Why Box Filters Are The Best Aquarium Filter
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2020
- Box filters are often overlooked in our fish keeping hobby. I'm not quite sure why, I believe they are the best filter a average hobbiest can have!
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Have you used a box filter?
I have one I that I got when I bought a tank that I've never used before but you've just convinced to just throw into my 75 gallon because why not? I'm already using a sponge filter so I'll just split the airline and run it to both.
Im actually have one and using it right now!
I got it from Amazon and it still new!
Yes, im using it now.
I'm using an air-driven Lee's Quick & Easy corner cartridge filters in my 10 gallon tower aquarium. These blue boxes have been discontinued, and cartridge supplies are running out too. I plan to cut sections off a roll of filter media and use small filter bags if I need to add carbon, zeolite, or other stuff. Basically, a zero effort box filter conversion. I run this thing off the same air pump as my undergravel filter.
Now I feel old. 😆
Box filters rule,been using them since 1984,easy to see when to clean, easy to clean
Wish you showed it on operation and setup. I'm aware that it is simple.
I've never tried box filters, but you made a lot of great points on why one should. In particular, I like how they are customizable and would be great as a back-up filter in a power outage, with 'cycled' media. Personally, the idea of placing water polishing pads/media inside is an awesome idea as well. I mostly run hang-on-back (HOB) filters that I've hot-rodded for additional internal surface area; so the concept of adding a box filter seems very appealing and logical. Good video. 📺
I just got one of the corner filters and a cheapy USB aquarium air pump for a 5 gallon shrimp tank I'm setting up. With a USB power bank, it should keep the tank running for 12 hours or so in power outage. Great peace of mind for around $40 total. I also replaced the bio media with some Seachem Matrix that I already had, and I'm planning on adding a layer of Poly Filter pad to it too. It's like having a mini canister filter, I love it. Oh, and it's almost dead silent too.
I agree. I had these many years ago and the sponge filters are good but they do make a mess when taking them out to service them. They are more versatile with media especially when starting a new tank and taking media from your established tank and helping to cycle the new setup. I use them all the time Thanks for the video.
I have both the box filter and the sponge filter. And they are awesome!they do work very well!😁
Grate vid very informative i have hang on back filters on all my tanks im goin to get one for each as a backup 😉
Yes u are absolutely right! I used dat since 2012.❤️❤️❤️
I recently got 2 small hobs to run cycled media in only, but this morning I was actually thinking I may be able to run only cycled media in a box filter. Thanks for the confirmation. I think I bbn know which route to go now. It's for quarantine tanks.
I’m setting up my first QT for few platies i’ve ordered and I have been through the dilemma of how to best cycle the new set up, I dont have a spare sponge filter in my display (I hate how it looks) but I have an extra bag of ceramic media (month old) and can spare a piece of sponge, after visiting 3 LPS I ended up buying a box filter and a air pump so I can add some ceramic media and sponge to hopefully instantly cycle my QT.
This video just gave me the reassurance I needed, as you mentioned, these filtets are rarely mentioned nowadays.
Yes, I love them. I use JEHMCO box filters. They are great.
You make some good points that I have not considered. I was a box guy in the 60s and then I went to HOB. A couple years ago I went with sponge filters. I might need to experiment with box filters!
Especially if you're using HOBs, I think it's almost a must have. Can have a cycled tank or two on demand.
i haven't set up an aquarium in years but back when i had them up i used box filters most of the time because they are very effective, simple, and easy to service. my favorites were made by a company called lustar, they are round, #L-244, about 5" tall and 4-1/2' diameter and are made from thick green plastic that doesn't crack or break as easily as the cheaper filters do. i have one on my desk full of colored gravel as an ornament because it looks cool, somewhere i have a box in my storage with about a dozen of them in it.. lustar also made other shapes and sizes of box filters, i think these were the biggest round ones.
