Scaling down...

[SHiBBY]

Hey guys,


Seeing as my new place can't accommodate my 4ft, I had to scale down a bit, but only in size!

http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/attachment.php?attachmentid=8355&d=1305612704

This new tank may be smaller, but it will be equally packed! I'm thinking DIY mini canister/sump with either siporax balls or purigen, and LED strip lighting that will be hardly visible but packing a potent white light!

The inhabitants will for now remain a mystery though...

Watch this space!

Martin.

[TroyFish]

Glad to see you only gave up on the 4ft and not the Hobby!

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either siporax balls or purigen


Hi Shibby.
Sorry for your loss but i believe you would setup again soon.
Why the Purigen?, Siporax with a bit of mechanical media would be perfect.

[SHiBBY]

Glad to see you only gave up on the 4ft and not the Hobby!


Haha, naah never! It's the only gap I have to stimulate my mechanical problem solving nature!


Why the Purigen?, Siporax with a bit of mechanical media would be perfect.

Well, if I can get the small spherical siporax, that'll be fine, but if I can only get hold of the bigger rings the filtration might be inadequate taking into account that I would like maximum filtration per minimum cubic area. For that reason, the purigen would occupy 99% of the available space and thus probably provide maximum filtration... But that remains to be proven!

Such a pity I'm letting my current sump go... It's perfect in every way. Together with my UV filter, it has done 3 weeks without a water change with parameters remaining stable. Thanks to Gary the algae-eating-shell-occupying-finless-boneless-rounded-fruit-resembling um... fish... and my ancistrus, algae has also been under control!

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with either siporax balls or purigen

Um... Siporax balls is biological filtration, Purigen is chemical. You cannot have a filter without biological... so Siporax is a given! If there's space, go with purigen... but all purigen does is make the water clearer.... not really a filter for getting rid of nitrites etc...

[Laure]

Purigen is chemical filtration until it becomes exhausted. After that, it "may" provide some biological filtration, as bacteria may colonise it. But the difference in surface area of a bag of purigen and the same size bag of siporax is light and day, with siporax the clear winner.

[SHiBBY]

Thank you kindly! I will then rather opt for the siporax!