filter comparison

[Tony]

Originally Posted by Pete

Was going to stay out of this but misinformation forces me to jump in..

I've run Emperors for 10+ years and never purchased a Marineland cartridge. I just put floss into the extra media baskets, rinse it weekly until it's dead and replace the floss at a tiny fraction of the cost of a new cartridge.

You're right. I was thinking of the smaller Penguin models and not the larger Emperor one like the OP is talking about. The smaller ones don't have the extra media basket. My bad.

Originally Posted by Pete

The Emperor's biowheels are doing the biological filtration. I have no qualms about replacing all the floss on any of my tanks (and happily do so) because the bacteria lives on the wheels.

Right again.

Mondays are always a bit rough for me...

[Picklefish]

Originally Posted by pogi2009

Also in AC's intake, I can put a sponge to prefilter the water, also traps any food, which the fish can still eat. I can't do the same in E350 because the intake is rectangular.

I did make some out of some spare poret foam for my Emp 400 intakes. Cheap and easy. Keeps the java moss from clogging the impellers.