Replacement for juwel bio flow one filter

[Country joe]

I've just set up my new juwel primo 70 litre, I'm looking at the filter and it looks too large for the size of the tank. Can anyone recommend an internal filter that's good, has to be silent it's in a bedroom, and is smaller, I've looked at the Eheim pick up 160. And the Fluval U3 filter.

 

[Country joe]

Another thing,may sound a bit daft, but I like a black background and this filter is a light grey colour, and sticks out like a sore thumb, but there again it's comes in the package, so should I stick with it, or replace? I had a look at the fluva aqua clear, hang on the back filter, but would this fit with my juwel aquarium lid?

 

[Country joe]

On another site, I was told I could go for a oase biomaster thermo exterior, sort of interested, but would it be worth it for a 70 litre tank, and I've never had one, they always look a bit complicated to set up, I couldn't have a larger Aquarium, and It would give me more room, what do think. I see the smallest in the range is for aquarium 250 litres probably far too much power for a 70 litre, any other exterior ones you could recommend

 

[Essjay]

If you stay with internals, Oase make a black corner filter suitable for your tank size

BioPlus

www.oase.com

And Oase also make externals suitable for smaller tanks than the Biomaster range (though I'd replace the carbon with sponge)

FiltoSmart

www.oase.com

 

[Country joe]

If you stay with internals, Oase make a black corner filter suitable for your tank size

BioPlus

www.oase.com

And Oase also make externals suitable for smaller tanks than the Biomaster range (though I'd replace the carbon with sponge)

FiltoSmart

www.oase.com

Thanks, I'm going to buy the Fluval 107, exterior it gets great reviews, the only thing they never mention is the aquarium lid, if it doesn't fit it may rest on the hose, I pick it up tomorrow watch this space, new territory I've never had a canister filter.

 

[Country joe]

Sorry Essjay, you will think I'm mucking about, I was already to go for the canister, but was told for my aquarium lid to fit I would have to drill holes, I'm afraid DIY is not my forte saw I bought the one you put up the Oase bioplus 100.

 

[Essjay]

I know what you mean about DIY. My first tank back in 1990s had a lid which didn't have any gaps for even cables to go through, but it did have small sections along one long edge which could be broken out to accommodate even external filter tubing. They don't make them like that nowadays. If it hadn't been for those break out sections I'd have had the lid balanced on top of the filter and heater cables.

 

[Country joe]

Any way I have bought the Oase bio thermo filter I wished I hadn't seen the video, pimp my filter when he describes the filter having a terrible flow system and ends up cutting slips and drilling holes in the filter casing, but anyway I've bought it now.
My questions are, it comes with two departments containing sponges would it be okay to remove one of the sponges, as in my 125 tank I have a bag of ceramics that's been there for 3 months and put them in the new filter tray, and leave them in permanent,
If I did this, would it still be beneficial to use Goop, if not, would this speed up my cycling, and using this method with testing would I have to feed ammonia each day or weekly, and if yes roughly how many drops for 70 litre tank.

 

[Essjay]

You can put any medium in the filter as it comes with 'baskets' which click together rather than just a single space. Put the ceramic medium first in the direction of water flow so that any biofilm which comes loose will be carried into the next medium rather than being washed out into the tank.

I would use Goop as well, and test it by adding a dose of ammonia. I've probably said this before, but I used mature media from my main tank to set up a quarantine tank - quarter of the media from a 180 litre tank in a filter in a 25 litre litre tank so I thought it would be plenty. I added a dose of ammonia to test it and it was still the same level next day. It took a whole fishless cycle before the quarantine tank was ready. If I'd added fish assuming it would be OK with the media from the other tank I would have ended up doing a fish-in cycle in the QT with new stressed fish, not a good idea. After that I prefer to err on the side of caution and not assume anything.

 

[Country joe]

Thankyou