RE: Diatom Filters

[DonaldR <gsmd_bari@yahoo.com>]

I too have that model, but mine doesn't seem nearly as noisy as Darcey
described.  I agree that it is a pain to use but I do think it is
probably the best of the diatom filters out there.  By the way I bought
enough diatom powder for a lifetime, so if anyone needs any I can get
you sell you some very cheaply.  
-Don R.

--- Darcey Harding <darceyh@drizzle.com> wrote:
> Hi Alfred,
> 
> 
> 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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> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 7:14 PM
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> Subject: Diatom Filters
> 
>  
> Does anyone have any experience using diatom filters?
> 
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