Aquael Minikani 120 (Amazon): geni.us/ZQohH This is a non-standard type of canister filter as the pump is not integrated into the top of the canister. Instead it goes 'in-line' on the inlet or outlet pipe allowing all the available space in the relatively small canister to be used for foams and media. At a maximum it will take 3kg of Biogravel in the top 3 trays or 2kg biohome ultimate allowing for a coarse pad to go at the top of the top tray to prevent media entering the outlet pipe (if the filter is knocked over). There aren't many of these filters around but if you are looking for something ready-made to be the perfect 'nitrate filter' (with the addition of an in-line tap / valve to reduce flow) then this would be a great choice as explained toward the end of the video. Sorry, Google / UA-cam see fit to send me almost no notifications for comments so you're best bet to reach me is to phone on 07772848730 or send an email to sales@filterpro.co.uk (Richard) Biohome products and foams: www.filterpro.co.uk FilterPro site has links to worldwide distributors. Amazon Reviews: amzn.to/392EZ2g INSTAGRAM: bit.ly/2KAk1fx WHAT IS A FULL CYCLE? *If someone tells you the aquarium nitrogen cycle ends with the production of nitrate that is incorrect - please read on* A full cycle is completed by bacteria - the aerobic part of biological filtration which processes ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate followed by an anaerobic part which processes nitrate into soluble nitrogen which bubbles off to the atmosphere. Therefore it requires a suitable amount of excellent quality filter media to be able to provide the environment for both aerobic AND anaerobic bacteria - that is what Biohome ultimate does perfectly but even with such good media there are limitations and we recommend the following amounts for different stocking scenarios: (1 US gallon = 3.8 litres) (1kg = 2.2 lbs) Average community tropical aquarium = 1kg per 100 litres Average coldwater aquarium = 1kg - 1.5kg per 100 litres Predator aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Large cichlid aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Malawi / Tanganyikan aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Marine aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Average mixed fish pond = 1kg per 200 litres Average koi pond = 1kg per 150 litres Avoid using any products which claim to remove, detoxify or bind ammonia, nitrite and nitrate as they will have a noticeable starving effect on the bacteria which will manifest as an inability to achieve a full cycle due to a low population of bacteria on a starvation diet. Let Nature do the work and as long as you have a suitable sized, well set up filter there is no reason why a full cycle won't be achieved. You may be disagreeing with the above figures but remember that the recommendations are for a FULL CYCLE not half a job - achieving 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite is quite easy since aerobic bacteria grows freely on any surface but the anaerobic bacteria responsible for COMPLETING the cycle needs more a specialized habitat. Size a filter properly, set it up sensibly and you will have perfect water - it's that simple....and your filter won't be the dreaded 'Nitrate factory'. If you have a filter you'd like me to feature in a video then please contact me on: sales@filterpro.co.uk 07772848730 (Richard) Anyone who sends a filter (UK only at present) will have it upgraded and returned to them for free and the only cost you will pay is how much it costs to ship it to me - I'm helping to boost your filter and the resulting videos will hopefully be useful to viewers all over the world so it's a win/win. The following videos will be useful to anyone interested in learning more about filtration, bacteria and making the conditions for your fish as good as possible: Sizing a canister properly and filter set up: goo.gl/om19un Looking INSIDE different filter media: goo.gl/hZWS6c Bacteria and filter media: goo.gl/123gAF How to clean an aquarium: goo.gl/bPMhvh Aquarium tips / filtration playlist: goo.gl/pXgqVj This channel is purely a hobby for me so I will never ask viewers to donate money for any of my projects or charge anyone for information - information should be shared freely and I certainly don't consider myself an 'expert' in anything I pursue as a hobby so please do your own research, never accept anything as 'fact', reject anyone claiming to be some sort of authority or 'expert' and make your own minds up about anything you wish to study. We all are on a long path of learning......... FILMING EQUIPMENT: Panasonic HC-VX870 HD camcorder geni.us/3UwE +Rode stereo microphone: geni.us/4OL Zomei Z666 tripod: geni.us/1a1af3 Manfrotto MTPIXI-B PIXI mini tripod: geni.us/87f7 Feel free to share or link any of my videos on facebook, twitter, forums etc. for the benefit of others as I am not on any of those sites. See you next time. Pondguru
Hey your back, I’ve just received my 2kg of biohome ultimate I ordered for my first planted tank, thanks for the speedy delivery. It’s going in the Ehime Ecco 300 set up as per one of your previous pimps. I’m just waiting on tropica to re supply the uk with plants so I can get going.
