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Marcus Russo canister filter canister filter Canister
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Posted: 23 Dec 2004 07:17 pm Post subject: Greenwater, and diatom filters |
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Well i had greenwater in some tanks ( newly set up) with low light plants generally and decided it was time to take the step in the diatom filters Contacted vortex and got a few grand worth of them in stock finially Well after a few hours you would not believe the difference in what the tanks looked like
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JadedRapport Little fish
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Posted: 23 Dec 2004 07:41 pm Post subject: ...vortex diatom filters |
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Very nice they made a HUGE difference | |
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Posted: 23 Dec 2004 07:59 pm Post subject: Diatom Filteration |
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The tank looks great! Diatom filteration works like magic when you have a problem like great water. I have a diatom filter. Occassionally I use it in between water changes just to polish the water to a sparkling shine. Nothing works better. _________________ 125g Planted-Discus tank JBJ Pressurized CO2 Milwaukee pH Controller AquaMedic Reactor 1000 2)AquaClear 110 AquaLite-6700K & 5000K -total 384watts, 3wpg Eco-complete Substrate 7g Planted-Amano Shrimp Tank 5g Planted-Beta Tank | |
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Marcus Russo canister filter canister filter Canister
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Posted: 23 Dec 2004 08:39 pm Post subject: vortex diatom filters |
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As you can tell new set up only 2 fish. Not grown in or aquascaped.
Hopefully since things have slowed down a bit i can get some aquascaping going on. It has only been up for 2 weels _________________ Http://www.aquatic-store.com/index2.html http://aquarium-plant-store.com/
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Matt Little fish
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Posted: 24 Dec 2004 12:40 am Post subject: vortex diatom filters |
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What a difference!
That diatom filter looks like it could be worth the money if you have problems like this. Could this be a soloution to Florite? _________________ Cichlid-Man
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numbr_9 Little fish
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Posted: 24 Dec 2004 02:03 pm Post subject: vortex diatom filters |
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when I had gw algae before, I bought a UV steralizer -- that clears it up right away.
What do you think of the diatom filter? I almost bought one, but a friend of mine told me to get a Magnum H.O.T. instead, so I bought myself one for Christmas. (merry christmas to me) I was going to use it tonight to polish the water after a water change. He said that if you use the micron cartrige, it works as well as a diatom filter and you don't have to mess with the diatom powder.
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Marcus Russo canister filter canister filter Canister
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Posted: 24 Dec 2004 02:29 pm Post subject: vortex diatom filters |
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I had a hot magnum filter with a micron filter running @ one time a few years ago.
Its polishing capacities are nothing ( from what i remember ) compared to a diatom filter. I have ran this vortex diatom filter on quite a few tanks and can not believe the results. I will post some other pics today.
As a standard filter the magnum is good in my opinion.
Good thing about the new vortex diatom filters is you can use them 24/7 now
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