Hi guys, just joined the forum.
Decided to come back to freshwater side of fish keeping and would like some help on canister filter.
Previously I had a Juwel 125 tank for my freshwater which had an internal filter, the compartments made it easy, I especially like changing the white filter floss which was cheap to replace, did it weekly and didn't require turning off the pump. (lift lid, remove white pad, replace with new, done) The water flowed from top downwards then got sucked back up to outlet so all the debris or shrimps ended up on the white filter floss
I'm deciding now between the Eheim 350 or 600, JBL e901 and Fluval 306, maybe even the Eheim Prof 4+ 250.
Current tank is around 130L, actually my Red Sea Reefer 170. Not using the sump area (I know, its sacrilegious)
Livestock---probably Cardinal tetra, Gold Laser cory (if I can find them) and Silvertip Tetras. Don't plan on CO2, and for lighting...no idea yet....sold my Radion XR15, maybe a Juwel LED....suggestions welcome.
So questions are:
The Classic I believe flows bottom to top, so does that mean most of the bigger debris ends up at the bottom of the canister?
Anyone have experience with cleaning the Eheim Classic?
1) How often? especially the polishing pad/white filter floss
2) their monthly or 2 monthly coarse filter & bio-balls washing
I don't expect a lot of waste/debris
Decided to come back to freshwater side of fish keeping and would like some help on canister filter.
Previously I had a Juwel 125 tank for my freshwater which had an internal filter, the compartments made it easy, I especially like changing the white filter floss which was cheap to replace, did it weekly and didn't require turning off the pump. (lift lid, remove white pad, replace with new, done) The water flowed from top downwards then got sucked back up to outlet so all the debris or shrimps ended up on the white filter floss
I'm deciding now between the Eheim 350 or 600, JBL e901 and Fluval 306, maybe even the Eheim Prof 4+ 250.
Current tank is around 130L, actually my Red Sea Reefer 170. Not using the sump area (I know, its sacrilegious)
Livestock---probably Cardinal tetra, Gold Laser cory (if I can find them) and Silvertip Tetras. Don't plan on CO2, and for lighting...no idea yet....sold my Radion XR15, maybe a Juwel LED....suggestions welcome.
So questions are:
The Classic I believe flows bottom to top, so does that mean most of the bigger debris ends up at the bottom of the canister?
Anyone have experience with cleaning the Eheim Classic?
1) How often? especially the polishing pad/white filter floss
2) their monthly or 2 monthly coarse filter & bio-balls washing
I don't expect a lot of waste/debris