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dendronepthya · 04/15/2002, 08:41 AM

Frick,

What you were talking about before sounded a lot like the Dynamic Aquaria stuff, so in the back of my head, I assumed that you had read the book.

I think if you went with an ATS as the primary filter, your system would be fine provided that you did everything slowly. Then again, the same could be said with or without any sort of filtration. Borneman doesn't use any filters onhis tanks and from the pictures I've seen, they look OK.

When I was using the ATS, my tank did do very well, and there were tons of sponges and filter feeders in the tank. I couldn't tell though if all the benefits I was seeing were directly associated with the ATS or not. It's tough to tell the cause and effect of anything anymore.

04/15/2002, 08:41 AM	#10
dendronepthya Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Akron, OH, USA Posts: 3,762	Frick, What you were talking about before sounded a lot like the Dynamic Aquaria stuff, so in the back of my head, I assumed that you had read the book. I think if you went with an ATS as the primary filter, your system would be fine provided that you did everything slowly. Then again, the same could be said with or without any sort of filtration. Borneman doesn't use any filters onhis tanks and from the pictures I've seen, they look OK. When I was using the ATS, my tank did do very well, and there were tons of sponges and filter feeders in the tank. I couldn't tell though if all the benefits I was seeing were directly associated with the ATS or not. It's tough to tell the cause and effect of anything anymore.