Small cannister for chemical only filtration?

[ignath]

I have a 150 fish, some mushrooms and polyps. I have an Eheim pro2 2228 (i think), AquaC Remora skimmer and uv and I use rodi water. The Eheim has no chemical filtration and it has done an admirable job for about a year, but lately even I have to admit that phosphates have to go!! I am thinking of adding a small (60 to 80 gal rated) Eheim ECCO for chemipure and phosphate removal media. How does that sound? Any potential problems I am overlooking? Any ideas on a better small cannister? Thanks.

 

[wattsupdoc]

I'm not familiar with the ehiem canister you posted, but a good phosphate reactor would be my choice. They're pretty cheap and real handy for chemical filtration.

 

[murph145]

probably would work fine but like mentioned b4 they make a phosphate reactor by two little fishes that works great really cheap and i run one on my 180g tank and have 0 phosphates

 

[ignath]

Thanks, I have seen the reactor your talking about, but I am severely hindered by space (behind and below) and I don't want an 'intank' filter as I already have a skimmer box for the skimmer.

 

[earlybird]

I don't run any phosphate remover and have zero phosphates. I also have a very low bioload. What do you feed an how often? I'm assuming that phosphates enter your tank via feeding if you are using RODI that tests zero for phosphates.

 

[scsinet]

You have to be careful with phosphate removal media as it can cause catastrophic results if water is passed through too quickly. I'd use a purpose designed reactor.

 

[ignath]

Thanks for that bit of knowledge, I wasnt aware that the flow rate was critical

 

[ignath]

I think that the phosphates are coming from brine shrimp. I thoroughly rinse the shrimp before I feed, but thats the only place I can think of. I also feed zooplankton a couple of times a week.

 

[earlybird]

How much do you feed. I feed a little brine from time to time but just enough for everyone to eat in about 1-2 minutes. Anything that settles on the bottom I siphon out. Except for cyclops which would be impossible.

 

[ignath]

i feed them shrimp 3 times a week. I also feed the shrimp and crabs 'crab cuisine' at least every other day.