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03/09/2018, 07:37 PM | #1 |
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Cannister Filter Used as Vacuum
I am in need of a general tank cleanup. Was thinking of buying a canister filter and fill it with a floss fiber and make an end for vacuuming my 75 gal reef tank. Anyone doing this or is there a better idea out there?
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03/09/2018, 07:52 PM | #2 | |
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03/09/2018, 08:54 PM | #3 |
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I want to use something a little more powerful than a siphon. I have the one that hooks up to a faucet but its not quite strong enough plus I loose the water down the sink. I might be able to make an adapter hose and run it into a sock in a bin and save the water. Don't know if the sock would be enough filtering to put the water back into the tank though.
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03/09/2018, 09:23 PM | #4 | |
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I blast rocks with baster, syphon out detritus, put the water back in, clean out the sump and then do a water change. If you don't put the water back you will use tons of water and salt mix and have to keep alot prepped on hand to do a good change but that's your personal choice. A hand syphon let's you pick and choose what you want to pick up, you squeeze for more suction plus they are under $10 so that's wonderful in my book. Much more force and you suck up sand and risk hurting coral/anemone. The whole tank (rocks sand) are your biological filter you don't want to mess with them excessively. Sent from my E6810 using Tapatalk |
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03/11/2018, 08:55 AM | #5 |
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I setup my canister filter every few weeks or so for a week. When I'm ready to take it away, I use it to vacuum the rocks and the sump. Works just fine and does a good job.
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03/12/2018, 07:03 PM | #6 |
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I have some bubble algae I want to stay on top of.
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