Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:46 am
Really all you need to get is a bunch of carbon and the ceramic rings. You might want to get 2 packs of ceramic rings, as the biological filter does a lot of work in a turtle tank. It comes with the foam already, and some carbon i believe. The rings last pretty much forever (don't wash them with tap water or let them dry out!) and the foam lasts a long time, you just need to rinse it when you clean the filter. You have a few options for the carbon. The easiest one is to just buy the carbon packets they sell for it. This is also the most expensive way to go. Your other option is to buy a big canister of loose carbon and either a reuseable filter bag or some filter floss. I just pack a thin layer of floss on the bottom of the basket, fill it with carbon, and put a little more on top. I rinse it out under the faucet and it's ready to go. It's easy and clean and a lot cheaper than buying the specially made carbon. Carbon needs to be changed every couple of months. To clean the tubes you need to get a special tube cleaning brush, its a long bendy wire with a little poof of bristles at the end. They don't need cleaning very often though, i've had my XP3 for maybe 6 months now and my tubes are still looking clean. Happy shopping!
Adrienne!
2.0 RES: Turtley and Samson
1.0 Lutino Cockatiel: Lilly
assorted fish, hermit crabs, bugs etc.
