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Mike D
DIY Guy
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Age: 26
Location: Maine
Humor: You can't offend me
 |  Subject: New Filter  Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:36 pm | |
| About a week ago my filter on my platty tank died on me. I was tired with the old stand by's (wisper and AquaClear) so I decided to poke around on the net and find a reliable filter for a reasonable price. After some searching I found the Bio System 25 Power filter plus OXY Surface skimmer on Foster and Smith. I was reading over the schematics and the reviews and decided why not it's cheeper than a new AC and I need to get a few fish and chinchilla things anyway so I added it to my order. I received my order today and set up the filter an hour ago, I can already see an improvement in my water clarity. I'll keep everyone updated on how this new filter turns out.
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Grumpa
Master Profiler
Posts: 1078
Age: 38
Location: cichlid world
Humor: Not often
Favorite Fish: tanganikian
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:15 pm | |
| Sweet that would be nice to know.
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Mostlycichlids
Cichlid Specialist
Posts: 4048
Age: 30
Location: New Mexico USA
Favorite Fish: Jaguar Cichlid
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:57 pm | |
| Nice, who makes it? Do you have a link so we can see...?
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Grumpa
Master Profiler
Posts: 1078
Age: 38
Location: cichlid world
Humor: Not often
Favorite Fish: tanganikian
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:14 pm | |
| Good stinkin lincoln! 
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Mike D
DIY Guy
Posts: 1842
Age: 26
Location: Maine
Humor: You can't offend me
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:21 pm | |
| Foster and smith's brand. Heres a link Click.
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Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.-Mark Twain
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Mostlycichlids
Cichlid Specialist
Posts: 4048
Age: 30
Location: New Mexico USA
Favorite Fish: Jaguar Cichlid
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:46 pm | |
| Looks like a nice filter and holds the bio3 cartridges which I use in my Penguins and Whispers.
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"There he goes - one of God's own prototypes -
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Too weird to live, and too rare to die".
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dirtydawg10
Global Moderator
Posts: 2562
Age: 37
Location: Connecticut
Favorite Fish: Severum
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:29 pm | |
| Looks like a nice filter. Let us know how it holds up. |
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Mike D
DIY Guy
Posts: 1842
Age: 26
Location: Maine
Humor: You can't offend me
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:38 pm | |
| Will do!
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Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.-Mark Twain
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1nevrkwitz
Extraordinary Member
Posts: 660
Age: 41
Location: Missouri
Humor: I find humor, amusing.
Favorite Fish: Jack Dempsey
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:42 pm | |
| Yes please post some future updates. I will needing to replace two HOBs real soon and the Bio System 25's look promising. Thanks for sharing Mike 
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saint_felony
The Turtle Whisperer
Posts: 1597
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:49 pm | |
| Interesting. Shape wise it looks looks like some of the newer tetra models.
Good luck with it. |
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Mike D
DIY Guy
Posts: 1842
Age: 26
Location: Maine
Humor: You can't offend me
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:46 am | |
| Update: Doing my first water change I found that I have to clean off the filter media every time I change the water because so much crap was sucked up by the filter. With my old filter I had to clean off the media every 3rd or 4th water change which makes me think about how much stuff was being left behind by the old filter. So far I like what I'm seeing and if things continue to go well I might do a flip on all of my filters.
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Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.-Mark Twain
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dirtydawg10
Global Moderator
Posts: 2562
Age: 37
Location: Connecticut
Favorite Fish: Severum
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:47 pm | |
| It's nice to know the new filter is working well for you. |
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Redneck Woman
Invert Junkie
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Age: 42
Location: Kentucky
Favorite Fish: angels,but kribs are a very close second
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:55 pm | |
| Sounds like it's working great! 
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Mostlycichlids
Cichlid Specialist
Posts: 4048
Age: 30
Location: New Mexico USA
Favorite Fish: Jaguar Cichlid
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:12 pm | |
| Sweet, maybe I'll try it out next time I need a filter.
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Mike D
DIY Guy
Posts: 1842
Age: 26
Location: Maine
Humor: You can't offend me
| | Subject: Re: New Filter Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:38 pm | |
| I recommend it so far!
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Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.-Mark Twain
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