Water polishing?
 

Hello,
I want to use a filter to polish my water. What would you recommend. I have been looking at using a diatom filter, or perhaps some sort of canister filter.

I want to know what is the best filter out there that will get the most out of the water? This is a filter that I would use about twice per month.

Most peole use a LF 150 with carbon. Does a good job

Who makes the LF 150?

Two little fishes I just bought 2 of them one to run carbon and one to run phosban from marine depot 46 bucks with a 150 gal container of phosban. but without the phosban deal at other places they are around 35-38 bucks. and to run one the maxi jet 404 pump is what I was recommended I been researching and posting stuff about these all this week. HTH

This is a phosreactor. I am looking for either a diatom filter, or some kind of canister filter which filters to a very low micron level. So that I can get all the crap out of my tank when I do a water change or blow all the detritus off the sand.

Have you thought about using sock filters. I believe you can get them in 100 micron.

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11566391#post11566391 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rob020880 [/i]
[B]This is a phosreactor. I am looking for either a diatom filter, or some kind of canister filter which filters to a very low micron level. So that I can get all the crap out of my tank when I do a water change or blow all the detritus off the sand. [/B][/QUOTE]

This is what carbon is used for. A canister filter will not get you better results. The best way to "polish" water is the use of carbon.

scotmc I agree I never used a canister filter before but from what I heard is that they have to be cleaned very often because if not they become a nitrate factory.

Be sure that you are not 'over-cleaning' your water. Microlife including copepods feeds corals and fish.

You do not need a canister filter to run carbon. You can use a LF 150. Yes it is a phosban reactor, but can run carbon in it.

It sounds like he wants to only use the filter while stirring up detritus, not contantly. I agree the LF 150 works great with carbon, I have it on my tank. But for short term ( 1-2 days twice a month) to grab detritus I think sock filter would work. I believe he doesn't want to actually 'polish' the water, but rather justs wants to get built up detritus out when its stirred up.

Exactly I will use this just to clean the water when it gets stirred up. Like when I blow out all the detritus before a water change. Has anyone used a diatom filter?

ozone

What about ozone?

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11567255#post11567255 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JUNI0R [/i]
[B]It sounds like he wants to only use the filter while stirring up detritus, not contantly. I agree the LF 150 works great with carbon, I have it on my tank. But for short term ( 1-2 days twice a month) to grab detritus I think sock filter would work. I believe he doesn't want to actually 'polish' the water, but rather justs wants to get built up detritus out when its stirred up. [/B][/QUOTE]

Well said. If you don't have a fuge. You could put a filter sock on your hose when changing your water.

Since I don't know what size, I'll give ya an example of what I do to polish my water.

I have an AP12 reef tank. On every water change, I turkey baste the rocks/corals and run my Duetto 100 submersible power filter with only cotton. It takes about 1/2 hour before it becomes clogged with detrius matter.

Maybe you could implement such a routine. Diatom filters may work well, but they can be a hastle to operate.

You really want to implement something that you could run for a short period of time and easy to set-up without tubing and valves.

In my opinion, cotton is one of the best inexpensive polishers on the market.

I hope I helped you out a little. Hope you find what you need to polish your tank.

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11570906#post11570906 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mini Me6 [/i]
[B]Since I don't know what size, I'll give ya an example of what I do to polish my water.

I have an AP12 reef tank. On every water change, I turkey baste the rocks/corals and run my Duetto 100 submersible power filter with only cotton. It takes about 1/2 hour before it becomes clogged with detrius matter.

Maybe you could implement such a routine. Diatom filters may work well, but they can be a hastle to operate.

You really want to implement something that you could run for a short period of time and easy to set-up without tubing and valves.

In my opinion, cotton is one of the best inexpensive polishers on the market.

I hope I helped you out a little. Hope you find what you need to polish your tank. [/B][/QUOTE]

What is cotton?

FYI, I was looking at another thread and I saw that sk8r had posted this in part of one of his replies...

"I think you were earlier asking about a diatom filter---are you the one? Those clog impossibly fast: you'd be changing it out every 6 hours."

I believe it was meant for this thread.

chemi pure

I just ordered a magnum 350. I will see how that works?