Good morning Richard. I am the one who should thank you for this great opportunity, to have my filter reviewed and set up by a specialist. Much appreciated. The filter is working perfectly, had no problems with it. The only issues I have with it, just like somebody else put in a comment is that water does come out when I remove the lid (solved by placing the filter in a plastic container) and the occasional vibration whenever the pump touches something else (like the table leg). I also had a problem when I did set it up first time, I did put the pump on the return of the filter but I struggled to prime the pump again after cleaning so now I have it on the inlet, pushing water in the filter. Thanks again PS: As for Game of Thrones, maybe I will give it a try if they do a sequel :)) ; funny enough, you are the second person to mention it when hearing my name
I thought water might leak out when lifting the lid have you tried the pump in the aquarium ? I would have bought one of these but literally on the 2nd of Feb I bought a Tetra ex 800 I've almost finished pimping it. I can't wait to see how pondguru pimps the Tetra ex 800 and his thoughts on it as well as the amount of media he can fit in it for when I slowly replace my Fluval Biomax with biohome ultimate or Ulta mini.
Great to see you posting videos again! I always set up my filters based on what you teach. Just had a thought about why the media supplied in this filter is put in upside down by the manufacturer - the bio media is much heavier than the sponges and floss so if they put it in correctly as you suggest, the package might be too top heavy for storage and stacking in large numbers ie a big stack of them might be prone to collapsing. They should tell you how to do arrange the media in the instructions though, which I bet they don’t. Just my tuppence worth 😊
I like the idea of an NO3 reactor Another informative video I know you have a load more to release but are snowed under with your work. Please know that the time and effort you put in is much appreciated
Quick question I use biohome in every filter I have I absolutely love it but what your advice be using seachem prime alongside it do you know if it effects they cycle at all. Thanks for your time and really enjoy your pimp my filter videos and nice to see you putting content out again
If you place the pump on the inlet tube won't it push through the media instead of pull? I thought that was bad? Are there one way valves on the inlet/outlet connectors or could you switch direction so that it filters down and you can put the sponges on top?
Notice you didn't speak about much more than the pumps flow rate. You might want to see how warm the pumps get while operating. I had a couple similar filters and the pumps got pretty hot and died within six months. Those pumps look like a similar design. There are several brands of external water pumps that provide a variety of flow rates, better cooling and are less expensive than replacing a canister filter.
Richard the top handel akt as a valve so You don't need to ad any more, all aquael filters work like that, but the pump has some drawbags, ther is allways problem to start that filters, and the tend to leak :(
Surely if the pump is in the aquarium there is no need to prime as it pumps tank water directly into the canister and the air gets expelled it's how pressurised pond filters work.
Who says you have to use that pump. Replace it with a much more powerful submersible pump. However personally I want as little equipment in the tank as possible.
I am in the process of moving the whole lot to the other side of the pond which may seem crazy........ but....it was in the wrong place. All the drains from the filters will be piped down into new vegetable gardens which will be watered simply by lifting a slide valve and draining the nutritious stuff from the filters directly into the beds. Some beds are quite near the filters but others are about 80yds away so plenty of pipe is needed. The house and pond pump(s) will be powered by a new 12kW solar system (with 12.4kW batteries) which should be in by early March but I need to finish digging the final 20 ton or so out for the base by hand and also dig a long path to link the two veg gardens by hand too - weather has been against me on that one. The filters will also feed a large greenhouse which will be fed from the filters and powered by the solar system so I can grow lettuce, peppers, tomatoes etc. all year. Most of the filters will be to grow plants in them as the idea is that the roots will support invertebrates which will then was down into the pond to feed the fish in a sort of permaculture set up - it's quite the project and I saved up for it by early 2020 but the covid nonsense coupled with the business going crazy busy delayed things significantly. When it's all in it will be class and I'll be making videos on organic gardening, self sufficiency and cooking for my other channel (Thousand Yard Stare) as those subjects will be increasingly important in the near future. I'm still trying to edit all the filter videos shot over the last 18 months and I hope to be through them by the time the nights get lighter. I hope you're keeping well during this time when the World is upside down.
