Home Adverts Recent Added Auction Scam Alerts Forum List Your Ad ShopAds Videos Directory
Tropical Fish Aquariums & Equip Marine Fish & Marine Inverts Cichlids Malawi Tanganyikan Cichlids
Wanted Discus Goldfish, Koi & Ponds Retailers & Services ALL ADS By County

Home      Reply		Viewed: 302 -- Replies: 18
PM | All Topics | General | Cichlids | Marine | Coldwater | Tanks/Equipment | Diseases | Members

Posted	Fluidized Sand Bed Filters
24-07-2006 11:08 by keith t	Any of you using a fsbf on your tropical set up. r they worth it, any tips much appreciated as i dont know whether to invest in one or not
24-07-2006 13:37 by darren	Hi Keith, They are very good mate,massive biological area but can be a pain to re-start if the power goes out
24-07-2006 13:47 by Alan	Used one for years wouldn't do a big trop tank with out one now.
24-07-2006 13:58 by keith t	tinking of buying this second hand one 8" wide 15" high, how much sand do i need and wot sort. cheers
24-07-2006 14:01 by darren	Hurry up mate i'mlooking at them aswell
24-07-2006 14:02 by keith t	you swine
24-07-2006 14:03 by darren	Go on go for it mate
24-07-2006 14:03 by keith t	i will hunt you down and kill u lol
24-07-2006 14:05 by darren	OH DEAR IT'S GONE
24-07-2006 14:08 by keith t	Liar its still there,
24-07-2006 14:16 by darren	HURRY HURRY HURRY
24-07-2006 14:30 by keith t	oi oi oi
24-07-2006 18:35 by trik	As soon as you lose flow through it the bacteria dies off instantly. very good bacterial filtration though as darren sayes.
24-07-2006 19:02 by keith t	it will be running of the outlet hose of the filter, does this mean everytime i switch filter off for cleaning the bacteria will die, how long will it take for bacteria to form again.
24-07-2006 19:40 by trik	as far as im aware not to long , i did look into running one, but decided against it, a mate of mine runs one with a sump and swears by it.
24-07-2006 19:52 by keith t	Well i might as well give it a try, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
24-07-2006 19:56 by trik	iv just spoke to him , at the bottom of the sand he has a small handfull of gravel about 3mm in size , this holds the bacteria longer than the sand wen flow fails, and re seeds it very quick wen started up again , HTH.
24-07-2006 20:16 by keith t	Nice one trik, i will do that
25-07-2006 08:57 by Alan	The gravel at the bottom also stops the sand backing up in the filter when the power is turned off incidentally the bacteria do not die of instantly when the power goes off they are fine for a few hours as long as the fluidised bed doesn't go anaerobic. Also they do take longer to mature than normal filtersa but they do have a huge capacity. I wouldn't recommend running one of these off of a canister filter they should have a dedicated pump just for them to maintain a constant flow as they do require tuning the flow rate is much lower than that needed for a canister filter. Rainbow lifeguard are probably the best fluidised sand bed filters about and you can get the sand especially for them. go on www.aquacadabra.co.uk and download their catalogue they sell the rainbow lifeguard for £69.95 anmd the sand for £14.95.

Previous | Fish Biz | Sitemap | Links | Clubs | Webmaster | Our Sponsors | ShopAds | Directory Visits