archndevil
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I am considering replacing my existing sponge filters with something else. Does anyone have any recommendations, and what do you guys have in the back of your chambers?
Replacing Filters in JBJ 24G
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Illuminati
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Ditch the sponge for Filter Floss. I went to Walmart and got 100% polyester Morning Glory brand pillow stuffing, same thing.
I have:
Chamber 1 - Filter Floss on top, Phosban in a media bag & Chemi-pure on the bottom
Chamber 2 - Purigen & Heater
Chamber 3 - Maxijet1200
I have:
Chamber 1 - Filter Floss on top, Phosban in a media bag & Chemi-pure on the bottom
Chamber 2 - Purigen & Heater
Chamber 3 - Maxijet1200
trdragonet
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Just wondering...
Archndevil, Why do you want to replace your sponges? Colinadam, that seems like a lot of chemical purification media.
I do a 4g water change every other week and clean my sponges on the alternate weekends. I keep a piece of Polyfilter and a large Chemi-pure in the middle chamber, w/a fine & a coarse sponge in the first chamber. As far as I know, it's all good.
Archndevil, Why do you want to replace your sponges? Colinadam, that seems like a lot of chemical purification media.
I do a 4g water change every other week and clean my sponges on the alternate weekends. I keep a piece of Polyfilter and a large Chemi-pure in the middle chamber, w/a fine & a coarse sponge in the first chamber. As far as I know, it's all good.
FishMachine
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filter floss
archndevil
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Colindam, do you still need to rinse the filter floss out occasionally? Also do you have to change the Phosban on a regular like every three days? I thought i read somewhere that if you don't change your phosphate absorber that it will eventually re-release phosphates back into your tank. But this may have been kent marine phosphate sponge. Thanks!
archndevil
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Colindam, the maxijet 1200 how much better does this work, rather than the stock?
Illuminati
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I throw my floss out weekly when i do my waterchanges. I only use a handful so a bag will last you quite a while.
I replace my phosban about every 3 months (just did it today actually). I have never heard about it releasing the phosphate back into your tank but will have to look into that.
The Maxijet 1200 is a better pump for a few reasons, the main one is reliability.
I did months of reserch before setting up my cube (Registered here in Dec. 05, didn't start the tank until April 06) and everyone was replacing the stock pumps with Maxijets 1200 so off the bat I did it. Kept the stock one around for mixing saltwater and it just crapped out on my about 2-3 weeks ago. That cheapo pump didn't even last a year with only 2-3 days of use a week. If that would have died on me overnight or when I was at work my tank would have crashed and everything would have died.
I can't really compare the maxijet 1200 to the stock pump inside the unit because I never used the stock pump but I can say the 1200 does a real good job. I upgraded my lights recently and got some gorgs and other high flow needing corals so I have a maxijet 600 in there now as well. need to figure out a way to plumb it in for the long term.
And I do run a lot of chemical media but I also keep a lot of fish and a ton of corals (Up until last Monday I had 6 fish, one being a good sized flame angel, the flame angel just died last monday though so I'm back to 5 until I get my Onyx Clown in on Thursday). I also have a good deal of softies/LPS mix. LPS hates the chemicals that softie's can put off and if I want to avoid chemical warfare with the corals I need all the media I can get.
I first added phosban for cyano and just never stopped using it, I wouldn't bother with it unless you get a cyano outbreak, it's totally not needed at the start of a tank.
I replace my phosban about every 3 months (just did it today actually). I have never heard about it releasing the phosphate back into your tank but will have to look into that.
The Maxijet 1200 is a better pump for a few reasons, the main one is reliability.
I did months of reserch before setting up my cube (Registered here in Dec. 05, didn't start the tank until April 06) and everyone was replacing the stock pumps with Maxijets 1200 so off the bat I did it. Kept the stock one around for mixing saltwater and it just crapped out on my about 2-3 weeks ago. That cheapo pump didn't even last a year with only 2-3 days of use a week. If that would have died on me overnight or when I was at work my tank would have crashed and everything would have died.
I can't really compare the maxijet 1200 to the stock pump inside the unit because I never used the stock pump but I can say the 1200 does a real good job. I upgraded my lights recently and got some gorgs and other high flow needing corals so I have a maxijet 600 in there now as well. need to figure out a way to plumb it in for the long term.
And I do run a lot of chemical media but I also keep a lot of fish and a ton of corals (Up until last Monday I had 6 fish, one being a good sized flame angel, the flame angel just died last monday though so I'm back to 5 until I get my Onyx Clown in on Thursday). I also have a good deal of softies/LPS mix. LPS hates the chemicals that softie's can put off and if I want to avoid chemical warfare with the corals I need all the media I can get.
I first added phosban for cyano and just never stopped using it, I wouldn't bother with it unless you get a cyano outbreak, it's totally not needed at the start of a tank.
