Suggestions for filter.

[Reef.]

Not sure what option there are out there but I’m looking for something I can hang/place in the tank for a couple of hours to filter out the water when I do a glass clean/rock cleaning?

Its just a 14g tank so would need to be small, a lot goes over the overflow but a lot also settles back on the rock/sand, I’m thinking if I add some kind of in tank filter for a couple of hours this will remove more debris and also clear the water faster, any suggestions as I have no idea what options I have.

 

[Ippyroy]

You need more flow inside your tank to help keep everything suspended. A small powerhead will do the trick.
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pumps-plumbing/aquarium-powerhead-pumps.html

 

[Reef.]

You need more flow inside your tank to help keep everything suspended. A small powerhead will do the trick.
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pumps-plumbing/aquarium-powerhead-pumps.html

I have an mp10, It’s on at 30%, seems to keep it suspended for ages but it all doesn’t go over the overflow, eventually it just settles again.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Sounds like a power filter will be what your referring to in which it will polish tank water and at same time take in and trap loose matter as youre cleaning.

 

[Ippyroy]

I have an mp10, It’s on at 30%, seems to keep it suspended for ages but it all doesn’t go over the overflow, eventually it just settles again.

I turn up all of my flow, enough to where the sand just starts to move. Then I use a turkey baster and blast all of my rocks. My water becomes super cloudy. In about 1 or 2 hours most everything has gone down the overflow. After the water has cleared up I turn my flow back down to normal. The next day I do my water change.

 

[rusty hannon]

Not sure what option there are out there but I’m looking for something I can hang/place in the tank for a couple of hours to filter out the water when I do a glass clean/rock cleaning?

Its just a 14g tank so would need to be small, a lot goes over the overflow but a lot also settles back on the rock/sand, I’m thinking if I add some kind of in tank filter for a couple of hours this will remove more debris and also clear the water faster, any suggestions as I have no idea what options I have.

I turn everything off so it will settle ,I feel you get a cleaner vaccum.but u can get a whisper or any brand of hang on filter,they are sized and marked, for you tank.you can also get a power head to blow off your rock.it really seems to help

 

[Reef.]

Sounds like a power filter will be what your referring to in which it will polish tank water and at same time take in and trap loose matter as youre cleaning.

thanks for the link, I’ll take a look.

 

[WilliamBowman]

Aqua-Tech Power Aquarium Filter has made a huge difference in my tank. I have a 20 gallon tank and it filters the water well. I will say it is a bit noisier than the previous unit I had of a different brand, but this filter works magic and to me that matters more.

 

[Hugh Mann]

+1 to powerfilter. I personally use aquaclears. 110 on my 55 display, and a 70 on my QT.

Use the default sponge for the bigger debris, and stuff a few fistfuls of filter floss to catch the fine debris.

Bonus is if you need to run carbon, Cuprisorb or any other sort of filter media, it's basically plug and play. :)

 

[dzfish17]

+1 to powerfilter. I personally use aquaclears. 110 on my 55 display, and a 70 on my QT.

Use the default sponge for the bigger debris, and stuff a few fistfuls of filter floss to catch the fine debris.

Bonus is if you need to run carbon, Cuprisorb or any other sort of filter media, it's basically plug and play. :)

Great filters.. Been using them since the 80s