Cannister filter

[fab1971]

This might be a stupid question but I was using my cannister for my carbon, phosban and de-nitrate. Now that I'm getting into sps, I want to do things correctly and be more careful with my chemistry. Should I get rid of the cannister and buy a gfo unit? I saw one on brs with 2 chambers but doesn't the fluval do the same thing, except the flow can't be controlled. Is it neccessary to buy this or can I keep using the fluval?

 

[Captain Nemo]

You will be fine using the fluval, but if you wanted to use the BRS that is fine too. Either way you will be ok.

 

[BlazinNano]

The 2 chamber reactor would be better. Gfo and carbon have different flow rates. Gfo needs to be tumbled all the time like it is boiling in the water and carbon should be a little slower so it has more contact time. If you have them in the canister they are getting the same flow. Plus gunk just sits in the bottom of the canister filter.

 

[fab1971]

The 2 chamber reactor would be better. Gfo and carbon have different flow rates. Gfo needs to be tumbled all the time like it is boiling in the water and carbon should be a little slower so it has more contact time. If you have them in the canister they are getting the same flow. Plus gunk just sits in the bottom of the canister filter.

That's what I was worried about. I'm trying to cut costs over here a little but I don't want it to be detrimental to the health of the sps and rest of my corals.

 

[BlazinNano]

I am not a fan of canister filters except on my turtle tank. But I clean it out completely every week. But turtles are really dirty especially when all three are over 7"