@@pondguru that sounds awesome, with regards to feeding the garden with a switch is there any reason you don't just create a hydroponic garden, you could circulate the water all around the garden and have a pump at the end returning it to the pond...
@@pondguru Richard thank you very much for your detailed response. Sounds like a big project and that it will be well worth the wait for us. I am glad you are keeping well and stay safe
Loving this series. I'm redoing a tank, 5ft x 2ft x 2ft. Going for an undergravel filter but setting it up reverse flow with a surface skimmer prefilter. Laying a matrix of pvc pipes across the bottom of the tank. How do you think a bed of biohome would do in this scenario?
you did my ehiem 1200xl for one ya vids,, loaded it with biohome well over a year ago now and all i can say is .. amazing absolutely amazing keep on pimpin
I think the smaller 80 version can be used as a good subfilter minus the pump but cannot confirmed if the ultramax 2000 is powerful enough to sucked the water from it. This canister filter is a one way in and one way out.
Wow I like this filter a lot with the pump in the tank no need to prime !!!!!!!! I bet water comes out when you lift that lid though. Just wish this vid came out a week ago as I bought a Tetra ex 800 although I don't have any complaints with it !
I've been using a Cobalt Aquatics 26000 Ext canister filter since 2019. It too has the external pump that I placed in the tank on the inlet tube. It's nice because if it fails I can easily replace the pump without having to but a whole new canister filter.
Aquael Midikani and Maxikani also have external pumps (i have both) but the capacity for media are better 5.2liter and 14 liters, also pumps are respectively stronger 800l/h and 1400l/h.
Perfect filter for an Anoxic Filter experiment perhaps? 🤔 Using a deep multi layer substrate and reverse flow undergravel filtration powered by this. Intake could be a lilly pipe with a surface skimmer attachment using the media boxes just for mechanical filtration for a 4 ft heavily stocked planted tank🤔🤔🤔
Sometimes I wonder if the manufacturers ship all the baskets in reverse so when you do your first setup you can rinse them one at a time and restack them in the right order as you go? Only explanation I can think of other than negligence.
Hi Richard, I know that you are a very busy person, but if you give a look at Aquael site in Poland you will see all the range of canisters filters that they manufacture, plus several other very good stuff that they make, I'm going to switch little by little to them, thanks for the videos, I discovered them thanks to you.
Great to you making videos again! 👌The idea of having The pump as a separate unit does not just Make The maintenance etc easier but most likely Also enables one to optimize The output of it. In My understanding If it is placed higher up it does not need to Do so much lifting.
I have the Unimax150, it is small but has impressive capacity. 3 trays each can be filled with 1.3l of media. In total it can fit up to 2.5 Kilos of Biohome plus mechanical filtration.
hi pondguru the topic about that the 6 watt pump is to little to give a decent flow, you are right about that when talking about a normal integrated pumphead, becous it has to pump the water up, i have a similar model from aquael a midi kani, a litle bit bigger model more recent, it is square like the bigger ones you already gott, annyway i place the pump just above the intake socket, it does not have to pump up water, only one or 2 inches, i have been testing the flow it was close to 600 liters i remember. the biohome filtermedia realy works wel in my filters, exelent stuff !
We probably spoke on the phone about this? Sometimes I forget to mention carbon / chemical media but in most videos I will mention that it needs to be last in the system. If you phoned me shortly after making the comment then the carbon would go last in your filter (top tray) if it was the 2000 lph APS filter and carbon would be replaced every 7-8 weeks.
