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| Posted | marine filter media |
| 13-08-2006 13:32 by dave cook |
whats the diffrence between tropical media and marine media and whats the bare min i would need to start a marine tank im thinkin of gettin rid of my discus and starting a small marine |
| 13-08-2006 13:33 by wayne |
alfagrog , cheap and has loads of surface area |
| 13-08-2006 13:36 by dave cook |
what about equipment what would i need |
| 13-08-2006 14:22 by wayne |
your basics are filter (external , skimmer is a must even if your having just fish , good lighting t5 or halides better |
| 13-08-2006 15:25 by dave cook |
been lookin on flea bay for skimmers my god theres loads of diffrent ones the tank im chaning is only 3 foot so will a air driven skimmer work |
| 13-08-2006 15:29 by -Rob C- |
Dave if ya do convert it to a marine tank, you can have some damsels for nowt to get the tank cycled |
| 13-08-2006 15:42 by dave cook |
cheers rob your up geordie land aint you |
| 13-08-2006 15:45 by -Rob C- |
yeh north shields near tynemouth |
| 13-08-2006 15:47 by dave cook |
so that alfragrog how much would i put in my classic external do you just fill it or do you need sponges as well |
| 13-08-2006 15:58 by trik |
dave i have a tesco bag of alfagrog you can have i took it out of a eheim pro 3 i had .idealy you dont want a externall filter with marine it causes more trouble than there worth (nitrates) |
| 13-08-2006 16:05 by dave cook |
what would you use then for filtering where are you trik |
| 13-08-2006 16:09 by wayne |
looks like its gonna be a cheap marine set up |
| 13-08-2006 16:27 by trik |
alfagrog is very good in the sump as long as the water is well fillterd before it gets there , im sure wayne will back me up on that , look at waynes pick of his sump he posted the other day. lots of fillter media before it gets to the rubble.
Worcester dave. |
| 13-08-2006 16:31 by scotty |
hi dave ive just set up a marine tank the skimmer i bought was a v2 600 seems 2 do a good job it was £100 the kit contains all u need hope this helps. |
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