travie
Senior Member
Registered: November 2007
Location: Indiana
Posts: 2294
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Review Date: Tue November 11, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Ease of use
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None
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Provides excellent biological filtration. Great to have more then one in a filter especially if you plan to setup a new tank, because it is super easy to move one over to a new tank to provide a very quick cycle. They never need replaced, and do not require a lot of cleaning if any.
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Stock the tank you have, not the tank you plan to have. Always have and use patience.
- 29g FW - Community
- 55g SW - Blue Watchman Goby, Royal Gramma, 6-Line Wrasse, 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, and various corals and inverts
For those of you who want a SW tank and never have had one before or just starting out, read this blog entry from my blog on AC, it will give you a place to start.
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Red
Senior Member
Registered: March 2008
Posts: 12425
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Review Date: Sun November 16, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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good media
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very very good have it in both of my aquaclears :)
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doug z
Planted FW Junkie
Registered: January 2008
Location: Mackenzie, BC
Posts: 3566
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Review Date: Wed December 3, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 7
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price is right..
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pretty crumbly..
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Cheap, and works good enough, I guess.. But you get what you pay for, they say, so I wouldn't mind paying more for sturdier, more re-usable stuff like Efi-substrat..
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75g - 20 cardinals : 7 panda cory : 5 Julii cory : 9 zebra danios : 1 CAE : 2 SAE : 2 yo-yos : 1 BN
25g: 5 long-finned zebra danios
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leggomypleco
Flowerhorn Guru
Registered: December 2008
Location: Indy
Posts: 1682
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Review Date: Sun December 21, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 7
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sandy_n
sandy
Registered: March 2008
Location: Missouri
Posts: 3161
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Review Date: Wed January 28, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Works well, easy to use, affordable
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Works very well and is also very easy to clean.
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You can't play nice with people who don't play by the rules!
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AABatteries
Banned
Registered: December 2007
Location: USA, Ohio
Posts: 2978
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Review Date: Mon March 23, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $2.50
| Rating: 7
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Low cost, cost effective
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Good, but not the best
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Works great for me. I run it in my Whisper filter. 
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55g - 1 oscar and 1 red zebra
30g(planted) - 3 Trilineatus cories, 3 peppered cories, 1 female betta, 2 gold rasboras, and snails.
50g - 4 lethrinops intermedius
46g Hex - 2 black neon tetras, 3 bloodfin tetras, 3 blue tetras, 2 snakeskin gouramis, 3 Agassizi corys, 2 von rio tetras ,and 1 pleco
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Cliff
Moderator
Registered: January 2010
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 15180
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Review Date: Mon May 10, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Easy to use, good quality
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I started using this in one of my AC50s about two months ago.
Easy to use and to clean
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If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo
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CassieLEO
Sweet Peas Mommy
Registered: November 2010
Location: MA
Posts: 1861
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Review Date: Sat February 5, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Great amount of beneficial bacteria
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They break easy
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They do a very good job of keeping beneficial bacteria going. They do break easy so be careful, they are glass...
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Google is your friend. Use it!!!
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MandyK
Senior Member
Registered: May 2012
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 1681
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Review Date: Thu September 13, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Affordable, easy to use, does the job well.
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A little powdery before wet.
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Love these! An easy way to increase bioload capacity.
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130g: 7 Angelfish, 1 Bolivian, 12 Neon Tetras, 14 Serpae Tetras, 9 Kuhli Loaches, 1 Otocinslus, 1 Corydora ? Ghost Shrimp
I've noticed that people HATE it when you point out how stupid they are, so now I try to do it politely.
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balt
Dude
Registered: July 2012
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 257
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Review Date: Sat October 27, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Simple and effective
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Brittle and powdery upon receiving
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I began using Biomax when I first started up my AC30 three months ago. Since then, I purchased more and added it to the small amount that came with the filter - it is now stuffed quite full of Biomax. The older units certainly darken with age which I assume is due to the growth of the bio load. Be sure to rinse these well prior to first using them. A portion of them get powdered like cereal in shipping. I haven't seen any reason to re-clean or replace them yet, nor do I expect to. My Eheim canister filter came with biofiltration in the form of pea-sized spheres. I suspect that shape will lead to denser packing of the media and less damage from shipping (no edges). Most likely, I will buy some Fluval product next just so I can see all three types in action.
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