making a canister filter a good thing

[TheJGMProject]

I know a canister filter can be a nitrate factory but is there any way to set it up so that its not bad?

My dad wants to have a fish only tank, is a canister filtration system sufficient?

Thanks!

 

[Anonymous]

I setup marine tanks with canisters back in the day, but they were never the only filter. For tanks with messy fish like groupers, they make a good supplemental mechanical filter.

Live rock is always the best way to go for biological filtration.

 

[bleedingthought]

I know a canister filter can be a nitrate factory but is there any way to set it up so that its not bad?

My dad wants to have a fish only tank, is a canister filtration system sufficient?

Thanks!

I'd put carbon and purigen in it, and clean them often for detritus build up.

 

[Anonymous]

I use nitrate and phospate removal media in mine. I only feed it preskimmed cleanish water to minimize detritus buildup.

 

[bleedingthought]

I use nitrate and phospate removal media in mine. I only feed it preskimmed cleanish water to minimize detritus buildup.

Preskimmed water minimizes detritus buildup?

 

[IslandCrow]

Just clean the thing out and you'll be fine. I only use my one week out of the month these days, but even when I used it continuously, my nitrates dropped. I'd use carbon 3 weeks of the month, cleaning it out each week, and then use a micron filter the last week, which helps keep the water nice and crystal clear.

 

[TheJGMProject]

Thanks everyone!