Tetratec 500
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Quote"I was reading through this thread today as a mostly satisfied owner of a TT 150. I searched out reviews elsewhere to see what they said, particularly in relation to the carbon's effectiveness/duration.
This was an interesting read:
http://www.fishinthe.net/html/reviews-4.html"
I recomend against using carbon as a regular part of tank maintance I only use the carbon when medicating the tank as it loses its effective properties after 2 or 3 days anyway. I recomend and personally use a penguin filter and would continue with marinelands line of HOB in the future.:hang:
Quote"I was reading through this thread today as a mostly satisfied owner of a TT 150. I searched out reviews elsewhere to see what they said, particularly in relation to the carbon's effectiveness/duration.
This was an interesting read:
http://www.fishinthe.net/html/reviews-4.html"
I recomend against using carbon as a regular part of tank maintance I only use the carbon when medicating the tank as it loses its effective properties after 2 or 3 days anyway. I recomend and personally use a penguin filter and would continue with marinelands line of HOB in the future.:hang:
I did a little googling and found these measurments.
Ebo-
50 watt - 9"
100 watt - 12"
125 - 12"
150 - 13"
200 - 15"
300 - 17"
Tronic-
50 watt - 7"
100 watt - 9"
150 watt - 11"
200 watt - 11"
There was a site online somewhere that had accurate measurments of a bunch of different filters, but I can no longer find that link.
Ebo-
50 watt - 9"
100 watt - 12"
125 - 12"
150 - 13"
200 - 15"
300 - 17"
Tronic-
50 watt - 7"
100 watt - 9"
150 watt - 11"
200 watt - 11"
There was a site online somewhere that had accurate measurments of a bunch of different filters, but I can no longer find that link.
I use a Tetratec 500 on my 150 gallon tank. I like that the filter media can be removed from their frames to be cleaned and reused. I also like that it contains the heater if needed.
Edited to add: I don't use the wet/dry system. I find it to be too time consuming to get it working right after water changes so I just let it run full throttle without the siphon cap. Problem solved.
Edited to add: I don't use the wet/dry system. I find it to be too time consuming to get it working right after water changes so I just let it run full throttle without the siphon cap. Problem solved.
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