Canister as a power head --or other suggestions please!

dmschiff

dmschiff

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Do any of you creative folks have any ideas or plans for converting a canister filter for the use of a power head---or any other use. Any possibility of routing the return to several different areas of the tank. ( the flow rate is 300 gph)
I would really like to get some use of this since it is only 5 months old and I paid $180 for it.
Live rock can not be kept in here since there is no light , correct?
Does any one know if it is OK to remove ALL the media at once or does it have to be done in stages? I think I read somewhere that both the carbon and the bio rings must be removed in small increments so as to not upset the system.
I know I've recently read that the constant use of carbon can cause HLLE. So, I would like to remove it and see how things look. And I don't feel very confident that the bio rings are needed once I get enough live rock.
 
dapak83

dapak83

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ive been doing similar research about my canister filter... this is what i learned....
do not remove al the media as it will get rid of the good bacteria that get rid of the nitrates...if that happens its a high rick that your system might crash...
what media do you have in the filter rite now?
i had carbon and the litle white bio rings... Since i got my skimmer now i dont need the carbon to kep the water clear. i am going to just clean the foam pad , replace carbon with a few bio balls ( gotta clean them often other wise they can become bad for your tank) and just clean some of the bio filter media!
Hope this helps!
 
dapak83

dapak83

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how is it working out for you... when u removed all the media.. did ir bring ur amonia ans nitrates up?
 
dapak83

dapak83

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they both provide the same result.. with biorings if you choose u can just take a litle bit out and replace at a time.... with the bioballs u just wash it and reuse it... they both pretty much do the same job!
 
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