New to fish hobby, I have a Aqua-Tech 10-20 gallon filter. Where would I put Seachem Purigen bag at in filter? Thanks for your help..
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Just drop it anywhere in the tank; not in the filter. This thing works in addition to the filter. Using both is great.
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I was not familiar with the filter you have so I had to look it up. It appears that you would have to put it where the intake pipe comes into the filter resivoir. I personally have a 29 gallon tank and I use the fluval 306 which has baskets. If you ever upgrade your filter I definitely recommend going with fluval.
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I don't know the Aqua-Tech filter but normally you would put it where the carbon based filter material goes. In this case it looks like the Aqua-Tech uses cartridge type material so I am not positive the Purigen will fit easily.
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I would say that you want to put it into the side where the water is being pumped into - if there is room. I use it in my system in a 20 gallon sump placing it in the filter sock where the water can pass over and through it. If you don't have the room, that packet is pretty much a waste of time.
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I would go with a Fluval 106 nothing bigger, then you can just lay the purigen in the basket.
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Yes, absolutely you still need a filter. The airstones are beautiful and provide a bubble wall putting oxygen in the water. However, this does nothing to suck out feces and other things in the water to keep your tank clean. The size of your tank and the type of fish you have determine how much and what type of filter would be best. But yes, you still need filtration.
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Hi, Because turtles are messy you want to establish as much nitrifying bacteria growth as quickly as possible. Bottom layer eheim Ehfi - middle basket Eheim Mech - top eheim substrate Pro Sintered glass spheres. ( regarding the top basket only make sure you put whatever media you chose in media bags) eheim media is superb I've used it for 35 years. It rarely needs replacing. If your tank has enough water depth I would add a powerhead or wave maker - the powerhead will add current to the water to loosen and free up debris and waste so the filter becomes more efficient and the water much cleaner. Marineland and Aqueon have excellent units at a great price. The Marineland pro 1200 is a best bet I have a few of them and they work like a charm. Amazon sells the 1200 for around $25 - list price is $89 so it's a steal. Hope this helps! Peter
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Now understand that I don't know what RowaPhos but the bag is made to hold Seachems Purigen which has to be one of the finest (in both size and performance) filter media I have ever handled. The stuff will come through a woman's stocking, for example, but not a single piece through the bag. I hope that helps you understand that the bag is for extremely fine media.
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It should be ok..that filter is up to 40g.... That thing should keep your tank pretty clean. Plus you can adjust the flow so your not creating a whirlpool inside the small tank. IMO I'd upgrade to at least a 20 or 30 gallon... Hope I helped!!
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Under the tank...and all "canister" filters are for under the tank ;). This is a great canister filter, comes will everything you need to get setup, and is great price for 350g/hr.
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The bag comes filled with Purigen and it is small (shipping size is 4"x3" so the bag is about that size). Nothing special to the bag so if a small bag loosely filled with fine material will fit into your filter, you will be fine. I actually hang my Purigen at the opening of the filter so the water flows across it. I have another filter and I put the bag on top. You do not want to pack it into the filter because the particles are not coarse enough to allow for water flow. The water will not flow through the material if the bag is tightly packed into your filter.
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Yeah it does come with the Seachem Purigen in a the bag so you can just rinse it under tap water and place it straight into your filter. I recently bought myself another bag of Seachem Purigen and Seachem has updated their packaging which I found very cool. If you're looking for the Seachem Purigen to come ready to go then this is the right size for you (100ml) go ahead and purchase it. If you ever buy the bigger size Seachem Purigen it will come lose in a bottle and then you have to buy something to keep it in. You can always make your own media bags out of women's panty hose or something that can keep the Purigen trapped while still allowing water to pass through.
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I am using in the top basket: Fluval Universal Filter Media Bags - one filled with ammonia remover and another with activated carbon. The second basket: Seachem Purigen in a Seachem Filter Media bag (very fine mesh able to contain the Purigen) and in the 3rd basket: Seachem Matrix Bio Media in the bottom
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I put marine land Diamond Blend Premium Carbon-Ammonia neutralizing blend in the cartridge and I place Marineland Rite-Size bonded filter pad in front of the cartridge in the filter. The filter pad traps the larger/medium particles and keeps the cartridge clean longer. The Premium blend works much better to keep the ammonia down in the tank than just plain carbon.
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well you have trays inside that hold the fluval g-nodes. and what comes with the unit doesnt fill all 3 baskets full so if you fill 2 of the 3 baskets full then you could put your seachem purigen in a mesh bag in the 3rd tray with gnodes around it.
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No, the filter is to small and does not hold benificial bacteria well, you will always have high nitrate and ammonia levels, if your going to use that kind of filter, but a Marine land 350 or 400 bio wheel filter, your fish will thank you, see ya ;-)
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Howdy , yes you can rinse the crystals like I do under my pur water filter . I do a half crystals and half carbon l in my filter mix Tetra power filter 30 with the U assemble large filters and can usually get at least 5 days on it before cryslal/carbon/ filter floss bag change out . I have two large Goldfish ( 12" long and a 24 " plecasumas ) and of course they create alot of waste .
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If you're running fresh water, you'll need an air pump, some air tubing, and an air stone. I also use a bag of Purigen in all of my tanks. It's a great all purpose filter media that can be regenerated with bleach so you don't have to keep buying it like carbon or other medias.None of this is expensive. You can get all of the above for less than $30 and it will help your tank quite a bit.
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One of my tanks is a 40 Gal.I run (2) Aqueon 30 filters.One at each end of the back of the tank.Aqueon's are great working filters,they do a great job in keeping the water crystal clear.I decided to purchase the Deep Blue Professional filter media for one of the filters,while running a regular Aqueon filter cartridge in the other.The deep blue can be cut perfectly to fit the Aqueon filter holder that slides in the filter box.The only drawback that I found is that the weave of the Deep Blue(although treated with charcoal)is not that tightly woven,such as the white filter media;thus it allows smaller food and waste particles to pass through without being able to trap them.This was my only complaint.It is a sturdy well constructed piece of filter media that can be cut to any size;washed out good,and re-used time and time again.If you run just this in your Aqueon 50, you won't need to add any other material.Maybe at most, a small mesh bag with Ammo/carb,although not necessary.
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I would go with 150 more filtration for your tank, I have regular 29 gallon tank and I have Marineland 200 filter works great. 2 month went by and water still clear and all water tests pass.
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We change the filter in our 10-gallon tank once a month. We only have two goldfish, but they are quite large. If your tank begins to stink or look cloudy before a month is up, I would change it. Good luck!