Re: Diatom Filters

[Kate Breimayer <kate@munat.com>]

I have the Whisper Diatomagic and am not thrilled about it...  it's good 
for getting mulm and such but not for greenwater. I like to use it 
anyways on occasion, I stir up the sediment from the gravel, and let the 
diatom filter take it out of the water, if you have to move or do a huge 
water change on a tank it's a good idea to do that before hand.
Have heard the HOT Magnum works well for the same purposes and costs 
less, plus it can be used with a gravel vac attachment to save you the 
trouble of stirring up the tank too much. Wish I had bought that.  
Vortex supposedly is best but you have heard about the noise and PITA 
factors, I have also heard of the hoses detaching and thus water 
spilling everywhere plus then the motor  runs dry and burns out. Also 
heard the glass body breaks a lot.

I sometimes consider that maybe the club should have a vortex (with the 
plastic body) as a part of the library that people can check out. Seems 
like a device that only gets used twice a year if that for all the owners.
Kate
carrera206 wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience using diatom filters?
>
> I am trying to get a sense if they are worth it for water polishing and to a
> lesser extent, disease prevention.
>
> Can anyone recommend a specific filter and give me some insight on how much
> of a pain they are to clean and how much they cost to maintain? Are they
> worth the trouble? Any specific models to recommend?
>
> Thanks in advance..
>
> Alfred Shiga
>
>
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