Without further details on tank size, stock and any chemicals used that is impossible to answer but any tank can achieve a full cycle when everything is in place to do so. Here is a link to the Q&A page on the FilterPro website: filterpro.co.uk/qa-24-w.asp That may help to highlight something missing (amount of media for situation) or preventing the cycle (e.g. a conditioner which binds ammonia, nitrite and nitrate) but feel free to ring me any time on 07772848730 - Sunday included as I work 7 days a week - I'm assuming that you are in the UK so that's why I give my number out on all the video descriptions and pinned comments. If you're outside the then email any time on sales@filterpro.co.uk and we will get to the bottom of the problem no worries.
Aquael Minikani 120 (Amazon): geni.us/ZQohH
This is a non-standard type of canister filter as the pump is not integrated into the top of the canister. Instead it goes 'in-line' on the inlet or outlet pipe allowing all the available space in the relatively small canister to be used for foams and media. At a maximum it will take 3kg of Biogravel in the top 3 trays or 2kg biohome ultimate allowing for a coarse pad to go at the top of the top tray to prevent media entering the outlet pipe (if the filter is knocked over).
There aren't many of these filters around but if you are looking for something ready-made to be the perfect 'nitrate filter' (with the addition of an in-line tap / valve to reduce flow) then this would be a great choice as explained toward the end of the video.
Sorry, Google / UA-cam see fit to send me almost no notifications for comments so you're best bet to reach me is to phone on 07772848730 or send an email to sales@filterpro.co.uk (Richard)
Biohome products and foams: www.filterpro.co.uk
FilterPro site has links to worldwide distributors.
Amazon Reviews: amzn.to/392EZ2g
INSTAGRAM: bit.ly/2KAk1fx
WHAT IS A FULL CYCLE?
*If someone tells you the aquarium nitrogen cycle ends with the production of nitrate that is incorrect - please read on*
A full cycle is completed by bacteria - the aerobic part of biological filtration which processes ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate followed by an anaerobic part which processes nitrate into soluble nitrogen which bubbles off to the atmosphere.
Therefore it requires a suitable amount of excellent quality filter media to be able to provide the environment for both aerobic AND anaerobic bacteria - that is what Biohome ultimate does perfectly but even with such good media there are limitations and we recommend the following amounts for different stocking scenarios:
(1 US gallon = 3.8 litres)
(1kg = 2.2 lbs)
Average community tropical aquarium = 1kg per 100 litres
Average coldwater aquarium = 1kg - 1.5kg per 100 litres
Predator aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Large cichlid aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Malawi / Tanganyikan aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Marine aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres
Average mixed fish pond = 1kg per 200 litres
Average koi pond = 1kg per 150 litres
Avoid using any products which claim to remove, detoxify or bind ammonia, nitrite and nitrate as they will have a noticeable starving effect on the bacteria which will manifest as an inability to achieve a full cycle due to a low population of bacteria on a starvation diet.
Let Nature do the work and as long as you have a suitable sized, well set up filter there is no reason why a full cycle won't be achieved.
You may be disagreeing with the above figures but remember that the recommendations are for a FULL CYCLE not half a job - achieving 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite is quite easy since aerobic bacteria grows freely on any surface but the anaerobic bacteria responsible for COMPLETING the cycle needs more a specialized habitat.
Size a filter properly, set it up sensibly and you will have perfect water - it's that simple....and your filter won't be the dreaded 'Nitrate factory'.
If you have a filter you'd like me to feature in a video then please contact me on:
sales@filterpro.co.uk
07772848730 (Richard)
Anyone who sends a filter (UK only at present) will have it upgraded and returned to them for free and the only cost you will pay is how much it costs to ship it to me - I'm helping to boost your filter and the resulting videos will hopefully be useful to viewers all over the world so it's a win/win.
