Re: Diatom Filters

["w" <bravo454@hotmail.com>]

I have the same model and would agree that it is difficult to setup, but it
sure does a great job when it is running correctly.

The diatom powder can be a real mess to handle. You must use care to avoid
breathing the diatom particles, if it gets in your lungs it wont come out.

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darcey Harding" <darceyh@drizzle.com>
To: <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 7:53 PM
Subject: RE: Diatom Filters


> Hi Alfred,
>
> I have a diatom filter, a vortex XL model.  It works very well--the water
is
> sparkling clean, and it has seemed to help knock down a bout of ich as
well, in
> one instance.
>
> However, it is such a royal pain to set up, that in two years I think I've
only
> used it maybe five times. It's a hassle to prime it. It has to have
everything
> just right in terms of hoses and the filter perched on a chair with phone
books
> and connections and finicky positioning and you reaching to hold the other
end
> of it in place. It's -very- loud, and with it having to run all night to
do a
> good job on my 125, I cringe at what my apartment-building neighbors must
hear
> from the motor noise. I have to close my door to sleep through it, and it
scares
> the cat. Whenever I get an inkling to use it, I peer at its coil of hoses
in the
> dark cabinet and think of better things to do with my time.
>
> It's a good backup plan for green water or ich or exceptionally thorough
tank
> cleanings. But a tremendous pain. Good to have used, but not worth using.
Other
> brands may be better experiences.
>
> Good luck!
> -Darcey H
>
> -----Original Message-----
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On
> Behalf Of carrera206
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 7:14 PM
> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> Subject: Diatom Filters
>
>
> Does anyone have any experience using diatom filters?
>
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