Filtration - Part 3 - The corner filter and the filter canister
As a beginner aquarist, is one of the first types of mechanical filters that filter likely to take the good old corner. The filter corner is inexpensive compared to many other types of mechanical filters to buy, and easy to install. The filter base angle is a plastic container with a filter medium such as foam or floss your teeth are filled. An air pump is used to force the water through the filter traps dirt are heavy. A filter corner is therefore oftenFunction as an aerator for the aquarium.
Be careful when cleaning the filter holder and without hot water or detergent. If you performed a water change, discarded the water used for washing the filter medium, because it is the right temperature, pH, etc. The reason why you should manage your filter material so cautious is that c ' is a great home for beneficial bacteria. When colonies of nitrifying bacteria colonies in the media filter, will perform biological filtrationand make it much easier for you to maintain water quality in your aquarium. The hot water kills bacteria, but washing etc and should therefore be avoided. If you need to replace the filter media, you should ideally be a part of the old media in the canister filter. In this way, the old bacterial colonies of the new media filter.
A disadvantage is that many corner filter designs for the production of a lot of noise. Of course, you can find beautiful corner filter, but most ofcorner of the filters are actually quite ugly. If you have messy eaters, angle filter clogs quickly and require frequent cleaning. The angle can not be sufficient filter for aquariums, require strong filtration.
External Filter
For aquarium to keep the messy eater or have large aquariums, the filter base angle is often not sufficient to maintain water quality. If you see yourself in this situation, you might consider the external filter.This filter is an external filter, which hung outside the aquarium or placed under the aquarium. Today you can find filters that are in aquariums (submerged canister filter), but they are much less common than external filters. The interior of the filter typically contains a filter micron wool or other types of filter media. Waster is then pumped through the canister was trapped dirt and coarse filter media. This makes theExternal filter much like the filter base angle, only much bigger and more powerful. You can also use a wet-dry cycle to promote the biological filter for filtering.
Clean the filter with the corner like you are your basket filter frequently to prevent clogging. If debris is left too long trapped in this filter, they can begin to decompose and pollute the water. A negative aspect of the external filter is, of course, that requires a lot of space. AExternal filters take much space and ugly underwater in the aquarium, an external filter and take a lot of space and ugly somewhere outside the aquarium. Careful planning can be the solution, for example, you can hide in a mobile aquarium external filter. Also, remember that should be easily accessible external filter, as it is a frequent cleaning is required. Never use soap or hot water to clean the filter.
