No upkeep filter?

[amosf]

filter is alwasy a bad word to use... filtering is only part of what a filter does. primarily a 'filter' is a nitrogen conversion factory. it's a place for the bacteria to live that has water circulation.

you can get very low maintainence filters, like a canister, or wet/dry, but part of it at the least (all really) need a clean and rince every month or two.

canister (or a nice home made wet/dry) is the way to go IMO for ease of maintaining.

remember, the bacteria are the number one thing in a tank.. the fish are easy...

 

[Cory Keeper]

not true amosf, most reefers will use powerheads almost exclusively for their bio-filtration. You could attempt the same thing with FW, but it would have to be very lightly stocked or do WCs like every three days or so.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

i have some land on the moon to sell too.

 

[amosf]

not true amosf, most reefers will use powerheads almost exclusively for their bio-filtration. You could attempt the same thing with FW, but it would have to be very lightly stocked or do WCs like every three days or so.

heh.. well this is the fw section

It doesn't matter where the bacteria live, but they have to live somewhere... they can live in tank just as easily, even in a fw setup.. as i say.. media and flow... but it would be a different tank setup to what we would normally see I think

anyway, yeah sure you could likely do a non filtered fw, but it may not be exactly low maintenance

ah... and let's be accurate here... the powerheads do no filtration, they just provide water flow over media

 

[jpappy789]

The Diana Walstad method (I think I'm spelling that correctly) fits the non-filtered category...if done correctly it works well, from what I have heard. But it's far easier said than done.

 

[AudraM]

I got a response from the seller. The filter is an Aquaclear 50. When I looked it up, th description says it has a foam insert and a carbon insert like most filters. Nowhere did it claim it was upkeep free, only that you change one filter at a time to preserve bacteria. I wonder if the how many problems I would have with the tank if I got it.

 

[Cory Keeper]

none, the AC filters from what I've heard are pretty good.

 

[Bubbles2112]

Perhaps the seller did not do maintenance on the Aqua Clear.

Hence the sale of the items...........:hitting:

 

[jpappy789]

It might have taken some cleaning out and you would need new media but overall AC's are good filters and it probably would have run smoothly unless there were mechanical problems.

 

[SamNYC]

The Diana Walstad method (I think I'm spelling that correctly) fits the non-filtered category...if done correctly it works well, from what I have heard. But it's far easier said than done.

:thumbsup: The Walstad method does work. People have been keep aquariums long before the electric filter was invented, and I dare say some of them rival today's modern tanks.