Box filters make good supplementary filters, say you have a power filter already - you might run a box filter just for biological filtration, fill it with bio media, if you ever have to do a deep cleaning of the power filter, no worry about the tank crashing because the box filter runs totally independent of it and has its own bacteria colony. Also good for polishing water, toss a few marbles or rocks in the bottom to weigh it down, fill the rest with filter floss, let it run for a few days in the tank and you'll have the clearest water ever.
Yep, put that air on high and it's like a supper vacuum.
I love box filters. The sponge filter even when you touch them they release all the debris in them into the tank. I use a lot of different items in my box filters
Haven’t used one, but dang you always make me spend more to try something else!
idk how ive never heard of these but i love the idea of being able to put whatever you want in the filter.
I researched a bunch of different types of filters for over a year now and i thought the sponge was pretty much the best but a Box filter i purchased has done sooo much better 💯👌
I recently got a cone/box filter which is integrated with the air pump but the overflow is so noisy during the night and I can't find any relatable videos to help fix this! Please help!
Ive used one before to make a water bong out of when I was in high school. Still think of that every time I see one.lol
Do you think you could help me? I love box filters but mine is giving me problems I don’t know if I’m setting it up wrong or not.
Its a good back up option so long as I am not using not using an undergravel filter
Box filters are simple, yet effective. What's not to love? I use 'The Bubbler' by Penn-Plax/Veny's. It's got both a green-colored slotted cover, as well as a slotted internal base plate. And when combined with both cut green-colored filter mat & filter wool media? *The entire box filter is almost invisible when hidden amongst aquarium plants!*
Tip: to add ballast & secure the box-filter in place, simply wind a long strip of flexible plant weight around the filter's uplift tubes. These will be hidden by the filter media. Voila!
Omg I LOVE box filters , I've used them for several years. I've used all shapes , colors , sizes, they're awesome!!! I love the part about the debris under the sponge filters!!! 😡😡😡😡😡....I hate it!! Hate it !!!! Love the Repashy video! I screwed up sooooo much of that Expensive food 😟🥺...cool videos! 👍
Box filters are smart !!
I use to use box filter when I was a kid
Hi , great vid ! I totally agree because as you said, they're versatile. You mentioned a media called " Poly Fil",. This isn't the same poly Fil used to stuff pillows? I'm trying to find the product, could you direct me? Tx!
Yes, right at Wal-mart. We used to use glass wool. Which wasn't real fun but worked.
I use diy box filters, for all my tanks, the first type very similar to manufactured ones on the market, which I found its mechanical filtration not very effective, because due to the small intake holes, the poop won't be sucked in until it break down to smaller particles, so i tried a new type, this one has an intake pipe instead and it works extremely well, the bottom of my tank looks spotless not a single waste
Hi! I am new to keeping a tank, and the tank cane with a box filter but I worried about circulation? Do I also need something to help circulate the water?
@Tanked Up Or an airstone or both
Can’t beat them as well as undergravels 💪
You are completely spot on man
Sponge filter are overrated in my book. Its not enough quality biological filtration.
I truly see them for extra or just as a nice touch when you add an airstone
But an airstone should not be you filtration in the first place
Ofcoure shrimp tanks are a bit different but i still would go for a hob with a prefilter sponge
I dont like to rely on water changes
I can leave my tank easily 6 months without maintenance (of course i dont do that) . Its all about building a great ecosystem.
Good porous Rocks as decoration are heavily underrated also very good filtration
Fast aggressive growing plants when you have low light is also a great filter strategy. Because then you dont have to deal with the fact that you need to trim them evry few days
My Lee's cracked today when I was trying to get to top on. >.
2 big corner filters on side and one suction filter in the middle.
If it's cycled before putting fish.
It rivals the Tricle-Filter 1000Lph.
For 15g to 30g setup.
If higher Gallon. You need supporting filter.
I'm using 2 big corner and one suction filter in middle.
With 9 Goldfish in tank.
It can handle it. But you need to 50% WC every 3 days
But if you have only 2-3 fish.
