Classic Aquarium Equipment

[FreshyFresh]

Yep, box bubblers like that were the first I used too. I still use them occasionally, but prefer the inexpensive sponge bubblers from eBay instead.

 

[BallAquatics]

I still use air powered filters in the fish room, but I've switched everything over to HMF or the Cube filters using Poret foam. I really like the corner HMF's in larger tanks.....

Cube filters ==>> http://www.swisstropicals.com/filtration-shop/cubefilter-shop/

Dennis

 

[Narwhal72]

My first filter was also a floss and carbon box filter. It was one of the Hartz Mountain filters I bought at Docktor's Pet Center. Docktor's Pet center chain went defunct years ago.

Hartz Mountain is still around but is owned by a Japanese investment firm now.

 

[GraphicGr8s]

I'm running 20 of these corner filters in my fish house as we speak. Well the Lee Economy series anyway. No carbon anymore though. I don't run carbon in any of my filters. I am also running some of my old air filters on some tanks. Real simple and they work. And less than $2 each

 

[Gregg]

The basic design of most under gravel filters has not changed much from the Metaframe models.
Nektonics did have a better design, but they disappeared years ago

Ref.
http://www.fish-as-pets.com/2008/11/aquarium-filter-innovations.html

 

[apastuszak]

The basic design of most under gravel filters has not changed much from the Metaframe models.
Nektonics did have a better design, but they disappeared years ago

Ref.
http://www.fish-as-pets.com/2008/11/aquarium-filter-innovations.html

Anyone have a picture of the Nektonics?

 

[Gregg]

I could find nothing and the aquariums I have serviced using these have long ago been converted to something else.

The best I could find was link of a couple of their logos:
http://www.trademarkia.com/company-nektonics-research--development-co-ltd-858706-page-1-2