Anyone have experience with FBF ?

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fvandier
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Joined: 26 Apr 2004, 21:07
Location 1: Belgium
Interests: RTC & Other catfish

Anyone have experience with FBF ?

Post by fvandier »

Hello there,

does anyone have experience with FBF, or Fluidized Bed Filters (using sand as floating/whirling filter medium)?

These seem to be much more efficient (size vs filtering capacity) than any of the alternative filter types used, and are apparently becoming rather succesfull in places (e.g. shops) where there's too much fish in the water since they have a (times 25 is quoted) much higher filtering capacity than traditional filters.

Since filtration and water changes are important to me (having two RTC) I am always in to find means to have a more stable water quality alltogether.

I'm building an FBF myself for the moment, but it would be nice to have some feedback based on experience.

Kind regards,

Franky
fvandier
Posts: 5
Joined: 26 Apr 2004, 21:07
Location 1: Belgium
Interests: RTC & Other catfish

FBF up an running

Post by fvandier »

I've got my DIY Fluidized Bed Filter up and running.
It's quite cheap to make one (I've made mine of a PlexiGlas tube with 10cm diameter), and nice to look at (it's like the sand has been liquidized).

Since I got no replies I guess there are not a lot of FBF users out there, hence I'll let you know what my experiences are.

Kind regards,

Franky
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