Aquarium Denitrator

The filter cartridge has been used for decades. Freshwater aquarists were the first to make use of them and they still do. Then came the aquarium and the filter housing was used to support those of. Canister filters have been around for so long that they are now very reliable and failures are rare.

Aquarium filtration techniques have progressed considerably in the last decade. Aquarists strive to make their reef aquariums depends on natural filtration as much as possible. The use of 'live' rock is the main example. This rock can support reef aquarium perfectly, provided it is of sufficient quality and in sufficient quantity, and its capabilities are not abused by hobbyists. Live rock is probably the number one filtration process used today in the reef aquarium anyway. Another example of filtration of the DSB (deep sand bed) where natural methods provide support.

Then, as the filter? With all these modern techniques may be the need for a filter cartridge is gone. Well, no it is not the case.

A filter cartridge can be used to house active carbon filter, or pads or wool to help keep the water clear sea of pollutants and dust free. Some aquarists have pieces (about ½ to 1? Squares) of live rock in the tank and the report that life in the cartridge is quite surprising - the tube worms, shrimp lowercase, etc.

However, the filter housing is finished to the extent a function of biological Premier Support is concerned? No, it is not, is the answer (in my opinion). It is not the recommended method of marine biological filtration today, and rightly so. There are opportunities but where the use of a filter cartridge is, shall we say - convenient.

Live rock is very expensive, and it serves no purpose in the decision to filter with him if enough is not obtained. There are other decorative rocks and sailors who do not have adequate filtration capacity, but are available at a price much lower. Thus, the aquarist who is the prohibitive cost of living stones is still able to consider a marine aquarium. Decorate with beads at low cost and the filter with a filter cartridge. There is no need for a sump, another cost reduction.

I can almost feel the growing anger on some marine aquarium! But lets examine it further.

The aquarium should small budget, if finances permit, to obtain two cartridge filters, if not absolutely necessary - Canister filters are reliable as indicated. A acts as a backup for the other. The compartments inside should contain coarse and fine filter material (the bulk before the end). After the filter material, and the last line, must come from biological media. This is easily accessible and not too expensive. sintered glass media is good, but there are others.

The filter housing is cleaned at least every four weeks, or that the experience dictates. The large / fine filter material should be fluid and the biological environment, protected from dirt. With two canisters, this can be achieved by cleaning one to two weeks, the other four weeks, the first six weeks, etc. The biological media is not cleaned, all the coarse and fine filter material. It goes without saying that the cartridge filters should have the correct capacity for the size of the aquarium, they are supporting.

Ah, I hear the question coming! But external filters are only nitrate plants are not they? Excess nitrate is one thing the aquarium does not need.

To some extent that is correct. A filter cartridge is a nitrate plant. But the production of nitrates is not exclusive to the cartridge, it is produced by a biological filtration system. Another filtration system produce the same amount of nitrate as the canister with the same hours.