The following videos will be useful to anyone interested in learning more about filtration, bacteria and making the conditions for your fish as good as possible:
Sizing a canister properly and filter set up: goo.gl/om19un
Looking INSIDE different filter media: goo.gl/hZWS6c
Bacteria and filter media: goo.gl/123gAF
How to clean an aquarium: goo.gl/bPMhvh
Aquarium tips / filtration playlist: goo.gl/pXgqVj
This channel is purely a hobby for me so I will never ask viewers to donate money for any of my projects or charge anyone for information - information should be shared freely and I certainly don't consider myself an 'expert' in anything I pursue as a hobby so please do your own research, never accept anything as 'fact', reject anyone claiming to be some sort of authority or 'expert' and make your own minds up about anything you wish to study.
We all are on a long path of learning.........
FILMING EQUIPMENT:
Panasonic HC-VX870 HD camcorder geni.us/3UwE
+Rode stereo microphone: geni.us/4OL
Zomei Z666 tripod: geni.us/1a1af3
Manfrotto MTPIXI-B PIXI mini tripod: geni.us/87f7
Feel free to share or link any of my videos on facebook, twitter, forums etc. for the benefit of others as I am not on any of those sites.
See you next time.
Pondguru
The link to the filter brings me to woman's cotton thongs on amazon 😂
@@irishmanbd8447 I've just checked the link and it brings up the filter for me - not sure what is going wrong there, lol
@@pondguru yeah not sure what the deal is. When i search for the filter myself, I cannot find it on amazon.
@@irishmanbd8447 That' a strange one. The link probably only works for UK Amazon or some EU countries.
Amazing, if something happens to pump also we can fix power head to the canister,
Hey your back, I’ve just received my 2kg of biohome ultimate I ordered for my first planted tank, thanks for the speedy delivery. It’s going in the Ehime Ecco 300 set up as per one of your previous pimps. I’m just waiting on tropica to re supply the uk with plants so I can get going.
Good morning Richard. I am the one who should thank you for this great opportunity, to have my filter reviewed and set up by a specialist. Much appreciated. The filter is working perfectly, had no problems with it. The only issues I have with it, just like somebody else put in a comment is that water does come out when I remove the lid (solved by placing the filter in a plastic container) and the occasional vibration whenever the pump touches something else (like the table leg). I also had a problem when I did set it up first time, I did put the pump on the return of the filter but I struggled to prime the pump again after cleaning so now I have it on the inlet, pushing water in the filter. Thanks again
PS: As for Game of Thrones, maybe I will give it a try if they do a sequel :)) ; funny enough, you are the second person to mention it when hearing my name
That is great to hear and as far as Game of Thrones goes it is great apart from the 8th series which was a let-down as far as story goes.
@@pondguru Totally agree... it could have been so much better
I thought water might leak out when lifting the lid have you tried the pump in the aquarium ? I would have bought one of these but literally on the 2nd of Feb I bought a Tetra ex 800 I've almost finished pimping it. I can't wait to see how pondguru pimps the Tetra ex 800 and his thoughts on it as well as the amount of media he can fit in it for when I slowly replace my Fluval Biomax with biohome ultimate or Ulta mini.
Great to see you posting videos again! I always set up my filters based on what you teach.
Just had a thought about why the media supplied in this filter is put in upside down by the manufacturer - the bio media is much heavier than the sponges and floss so if they put it in correctly as you suggest, the package might be too top heavy for storage and stacking in large numbers ie a big stack of them might be prone to collapsing. They should tell you how to do arrange the media in the instructions though, which I bet they don’t.
Just my tuppence worth 😊
Great to see you again Richard, it's been a long time and takes me back to a far less crazy world.........little did we know it
Greetings from South Texas. The included pump seems to be actually perfect for nitrate reduction. Water has more dwell time through the bio-home.
Glad to see you doing this again. Love to see pond filtration update
I like the idea of an NO3 reactor
Another informative video I know you have a load more to release but are snowed under with your work. Please know that the time and effort you put in is much appreciated
Buy a stronger pump?
I really like that filter, plenty room 👌👍
The separate pump makes sense. More modular. (And a large swimming pool has filter & pump separate.) This just looks like a sensible design.
Swear on biohome ultimate been in my filter for year and half water quality is perfect thanks pond guru 👌👌😎😎
Same!
Same
Could use this as an amazing prefilter as well do corse in one tray. Medium one tray. Fine one try and floss next.
