of chlorine it is exposed to for a few seconds is not going to destroy the beneficial bacteria.
got a 320 gallon tank full of big american cichlids, it was filtered with nothing but 4 sponge filters for 2 years. It was perfect lol. I added an fx6 just recently not because I was having problems, but to polish the water and make it crystal clear (purely aesthetic reasons).
Fitlering is way too overrated lol, i realized that if my tank, with that amount of biomass, was fine with just 4 sponge filters, any tank can be ok as long as you keep up with water changes and cleaning
reducing in absurdum...gradient,ie add "things" slowly to the container with water
I doubt any of those way fair tanks are in stock. They probably make them as they get orders for them. Then it will take three months to get it or longer.
Thank you for the content, much appreciated.
24:46 Me: I'm confused doesn't everyone have sand? Lol, beat that surface area.
Dr Mazerall? Didn't catch that name. I'm curious to learn more. Bacteria don't have little bacteria as 'kids'. They save resources until there is enough for them to replicate-split. So I don't think the concept of 'ageing' as higher life forms grow, reproduce then die really applies?? And bacteria don't just attach the a hard surface and go to work. They are a part of a huge colony of many different types in the matrix of the layer that they all live in. I'm curious to go a little farther down this rabbit hole. Because I'm thinking that unless you are changing media often, all filtration becomes biological(excepting charcoal, purigen, ect)in some ways. In a sense everything that gets caught in the filter begins to break down. Plant matter, fish waste, food that happens to get pulled in before eaten. Trapped in the filter, where lots of bacteria live can probably allow the chunks of any biological matter to break down pretty quickly compared to just laying on the bottom of the tank.
I don't know if he has his presentation online. I'll look!
Follow the rabbit hole, Alice, lol
Undergravel filter wins again