It can go for 1week 30%wc
back in the late 90's this is all i used on my goldfish tank (Wool and carbon) god to think that aquarium filters have come so far and now offer so much more variation, and filter medias. yes they are underrated, I use sponge filters instead as I just believe you get more biological over the box ones, however the box ones do come in handy if you want to use chemical filtration along with biological. I mainly use sponge filters as secondary filtration attached to an AC/DC air pump for power outages.
they are un-rated, for sure, and are arguably superior to sponge filters in the air-driven category.
Tintin
Do you have a link for the Box Filters?
I knew i forgot something! This is the links:
Lee's Box Filter. amzn.to/2Ui9ABz
Aquapapa Corner Box Filter: amzn.to/3bryggM
Can i use it only for k1 kaldness? Would it be work?
Yes but they'd get dirty quickly if you didn't use a little polyfill on top. Or a thin sponge.
Do they need to be weighted down?
I have found the media is enough to weigh it down, but it will float if empty
Thanks for those tips on the box filter Michael. I notice that you no longer have the Ziss filters in your tank. Can you share why?
Are you referring to the Aquarium Co-Op Sponge Filters with the Ziss Air Stones? I still have one in my 75, powered by the Aquarium Co-op Nano USB Air Pump. Its on the Top Left of the screen :). I also run a Ziss air stone in each box filter.
No. The Ziss bubble bio filter. I tried one in my 29 gallon but found it gave me way too much flow - and if I slow it down then there’s not enough power to keep the entire bed moving. I’m a great fan of Aquarium Co-op and buy a bunch of stuff from them but I think I muffed it on this item. Just wanted to know if your experience was similar as I do value your opinion.
@@frankhoo-mook5039 I actually have never used one! Trent Weldon with Wel-Don tanks is a big fan of them!
Thanks Michael. I’ll check with Wel-don. Would love to know how your white Cloud minnows are doing. I’m setting up a mini pond on my porch and plan to stock it with about 6-8 white clouds.
@@frankhoo-mook5039 They're for larger tanks as you found out. I just bought one to put in my 55 or 90
Thoughts on under the gravel filters
That fad died for reasons. Is anyone still pushing them?
Great for pulling particles out of water.
Will a sponge filter, filter the water, in a mechanical way better than a box filter. I think that perhaps it will. Any thoughts hippies
Depends on how course the sponge filter is and how you set up the box filter.
Hi can anyone advise on how to keep the box filter on the gravel so that it doesn't float?
Rocks inside the filter. Silicone the filter to a flat rock.
instead of just talking about box filter , demonstrate what you are talking about. show it working, show pulling a dirty one from tank.and if don't have power, how to get an air pump to work without power to run it? thanks, Kris
never used a box filter before>>>>i used to be an undergravel filter>>>>thats how long ago>>>I started up again and I have to say box makes complete sense for my small ten gallons tanks>
I hope you get this comment and doesn't go in to your spam file but I noticed there's two "new" filter by hygger (I've just noticed no one has made reviews on them)
Hygger Aquarium Single Sponge Filter
Hygger Super Mini Aquarium Single Sponge Filter
The Lee’s one you show has a great design but it’s made from the cheapest plastic on the planet. I still buy them because the functionality is awesome but I really wish they would use a better quality plastic.
Yes I agree. I filmed a review of them at the same time of recording this, it'll be out in a week or two and thats my biggest complaint.
Box filters were the norm when I was a kid.
I honestly dont know why box filter is not used more often than spongefilter, box filter are much better as you can put chemical filtration in them along side with biological.
I don’t use box filters, but I can’t imagine that messing with floss and ceramic media “a couple times per week” is easier to maintain than squeezing a sponge into a bucket once per quarter... They may very well be “better,” but not “easier.”
Pretty sure he was talking about changing the floss in the Aqua clear 110’s. Box filters can go a while before cleaning and they don’t lose function like the sponge filters. They both work great though, it’s more of a personal preference in my opinion.
Yes, I was referring to my Aquaclears. I haven't touched any of my box filters in a few months, they can definitely be set up to run that way.
Yes BUT......those companies can't drain people's wallet with that filter
Cheez talk so much show the damn thing set it up show it