| Choosing the between all the various salt
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| | your mechanical filtration system.
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| water fish tank filtration systems can be
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| | Types of Mechanical Filters
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| confusing to say the least. But, before
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| | For years, the corner filter has been the
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| you choose your specific system, there
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| | least expensive and most used type of
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| are a few points you must know no matter
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| | salt water fish tank filtration systems.
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| which system you choose. Keep in mind
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| | These clear plastic boxes sit inside the
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| filtration is a very important part of
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| | tank. An air stone bubbles air through
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| your tank, so don't rush through this
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| | an airlift tube, which forces water
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| step.
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| | through a bed of filter floss
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| In natural habitats, the fish have an
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| | mechanically filtering the water.
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| ample areas in which to live. In your
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| | Today there are better methods,that don't
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| tank, they are confined to a relatively
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| | take up space, look nicer, and perform
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| small quantity of water. In your tank,
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| | well.
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| waste products can quickly build up and
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| | Power filters are used by many. You'll
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| spell disaster. That's where the filter
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| | find many styles of power filters. The
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| comes in.
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| | most common hangs on the back of the
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| Four factors have a huge impact on the
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| | tank. A siphon tube pulls water from the
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| success of your tank, and your filtration
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| | tank into the filter box and passes the
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| system. You must have an adequate
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| | water though a mechanical filter. An
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| biological base, the appropriate choice
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| | internal pump returns the filtered water
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| of animals, not over-populate, and don't
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| | into the aquarium. Power filters come in
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| over feed. Get one of these factors
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| | many sizes suited for small to large
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| wrong, and you most likely will have
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| | aquariums
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| problems with your saltwater tank.
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| | Under-gravel filters work by slowly
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| Biological filtration is the most
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| | passing water through the gravel on the
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| important sector of salt water fish tank
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| | bottom, which sits on top of a perforated
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| filter systems. The biological filters
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| | plate. The water pumped with an airlift,
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| are living organisms within your tank.
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| | with bubbles air lifting the water in a
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| They consume oxygen and waste material
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| | vertical tube attached to the filter
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| within your tank. It's not something you
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| | plate. One problem is that the gravel
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| can add. They will occur naturally within
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| | clogs up with waste creating a health
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| your saltwater fish tank.
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| | risk for your fish.
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| Mechanical Filtration
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| | Sponge filters are an efficient,cheap
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| The second type of filtration for your
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| | form of biological filtration. Water is
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| tank is mechanical filtration. This is
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| | forced through porous foam by air
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| where you choose the type of salt water
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| | bubbling through an airlift tube. Water
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| filter system you will use in your new
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| | flowing though the sponge allows the
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| tank.
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| | growth of a colony of beneficial bacteria
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| Mechanical filtration strains the solid
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| | that neutralizes toxic ammonia.
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| particles from your tank water. It will
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| | Chemical Filtration
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| not remove solids trapped by gravel, or
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| | Chemical filtration removes dissolved
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| other items within your tank. A good
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| | wastes from aquarium water. The most
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| mechanical filter traps enough solids to
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| | popular chemical filtration is the carbon
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| keep your water clear, without becoming
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| | filter method. Your water is filtered
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| clogged frequently.
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| | through gas activated carbon. The best
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| Smaller openings catch finer particles
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| | GAC for filtering water is made from coal
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| and are cloggedfaster than a larger
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| | and ismacro-porous (larger pores).
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| opening. Keep this in mind as you choose
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