tell me about your vivarium filter set up.
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legendaryfrog
Tactical Refreshment Action
When I had a firebelly newt paludarium set up in my office last year, i had a sponge filter buried in a little mountain made from coarse gravel. Since the gravel was really coarse, no fish waste would get stuck in between; everything went to the sponge filter. Good thing about this was that the sponge filter was TOTALLY concealed. When the water would come up from the filter tube, it would look like a bubbling spring. T'was pretty cool and im sure it had lots of biofiltration.
that sounds pretty cool. did you have to do much maintenence on the filter? it was air driven or powerhead?
I just did a 46 gal bow for my local library. I put a piece of rigid tubing behind the wall I made and ran the intake hose of the 501 turtle filter the outake powered a waterfall only part visible was the spigiot for the water fall and even that you had to look hard for.
Cindy
Cindy
Siren
Mythological Creature
I really like the Duetto filters. My fiddler crab tank and my painted turtle hatchling tank both are using these. They are oblong and are completely submersible, both on their side or upright. They have suction cups so they attach to the side or bottom at whatever angle you want. You can bury them in a mound of decor and you will only see the cord coming out of it. They are pretty powerful, although the output can be adjusted for less current depending on what you want. The output tip can have a hose added to it if you wanted to create a waterfall effect and use it like a pump to get water to the top of the "hill". In the fiddler tank, it's covered by a mound of sea shells and it's under the basking platform in my turtle tank. They come in two sizes and I have one of each. Here's a photo of the smaller one: http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsU.../aquariumsystemsduettomultiinternalfilterdj50
I second the use of the 501 turtle filter, I have one for a larger turtle tank and am very pleased with the efficiency and ease of cleaning.
There are also filters that are built into decor like this one: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=15403&N=2006+113827
I've never had one personally, so I can't tell you how good they are.
I second the use of the 501 turtle filter, I have one for a larger turtle tank and am very pleased with the efficiency and ease of cleaning.
There are also filters that are built into decor like this one: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=15403&N=2006+113827
I've never had one personally, so I can't tell you how good they are.