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Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:36 pm | |
| About a week ago my filter on my platty tank died on me. I was tired with the old stand by's (wisper and AquaClear) so I decided to poke around on the net and find a reliable filter for a reasonable price. After some searching I found the Bio System 25 Power filter plus OXY Surface skimmer on Foster and Smith. I was reading over the schematics and the reviews and decided why not it's cheeper than a new AC and I need to get a few fish and chinchilla things anyway so I added it to my order. I received my order today and set up the filter an hour ago, I can already see an improvement in my water clarity. I'll keep everyone updated on how this new filter turns out. | |
| | | Grumpa Master Profiler
Posts : 1220
Age : 52 Location : cichlid world Humor : Not often Favorite Fish : tanganikian
| Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:15 pm | |
| Sweet that would be nice to know. | |
| | | Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:57 pm | |
| Nice, who makes it? Do you have a link so we can see...? | |
| | | Grumpa Master Profiler
Posts : 1220
Age : 52 Location : cichlid world Humor : Not often Favorite Fish : tanganikian
| Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:14 pm | |
| Good stinkin lincoln! | |
| | | Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:21 pm | |
| Foster and smith's brand. Heres a link Click. | |
| | | Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:46 pm | |
| Looks like a nice filter and holds the bio3 cartridges which I use in my Penguins and Whispers. | |
| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:29 pm | |
| Looks like a nice filter. Let us know how it holds up. | |
| | | Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:38 pm | |
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| | | 1nevrkwitz Extraordinary Member
Posts : 660
Age : 55 Location : Missouri Humor : I find humor, amusing. Favorite Fish : Jack Dempsey
| Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:42 pm | |
| Yes please post some future updates. I will needing to replace two HOBs real soon and the Bio System 25's look promising. Thanks for sharing Mike | |
| | | saint_felony The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:49 pm | |
| Interesting. Shape wise it looks looks like some of the newer tetra models.
Good luck with it. | |
| | | Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: New Filter Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:46 am | |
| Update: Doing my first water change I found that I have to clean off the filter media every time I change the water because so much crap was sucked up by the filter. With my old filter I had to clean off the media every 3rd or 4th water change which makes me think about how much stuff was being left behind by the old filter. So far I like what I'm seeing and if things continue to go well I might do a flip on all of my filters. | |
| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| Subject: Re: New Filter Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:47 pm | |
| It's nice to know the new filter is working well for you. | |
| | | Redneck Woman Invert Junkie
Posts : 784
Age : 57 Location : Kentucky Favorite Fish : angels,but kribs are a very close second
| Subject: Re: New Filter Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:55 pm | |
| Sounds like it's working great! | |
| | | Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: New Filter Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:12 pm | |
| Sweet, maybe I'll try it out next time I need a filter. | |
| | | Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: New Filter Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:38 pm | |
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| | | Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: New Filter Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:23 pm | |
| After the seccond water change I had to remove the whole filter and clean it out. I do have a huge bio load with the snails, platties, guppies, corries and ottos. I recommend this filter to everyone! | |
| | | 1nevrkwitz Extraordinary Member
Posts : 660
Age : 55 Location : Missouri Humor : I find humor, amusing. Favorite Fish : Jack Dempsey
| Subject: Re: New Filter Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:49 pm | |
| Thanks for the update mike. | |
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