Enjoyed the video, I quite like that filter tbh!
god i miss your metal detecting videos.
Quick question I use biohome in every filter I have I absolutely love it but what your advice be using seachem prime alongside it do you know if it effects they cycle at all. Thanks for your time and really enjoy your pimp my filter videos and nice to see you putting content out again
If you place the pump on the inlet tube won't it push through the media instead of pull? I thought that was bad? Are there one way valves on the inlet/outlet connectors or could you switch direction so that it filters down and you can put the sponges on top?
Notice you didn't speak about much more than the pumps flow rate. You might want to see how warm the pumps get while operating. I had a couple similar filters and the pumps got pretty hot and died within six months. Those pumps look like a similar design. There are several brands of external water pumps that provide a variety of flow rates, better cooling and are less expensive than replacing a canister filter.
Richard the top handel akt as a valve so You don't need to ad any more, all aquael filters work like that, but the pump has some drawbags,
ther is allways problem to start that filters, and the tend to leak :(
Surely if the pump is in the aquarium there is no need to prime as it pumps tank water directly into the canister and the air gets expelled it's how pressurised pond filters work.
@@oliverskinner8962 yes but then IT take up space in the aquarium. :(
2 vids one week 😲
Who says you have to use that pump. Replace it with a much more powerful submersible pump. However personally I want as little equipment in the tank as possible.
When are you completing the pond ( lake ) filter? You've kept us in suspense long enough :)
This ^^^^^^
My guy!! ^^^
I am in the process of moving the whole lot to the other side of the pond which may seem crazy........ but....it was in the wrong place.
All the drains from the filters will be piped down into new vegetable gardens which will be watered simply by lifting a slide valve and draining the nutritious stuff from the filters directly into the beds. Some beds are quite near the filters but others are about 80yds away so plenty of pipe is needed. The house and pond pump(s) will be powered by a new 12kW solar system (with 12.4kW batteries) which should be in by early March but I need to finish digging the final 20 ton or so out for the base by hand and also dig a long path to link the two veg gardens by hand too - weather has been against me on that one.
The filters will also feed a large greenhouse which will be fed from the filters and powered by the solar system so I can grow lettuce, peppers, tomatoes etc. all year.
Most of the filters will be to grow plants in them as the idea is that the roots will support invertebrates which will then was down into the pond to feed the fish in a sort of permaculture set up - it's quite the project and I saved up for it by early 2020 but the covid nonsense coupled with the business going crazy busy delayed things significantly. When it's all in it will be class and I'll be making videos on organic gardening, self sufficiency and cooking for my other channel (Thousand Yard Stare) as those subjects will be increasingly important in the near future. I'm still trying to edit all the filter videos shot over the last 18 months and I hope to be through them by the time the nights get lighter.
I hope you're keeping well during this time when the World is upside down.
@@pondguru that sounds awesome, with regards to feeding the garden with a switch is there any reason you don't just create a hydroponic garden, you could circulate the water all around the garden and have a pump at the end returning it to the pond...
@@pondguru Richard thank you very much for your detailed response. Sounds like a big project and that it will be well worth the wait for us. I am glad you are keeping well and stay safe
You got any lake updates? I'd love an American skunk cabbage.
Loving this series. I'm redoing a tank, 5ft x 2ft x 2ft. Going for an undergravel filter but setting it up reverse flow with a surface skimmer prefilter. Laying a matrix of pvc pipes across the bottom of the tank. How do you think a bed of biohome would do in this scenario?
you did my ehiem 1200xl for one ya vids,, loaded it with biohome well over a year ago now and all i can say is .. amazing absolutely amazing
keep on pimpin
I think the smaller 80 version can be used as a good subfilter minus the pump but cannot confirmed if the ultramax 2000 is powerful enough to sucked the water from it. This canister filter is a one way in and one way out.
The link to the filter sends me to woman's cotton thongs on amazon 😂
Cant get enough of the pimp my filter series. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Wow I like this filter a lot with the pump in the tank no need to prime !!!!!!!! I bet water comes out when you lift that lid though. Just wish this vid came out a week ago as I bought a Tetra ex 800 although I don't have any complaints with it !
