Im starting my first tank since I was a kid and theres a lot of new products out now and I want to start out on the right foot. I will be starting the cycling process in the next few days. I am going to try and find some BIO-Spira to help it along. But my question is what kind of filter media should I use during the cycling process and onces that done, should I change media? The tank will be a planted community tank. Using a Cascade 1000 canister filter in a 75 gallon tank. The substrate is all Eco-complete with a Substrate heater.
What kind of filter media to use?
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Can you switch to a FilStar or Eheim caniser? Cascade isent really the best one that there is.
I would use a few sponges, filter floss, and maybe some cermaic rings. Im my FilStar I have 2 layers of sponges, 3 sheets of filter floss, and then a small bit of cermaic rings. I use old tank water to wash out the cermaic rings about every 6 months. The sponges and floss get cleaned every month. And I normaly dont replace anything unless it is falling apart.
I would use a few sponges, filter floss, and maybe some cermaic rings. Im my FilStar I have 2 layers of sponges, 3 sheets of filter floss, and then a small bit of cermaic rings. I use old tank water to wash out the cermaic rings about every 6 months. The sponges and floss get cleaned every month. And I normaly dont replace anything unless it is falling apart.
Kasakato said:
What does that have to to with anything???
It's the filter the guy has and is using. What does it matter if it is #1, #2 or #10000 on the filter scale?
As for the question. Pretty much all of the substrates are interchangable. I like the eheim. Some like the fluval some the Rena.
In my eheims I use one level of rings (Ehfimech), two levels of substrate (Ehfisubstat) with a bit of filter floss on top that gets thrown out every time I clean the filters.
You can even go with bioballs in the filter if you wish. I have a friend who uses plastic army men in some filters and lego in others.