Aqua Ultraviolet Ultima II filter

[Opah]

Anyone have experience with this filter?

http://www.aquaultraviolet.com/products/filters/ultima2

I'm putting together a small scale breeding operation. I have about 600 gallons now and am looking to increase to 1300 gallons in a month. I'm looking to add more biological filtration and I was thinking this may be a good alternative to traditional wet/dry or fluidized bed filters.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[birddog486]

If your thinking of going this route you'd be better served by either an, AQUADYNE or Sacramento bead, either one with a blower.

The biggest problem using any of these filters is the amount of water your going to loose during the backwash, unless you have NSW It'll get expensive.

I use a few different bead filters for my freshwater systems and it's comon to loose 100 gallons during a backwash to get the water free of debris (indoors)

 

[billsreef]

birddog is right about the waste water from backwashing. Depending on bioload and feeding, backwashing can be anywhere from once a week to daily to keep the filters clean. I use that type often, but I've got running SW on tap