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I am using a canister filter for the first time and just wondering if anyone had advice on maximizing it's performance. I have the ZooMed Nano 10 filter on a 7.5g tank for a betta and inverts. I don't use carbon on my tanks so I took that out. I put in the bio rings that came with it and a small bag of bio max from another cycled tank. I have treated it with Seachem stability as well. I was thinking maybe to add a small bag of purigen since I'm not planning on having much plant life in this tank. My tap is 7.2 PH. I don't think it needs much buffering (waiting on a test kit) My substrate is CaribseaCrystal River sand. So no buffering there

Thanx in advance.

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if you can,remove the tube inside.

fill it with denitrate.

on both sides,put polyfill, on top,leave a little space above the polyfill.

 

purigen and bio rings will work for a small tank,but if you use a low GPH canister,why not have it help with removing nitrates?;)

once bacteria and stuff builds up,GPH could drop under 50,which is good.

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7 hours ago, zodiac said:

if you can,remove the tube inside.

fill it with denitrate.

on both sides,put polyfill, on top,leave a little space above the polyfill.

 

purigen and bio rings will work for a small tank,but if you use a low GPH canister,why not have it help with removing nitrates?;)

once bacteria and stuff builds up,GPH could drop under 50,which is good.

 

Is denitrate another type of bio media? Is it like siporax? I vaguely remember there being such a thing for fluidized bed filtration. But all were really big. 

 

Is the tube side you are referring to the compartment with the sponge? 

 

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yeah,but it's not man made.

it's pumice rock.

small size holds more bacteria per space of the filter,but needs a slower flow rate.

 

55 minutes ago, Luva said:

 

Is the tube side you are referring to the compartment with the sponge? 

 

yes.

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The denitrate is from Seachem! Which means I can order it from work:jig:

 

Trying to find where I can get the polyfil stuff. 

 

I have a coarse sponge over the intake thing. I was hoping it would slow things down some. It doesn't seem like it. So I just have to be patient, I guess.

 

Thank you so much for your advice.

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Oh ok. Just regular old polyfil. Got it. I'm kind of nervous about opening this thing. I'm kinda derpy and I dont want flood my apt/siphon out my tank. I have to find some step by step instructions somewhere. The paper that came with it doesn't say much.

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