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One of the Lustar Hydro Sponge filters prob. either the three or the four. Yes it will not allow the sand into the filter and thats what you are trying to prevent, it also will prevent other large things from getting into your filter that sometimes can and will clog it. the water flow will be the same. the advantage of havingg that sponge on there is the first few things I said AND it acts as yet another filter. You see whenever the water is on something porus in a filter or the little ceramic rings and such the bacteria colonize on there. This is something you want because what this bacteria does is gets rid of ammonia and such. You have your own little circle of life going on in your aquarium. Did you rinse your sand off before you put it in there? when your thinking of fish look into cory cats or kuhli loaches they stir up the sand a little it by digging around in it... this prevents the sand from compacting well helps to prevent it anyway. sounds like you found quite the steal from the big screen people. trust me your going to spend a ton of money and than be like where did all of my money go and than your going to sit and calculate roughly how much you have spent on your fish and you'll prob poop my pants. I started out (the second time) with an aquarium that "all I needed was more gravel and fish" now three tanks later and countless dollars on fish and equipt. here I am. this forum is a reat tool for newbies. Please make sure you research any fish you may want before you impulse buy it and ask around because sometimes people at the LFS (local fish store) dont know what the hel! they are talking about and reccomend fish that should in no way be either compatable OR in a tank that is way to small
One of the Lustar Hydro Sponge filters prob. either the three or the four. Yes it will not allow the sand into the filter and thats what you are trying to prevent, it also will prevent other large things from getting into your filter that sometimes can and will clog it. the water flow will be the same. the advantage of havingg that sponge on there is the first few things I said AND it acts as yet another filter. You see whenever the water is on something porus in a filter or the little ceramic rings and such the bacteria colonize on there. This is something you want because what this bacteria does is gets rid of ammonia and such. You have your own little circle of life going on in your aquarium. Did you rinse your sand off before you put it in there? when your thinking of fish look into cory cats or kuhli loaches they stir up the sand a little it by digging around in it... this prevents the sand from compacting well helps to prevent it anyway. sounds like you found quite the steal from the big screen people. trust me your going to spend a ton of money and than be like where did all of my money go and than your going to sit and calculate roughly how much you have spent on your fish and you'll prob poop my pants. I started out (the second time) with an aquarium that "all I needed was more gravel and fish" now three tanks later and countless dollars on fish and equipt. here I am. this forum is a reat tool for newbies. Please make sure you research any fish you may want before you impulse buy it and ask around because sometimes people at the LFS (local fish store) dont know what the hel! they are talking about and reccomend fish that should in no way be either compatable OR in a tank that is way to small
