Anyone use aquarium filters in ther rez?

[juggernaut]

I've been having my drippers and cones clog up on a regular basis.....getting long past of sick of it. Anyways I saw on another site that they were using the Tetra Whisper to filter thwere rez and they were having great results. Just wondering how the filter would affect nutrients or anything else for that matter.
I'm very interested.

 

[Ohiofarmer]

I've used a aquarium filter in all my res, and it has always eliminated the problems mentioned above. It won't affect nutrients or anything and will make your setup alot less of a pain in the ass. To clarify i use what are called bag filters, and are a filter in the shape of a bag haha.......it's pretty much common sense stuff, hope this helps. Take it easy

 

[Seamaiden]

I know what thread you're talking about, and what he's got going seems to be twofold at the beginning of his new cartridge. I'm willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that after 1-2 weeks the carbon becomes too saturated to perform any chemical filtration and at that point only serves as a biological media, becoming housing for the benthic nitrifiers.

Nitrifiers are bacteria that oxidize wastes, starting with ammonia, and ending up with nitrate in an aerobic-only system. If there is a low-flow anaerobic filtration area (aka denitrifyer), then the nitrates are further broken down and the N is sent back into the atmosphere. Denitrifying filters must be handled carefully or a system can be quickly killed.

In any event, our other friend over there is using a cheap hang-on-tank box power filter. What he's getting from any NH4 that's being processed is ultimately NO3. The sequence is NH4 --> NO2 --> NO3 (in an aerobic environment).

 

[Isisyogi]

I have the intakes covered with pantyhose. Works great.