FiltoSmart Thermo 100 upgrade?

[si walker]

Hi.
I have above said filter. Think its pretty great and ticks all the box's, but i am wondering if anyone who has this small external has managed to use different foams or change the ceramic rings (from around the heater) for something with a bit more surface area? Space is really limited in there and i think that the bottom portion of the filter has to be pretty free for flowing water?
I did watch the Pond Guru guy do an upgrade on the 300? but it did not have a heater and so changes the idea completely as the water in the tank could stop flowing around the heater.
Anyway lets see what you are up to?
Thanks for reading!

 

[Bra1799]

I’d say bite the bullet and go for the oase biomaster 250 thermo. You would have a much lager surface area for media, and it will give a larger flow rate. With the biomaster 250 thermo, the prefilter is great because you don’t have to take the whole filter apart to clean it. I’ve used a filtosmart 200 thermo in the past, and i must say, the biomaster 250 thermo is better. You would have 4 trays, one for mechanical filtration, 2 for biological media, and one for chemical filtration. I use purigen in my chemical tray and it makes the water pristine.

 

[OllieTY]

Why do you need to change it?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

for something with a bit more surface area? Space is really limited in there and i think that the bottom portion of the filter has to be pretty free for flowing water?

You don't need a huge amount of biological filter material, as long as it is all oxygenated.

cheers Darrel