Jake101
Member
Hi,
Any suggestions/experiences for how to modify the standard filter media in JBL e1501 to make it "better"? I am not sure what better means here, so lecturing about the basics of external filters is ok. In my case the aquarium is a shallow 210 litres tank, 100(l)x60(w)x35(h) in centimetres. It will be a stream biotope for corys.
You can see the filter media combination in this picture
http://www.zoomagazin.lv/616-730-thickbox/jbl-cristalprofi-e1501-greenline.jpg
The side pieces in the top basket are the pre-filter foam pads (10 ppi). Then the water flows down and starts rising through the white "biofilter" media. In both two middle baskets there are 2 layers of rather coarse (20 ppi) foam. In the top basket there is one 20 ppi foam pad and one 30 ppi foam pad. So basically after the "bio media" the water runs through 6 layers of foam pads.
Any suggestions/experiences for how to modify the standard filter media in JBL e1501 to make it "better"? I am not sure what better means here, so lecturing about the basics of external filters is ok. In my case the aquarium is a shallow 210 litres tank, 100(l)x60(w)x35(h) in centimetres. It will be a stream biotope for corys.
You can see the filter media combination in this picture
http://www.zoomagazin.lv/616-730-thickbox/jbl-cristalprofi-e1501-greenline.jpg
The side pieces in the top basket are the pre-filter foam pads (10 ppi). Then the water flows down and starts rising through the white "biofilter" media. In both two middle baskets there are 2 layers of rather coarse (20 ppi) foam. In the top basket there is one 20 ppi foam pad and one 30 ppi foam pad. So basically after the "bio media" the water runs through 6 layers of foam pads.