nano cube filter???

fastwhiteegg

New Member
my girlfriend has a 12 gallon dx nano cube with the surface skimmer on it and i was wondering if everyone pulls out all the stock filter stuff like the sponge,carbon,bioballs, and what not? do you just replace it with LR or something else. can someone please help me out here?!?! also i have heard or people putting another pump in the first chamber. how is this dine and what pump do you use. also what pump do you use to replace the stock pump ?
 

EDGRAY

New Member
Well know that you mentioned normally we all take out the bio balls & rings and the carbon(replace it with a better suitable carbon CHEMI-PURE) and well then we all have different ideas on the chambers and return pump...

like me for example ill recomend what is being working me so far:

1 chamber : LR then on top a 1 sponge (a change the sponge every 2 days put a clean one and then wash the dirty one and let it dry until i need to replace the sponge and so on..)

2 chamber: LR & on top a bag or 1/2 bag of CHEMI-PURE (change it every 3 months or so)(carbon) & a piece of POLY filter (thats what is called poly filter ask for it in your LFS and they will know what u talking about cut it in 3 pieces and add one piece then replace it every week or 2)

3 chamber: Heater and return pump

and my DIY that i always recomend for great flow ....

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.p ... opic=58149
 

reefman23

New Member
I think eddie covered it pretty well. But ed, will chemi-pure last that long without being changed? Also, I would recommend changing the polyfill at least twice that often. Any form of filtration that collects junk like that should be cleaned very often IMO.

As far as the pump goes, what you may have been hearing about is the upgrade of the small stock pump.

Jesse
 

EDGRAY

New Member
yeah you right jesse about poly filter and chemipure ... but i fix it know... but at the same time i was right but i fix it on how ofter do i change it .. but well i mentioned poly every 1-2 weeks cause i do it everyweek but sometimes i forget :lol: same as chemi pure...every 3 months but when i forget i go like 3-5 months lol.... :lol3:

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