RD. Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Here's how my AC 500's are set up. I use one large sponge, three thin blue/white filter pads (sandwiched together) made by Marineland, topped off with an AC media bag full of Bio-Max rings. I get superb mechanical filtration out of the large sponge, the blue/white filter media helps catch the finer material, and the Bio-Max rings give me top notch biological filtration. The only media that has to be changed every 12-24 months is some of the Bio-Max rings (if/when they get clogged), the other filter material simply gets rinsed once a month in clean treated tap water. My water is always crystal clear & with weekly water changes my nitrates have never exceeded 10 PPM. Not that I would recommend doing this on a heavily stocked tank, but I've cleaned all of the filter media in both filters, on the same day, and never had any sign of ammonia or nitrites. The bio-max rings alone hold enough bacteria to handle the bio load in my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshmike Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 That is quite the idea! Thanks for sharing, I am going to have to try that too. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Pretty much identical to how most of my ACs are set up....works a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Excellant method, RD. The A/C style filters are very versitile and have the room for plenty of filtering media. After all, you can never ""over-filter"" a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 I thought I bump this articel by RD, up. An excellant method. Smokey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garhan Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 I do the same also except I use 300 and 200. Sometimes I replace the Bio-Max with a nylon stocking stuffed with Amrid. Same cleaning schedule 3-4 weeks on filters. Another good polisher is the fine synthetic sand paper sheets. i was looking at the Blue/White filter media at Rona for 3 sheets at 7.99. Is this a good deal? Cheers, Garhan :ml: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Sometimes I replace the Bio-Max with a nylon stocking stuffed with Amrid Why do you replace teh bio rings with the amrid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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