"mud" filters??

[rift-n-reef]

Well, I see the boards have been completely revamped. I even had to re-register this go round...:) I was gonna pick me a new user name, but I've had this one for years now, so I figured if I got a new one, I'd only forget it...:D Any way, on to the question at hand. There a couple of these things on the market now, the "mud"/culerpa filtration systems. I will refrian from mentioning manafactures due to any legal implications...:) So, do they do what they claim?? I find it hard to belive that this little wonder can eliminate the need for a skimmer, but if it did, that would be great. I've got a 125g that I'm gonna switch over some time soon, but I need to settle on a filter. This will not be a reef tank, just a fowlr (very little lr at that) and the newest version of the "mud" filters to come out dosent seem much more expensive then standard wet/dry's, so if they work, I'll probably just get one of them. Thanks for any input you may have.


"J"

[tyler]

http://www.mr4000.com/Filtration.html

the only external filtration this fellow uses on his 4000 gallon reef.

[slipknottin]

whose tank, BTW, doesnt exist anymore...

[tyler]

did not know that. what happened?

[slipknottin]

he had wicked humidity problems, it was causing structual damage to his house.

He set up a 750 gallon tank inside the 4000 gallon, but was still having problems. Last i heard he sold off the 750 to a guy on reefcentral and has no tanks running at all.

[gcvt]

That tank was soooo cool :cool:
I'd love to have a tank big enough to require a scuba set for cleaning. But, I'd build a room around it instead of trying to stuff it in the basement.

[SoulkeepeR]

yea, I heard a while back that one of his key walls that holds up the house was actually bending/warping from the humidity. you would think a guy with that much money, would have enough money to build a ventalation system or somthing...