Hi everyone,
I have been used Fluvals on my tank forever, and I have to admit I'm not so good at keeping them maintained. Nevertheless, I've had pretty good luck at keeping a variety of fish and plants. Lately, I've run into information saying that in a planted tank, a filter is not all that necessary. I've heard that the carbon does the same thing the plants do, and that the biological filter (in the filter) compete with the plants for ammonia/nitrite/nitrate.
I HATE cleaning the dirty, slimy, smelly filter. So I'm wondering what the experts think? Can I ditch the filter? Or should I run the filter with just biological media? Or nothing at all? Or what?
Also, I recently bought some Chemi-Pure (and checking it out online is how I came about these claims of no carbon/filtration necessary) and I'm worried that since it says it eliminates CO2, that it will mess up my system (which is an automated CO2 injection system).
Any thoughts? Thanks!
I have been used Fluvals on my tank forever, and I have to admit I'm not so good at keeping them maintained. Nevertheless, I've had pretty good luck at keeping a variety of fish and plants. Lately, I've run into information saying that in a planted tank, a filter is not all that necessary. I've heard that the carbon does the same thing the plants do, and that the biological filter (in the filter) compete with the plants for ammonia/nitrite/nitrate.
I HATE cleaning the dirty, slimy, smelly filter. So I'm wondering what the experts think? Can I ditch the filter? Or should I run the filter with just biological media? Or nothing at all? Or what?
Also, I recently bought some Chemi-Pure (and checking it out online is how I came about these claims of no carbon/filtration necessary) and I'm worried that since it says it eliminates CO2, that it will mess up my system (which is an automated CO2 injection system).
Any thoughts? Thanks!