Do you use canister filters on reef?

[jasonak]

Hi
Just bought a tank and it came with a brand new Fluval FX5 huge canister filter.Ive never used a canister filter before.Is this somthing that youd use on a reef tank is it for fish only or for freshwater??
thanks

[luke33]

There great for FOWLR's imo if they are easily changeable. For a reef there only use is to run carbon and that sort of thing. I've ran them on a fowlr with success in the past but its a pain to change out the media every few weeks unless you have one that s easy.

[jasonak]

Hey Luke
You are always helping me out :)
Yeah i wasnt really sure what to do with this just seemed like a big HOB to mebut in a can.It comes with a DVD phone book of instructions and cost somone like 300.00 bucks but i didnt see the use for it.
It does looks cool though.

[luke33]

There awesome on FW tanks but i only run media like carbon and amonia rock in them. Or denitrator, basically everything but floss. U got the ps160 up yet?

[sjm817]

I have a Fluval 404 and I run carbon and sometimes phos media in it. It think they make a better "reactor" than those tiny little ones typically used.

[jasonak]

yeah its up and running its on my moms tank so when ever i go over its always messed up,lol Im not there everyday to tweak it so its been slow to dial it in but itll get there :) I spent about 3 hours over there yesterday fixing stuff she let the sump run empty,etc typical stuff.Its my fault for getting her hooked on reef tanks.

[tkeracer619]

Its handy to toss the filter floss into your sump. If you need to set up a hospital tank or qt tank you will have biological filtration for it instantly.

[kdblove_99]

carbon or denitrate