Hi all, I have a 450L tank with 2x oase biomaster thermo 850 supplying filtration. They're fitted with standard coarse and medium foams with the bulk of the trays taken up by Seachem Matrix. At the top I have bags of Purigen and Carbon Matrix. I feel like I need more mechanical filtration to polish the water. If I put filter floss pads in at the top will I still have adequate flow? It's a heavily plated tank and still very new.
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Filter floss?
- Thread starter Amax689
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I don't think it's needed. As your filter matures, your water will become crystal clear with what you have. I only use coarse and medium fillters in mine and my water is crystal clear. Filter floss would only reduce flow and mean you need to open your filter more often.
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LightingBamboozled
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No harm in trying fliter floss pads and monitoring the impact on flow but they do need replacing fairly regularly. I have found, especially in newer tanks, that adding prefilter sponges, to keep the big bits of leaf etc. out of the filter, does more for water clarity than a polishing pad at the end of the filter. But mileage may vary.
Aqua sobriquet
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What pre filter foams are you using? They are available in 30, 45 and 60 ppi.
Mattant1984
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I always used filter floss in previous tanks and was always trying to get that perfectly clear water and it just gets clogged way to easily. (Looking back I did have too many fish, no plants and filters that couldn't cope!!)
I wasn't until I started with planted tanks that I stopped using it, and this is definitely down to having a large plant mass, an appropriately sized filter and proper stocking of fish.
By having the above in place my water is the best it's looked
I wasn't until I started with planted tanks that I stopped using it, and this is definitely down to having a large plant mass, an appropriately sized filter and proper stocking of fish.
By having the above in place my water is the best it's looked
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26024
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I’m about to try for a first time ever to not to use filter floss at all.
I will be removing it completely to reduce my weekly maintenance time and as you mentioned above to let my filters mature properly.
I haven’t used any in over a year. Water is still very clear.
_Maq_
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Only if you keep several tanks side by side, you can tell the difference between "clear" and "clear". Otherwise your senses adapt to what you have and take it for "clear".
LightingBamboozled
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I'm pretty sure mine are 20 ppi but 30 would work. Once oyu get down at 45 and 60PPI you're gonna have a significant impact on flow.
I agree, try it and see how it works for your specific setup.
If your filter floss clogs up fast it’s because it filtered a lot of fine particles out of the water. A job well done! If it weren’t there, those same particles will be in your tank, probably settling in your substrate. With time, depending on the stock and cleaning routines, you may find out that the filter floss gets dirty a lot slower
If your filter floss clogs up fast it’s because it filtered a lot of fine particles out of the water. A job well done! If it weren’t there, those same particles will be in your tank, probably settling in your substrate. With time, depending on the stock and cleaning routines, you may find out that the filter floss gets dirty a lot slower
