I have a brand new Fluval FX4 for my 55 gallon tank that will soon be overstocked with just juvenile sized (1.25" - 1.50") mbuna. No fish yet; tank setup phase. FX4 doesn't come with chemical filtration but I'm a proponent of it. Thinking of going with just two well rinsed Seachem Purigen 100ml bags; no carbon. Poly-Filter by Poly-Bio-Marine is a product I want to incorporate in my filter also. I'm not going to use the provided Fluval ceramic rings for my biomedia. I plan on using Seachem Matrix instead.
This is my proposed filtration order from top to bottom:
1. Coarse mechanical (provided Fluval foam inserts...for now)
2. Fine mechanical ( Poly-Filter by Poly-Bio-Marine)
3. Seachem purigen in fine mesh 100ml bags (quantity 2)
4. Last but not least my biomedia, Seachem Matrix, and I will buy enough (1 gallon) so that the bottom of the canister is full to about a 1 inch thickness.
Thanks in advance good people.
This is my proposed filtration order from top to bottom:
1. Coarse mechanical (provided Fluval foam inserts...for now)
2. Fine mechanical ( Poly-Filter by Poly-Bio-Marine)
3. Seachem purigen in fine mesh 100ml bags (quantity 2)
4. Last but not least my biomedia, Seachem Matrix, and I will buy enough (1 gallon) so that the bottom of the canister is full to about a 1 inch thickness.
Thanks in advance good people.