Question on Mechanical Filtration

grant778 · 06/09/2014, 01:27 PM

I had been running a hang on the back biocube airstone powered protein skimmer, as well as a hang on the back aqueon filter. Today I decided to clean the latter because it had a lot of gunk in it, however unfortunately when cleaning I broke a part of it :/ I took the aqueon filter out and it cleared up a lot of space in the tank (my tank is sumpless). Do I need to get another aqueon filter, or will the skimmer do the job, or is there another filtration system one would suggest for a sumpless aquarium.

grant778 · 06/09/2014, 02:38 PM

Or is there a way to repair the filter. I broke the covering that stops fish and what not from being sucked up into the filter.

grant778 · 06/09/2014, 03:24 PM

I forgot to mention my livestock. There are 2 ocellaris clownfish and various mushroom corals in the tank right now. I intend to keep the tank filled mainly with mushroom corals but I would like to add one branching sps coral at some point as a centerpiece as well as one more fish. Water changes are usually done every week if this information is helpful.

callsign4223 · 06/09/2014, 04:05 PM

If your talking about the strainer that goes over the end of the tube you can buy those on amazon for about $5 plus shipping. Some may even be prime eligible. You could also just make one by putting a cap on the end of the tube and drilling a bunch of holes in the tube itself.

grant778 · 06/09/2014, 06:15 PM

oh ok. Thanks

06/09/2014, 01:27 PM	#1
grant778 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 145	Question on Mechanical Filtration I had been running a hang on the back biocube airstone powered protein skimmer, as well as a hang on the back aqueon filter. Today I decided to clean the latter because it had a lot of gunk in it, however unfortunately when cleaning I broke a part of it :/ I took the aqueon filter out and it cleared up a lot of space in the tank (my tank is sumpless). Do I need to get another aqueon filter, or will the skimmer do the job, or is there another filtration system one would suggest for a sumpless aquarium.

06/09/2014, 02:38 PM	#2
grant778 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 145	Or is there a way to repair the filter. I broke the covering that stops fish and what not from being sucked up into the filter.

06/09/2014, 03:24 PM	#3
grant778 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 145	I forgot to mention my livestock. There are 2 ocellaris clownfish and various mushroom corals in the tank right now. I intend to keep the tank filled mainly with mushroom corals but I would like to add one branching sps coral at some point as a centerpiece as well as one more fish. Water changes are usually done every week if this information is helpful.

06/09/2014, 04:05 PM	#4
callsign4223 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 348	If your talking about the strainer that goes over the end of the tube you can buy those on amazon for about $5 plus shipping. Some may even be prime eligible. You could also just make one by putting a cap on the end of the tube and drilling a bunch of holes in the tube itself.

06/09/2014, 06:15 PM	#5
grant778 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 145	oh ok. Thanks