I've been using a Cobalt Aquatics 26000 Ext canister filter since 2019. It too has the external pump that I placed in the tank on the inlet tube. It's nice because if it fails I can easily replace the pump without having to but a whole new canister filter.
These filters are from Poland?. Any retailers in the UK?
Fishcove aquatics in Wimborne, Dorset.
Can we get a pond update vid, I would like to see how the big filter is doing.
Great to see more vids.
Missed you Rich, Hope you and the family are well. Please give us an update and a walk around of the pond at some time. ❤️
Aquael Midikani and Maxikani also have external pumps (i have both) but the capacity for media are better 5.2liter and 14 liters,
also pumps are respectively stronger 800l/h and 1400l/h.
Perfect filter for an Anoxic Filter experiment perhaps? 🤔 Using a deep multi layer substrate and reverse flow undergravel filtration powered by this. Intake could be a lilly pipe with a surface skimmer attachment using the media boxes just for mechanical filtration for a 4 ft heavily stocked planted tank🤔🤔🤔
Sometimes I wonder if the manufacturers ship all the baskets in reverse so when you do your first setup you can rinse them one at a time and restack them in the right order as you go? Only explanation I can think of other than negligence.
Hi Richard could you not fit a higher rated pump?
great video, and nice knife.
we missed you
how is your pond
Good Solid Brand.
Hi Richard, I know that you are a very busy person, but if you give a look at Aquael site in Poland you will see all the range of canisters filters that they manufacture, plus several other very good stuff that they make, I'm going to switch little by little to them, thanks for the videos, I discovered them thanks to you.
Cascade marlin marine pliss 🙏
Great to you making videos again! 👌The idea of having The pump as a separate unit does not just Make The maintenance etc easier but most likely Also enables one to optimize The output of it. In My understanding If it is placed higher up it does not need to Do so much lifting.
I have the Unimax150, it is small but has impressive capacity. 3 trays each can be filled with 1.3l of media. In total it can fit up to 2.5 Kilos of Biohome plus mechanical filtration.
hi pondguru the topic about that the 6 watt pump is to little to give a decent flow, you are right about that when talking about a normal integrated pumphead, becous it has to pump the water up, i have a similar model from aquael a midi kani, a litle bit bigger model more recent, it is square like the bigger ones you already gott, annyway i place the pump just above the intake socket, it does not have to pump up water, only one or 2 inches, i have been testing the flow it was close to 600 liters i remember. the biohome filtermedia realy works wel in my filters, exelent stuff !
Nice one - that's all good news.
He is back! The Filter reviewer pro is back lol!
Have you stopped metal detecting? Filters...meh.....
I like it a lot
Hi Richard, this may be a silly question. But can you tell me why dont you use the activated carbon?
We probably spoke on the phone about this? Sometimes I forget to mention carbon / chemical media but in most videos I will mention that it needs to be last in the system.
If you phoned me shortly after making the comment then the carbon would go last in your filter (top tray) if it was the 2000 lph APS filter and carbon would be replaced every 7-8 weeks.
I got 4kg of bio home ultimate and have 0. Ammonia but still very high nitrates been all most 7 months what could i be doing wrong
Try a sponge filter.
@@sidestepp i have
Without further details on tank size, stock and any chemicals used that is impossible to answer but any tank can achieve a full cycle when everything is in place to do so. Here is a link to the Q&A page on the FilterPro website: filterpro.co.uk/qa-24-w.asp
That may help to highlight something missing (amount of media for situation) or preventing the cycle (e.g. a conditioner which binds ammonia, nitrite and nitrate) but feel free to ring me any time on 07772848730 - Sunday included as I work 7 days a week - I'm assuming that you are in the UK so that's why I give my number out on all the video descriptions and pinned comments. If you're outside the then email any time on sales@filterpro.co.uk and we will get to the bottom of the problem no worries.
@@pondguru yeah am in the uk that would be wicked i try and ring today thank you so much
@@Mrtom40 No worries, man - any time is good but have a read of the Q&A page first to see if anything jumps out there.