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chamy
05-21-05, 04:43 PM 05-21-05
Wanted some advice, on two things, one i have been reading a lot about diatom filters, are they really as great as what i have read, are they to be used as a continues filter, or just to polish the water and then remove them and store till the next time the water needs polishing?

2nd i would love to get a huge display tank, problem is i live in a 2nd floor apt, and i was estimating aproximately around 1700 - 2000lbs for the tank/stand/gravle etc, and am not sure if thats too much i do understand that respectively a human being has more pressure per square inch on the floor rather than the large base of a tank does, but however a person isnt standing in teh same spot 24/7 lol, does anyone have a set up like this in an apt or any suggestions?

chamy
05-21-05, 04:44 PM 05-21-05
forgot to metion, a LFS has the vortex d-1 diatom filter here for 112usd. anyone have any recomendations on this filter?