Aquael Turbo 2000 on Amazon: https://geni.us/cOthSma (Yes, the thumbnail picture is an image from The Lighthouse (2019) which is an awesome film for those who have eyes to see ..... and it has nothing to do with aquariums) Willem Dafoe is literally a force of Nature in that film.. The Aquael Turbo 2000 may not hold much media as it comes from the manufacturer but it can be upgraded to hold more if you choose a more compact media than the supplied ceramic rings - as long as you have a high enough tank you can add more media baskets to the filter. The standard height of the complete filter is around 16" (40cm) which is increased by approx. 4" (10cm) for every media compartment you choose to add. If you're trying to achieve a full cycle (0,0,0) please avoid anything which will mess with the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Unfortunately there are a couple of conditioners available which starve bacteria and mess up the cycle as a consequence, causing users to buy more products to treat the side effects. That is a pharmaceutical business template. 'Safe and effective'? It seldom is ...
Filter Kits, Foams, Biohome, Biogravel etc: http://www.filterpro.co.uk (FilterPro site has links to Biohome suppliers in other countries) Booster filter for canister filters: https://geni.us/2bj1
VERY IMPORTANT: *Avoid using water conditioners which claim to bind / remove / detoxify ammonia, nitrite and nitrate as it will have a pronounced starving effect on the bacteria. When bacteria is starved the population will be low as it grows in line with the available 'food'. A normal conditioner will allow the bacteria to fully populate the whole system and take away the 'need' to add more bacteria after maintenance / water change. Most people get conned into regularly using bacteria additives and that is simply to mask the side effects from a damaging conditioner and a failing filter. Tapsafe, Aquasafe, API Stress Coat etc. is all you need when a tank is properly set up, a filter is suitably sized (and properly set up) and Nature is allowed to do what Nature does.* The Q&A page of the FilterPro site has extensive notes on recommended treatments and how filtration works. http://www.filterpro.co.uk
A full cycle is completed by bacteria - the aerobic part of biological filtration which processes ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate followed by an anaerobic part which processes nitrate into soluble nitrogen which bubbles off to the atmosphere. Therefore it requires a suitable amount of excellent quality filter media to be able to provide the environment for both aerobic AND anaerobic bacteria - that is what Biohome filter media does perfectly but even with such good media there are limitations and we recommend the following amounts for different stocking scenarios: (1 US Gallon = 3.8 litres) (1kg = 2.2 lbs) Average community tropical aquarium = 1kg per 100 litres Average coldwater aquarium = 1kg - 1.5kg per 100 litres Predator aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Large cichlid aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Malawi / Tanganyikan aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Marine aquarium = 1.5kg - 2kg per 100 litres Average mixed fish pond = 1kg per 200 litres Average koi pond = 1kg per 150 litres
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Hi there, welcome back. Luckily for you guys
this video is going to be quite short compared to some
of my other efforts in this video series
because the filter we're going to be taking a look at today
already comes pretty well laid out,
there's not really much to do to it.
That is on today's menu,
the Aqua-L Turbo
Now these filters come in four sizes, so we've got a 500, a 1000,
a 1500, and that one, which is the biggest one, which is a 2000,
Filter 2000.
and that relates to how many litres per hour the pump will shift.
Just for you guys in the US,
2000 litres an hour is approximately 530 US gallons per hour.
Now although you've got to put this thing together yourself,
that's the intended setup from the manufacturer,
so on the end of here we've got a big coarse lump of foam.
So the water's drawn in through the foam.
Water then goes into a media container,
into the pump, back out to the tank.
On the top of here, we've got a little control tap
and that controls the flow going out.
That directs the flow.
Here, we've got a venturi, which leads outside the tank
and you can adjust how much air is drawn in
to be mixed with the water.
Obviously, if you didn't want any air to be drawn in,
just take that off.
On the back, we've got some mega
Strong suction cups, I mean they're probably
the best ones I've ever seen on an internal filter but we also have
a safety feature which is this thing here which allows it to be over
the side of the tank just to prevent it from ever sliding down.
Probably the first time I've seen that feature
on an internal filter and I like that.
I mean it will hold it just by itself and that's full of media.
Before I bring the camera in and give you a close-up,
I'll just give you a few more facts and figures,
which come directly from Aqua-L.
So, they say it is for tanks between 350 to 500 litres,
which is approximately 90 to 130 US gallons.
The maximum head, which is how far this pump would pump up to,
if you took an outlet pipe from here and took it up to,
say, an overhead filter or something.
So the distance from here to the highest point it'll pump.
is 190 centimeters or 74 inches
and although the pump shifts 2000 liters an hour or
530 us gallons per hour it only consumes 22 watts of power.
Now you can buy more of these containers from Aquael
so you could extend that
Really, as far as you wanted to, to get more media
or foams or whatever it is you wanted to put in there,
within the confines of the height of your tank.
Obviously, you cannot just keep going and going and going.
Now, you can buy more of these containers from Aqua-L
if you wanted to increase the filter and capacity of this filter.
But, bear in mind, it also will increase the height.
Each one of these containers is approximately,
roughly 4 inches or just over 10 centimetres.
Yeah, so...
Every time you add a new container
you're adding another four inches on.
The filter is already almost 16 inches from top to bottom
which is around 40 centimetres,
so that's pretty tall.
So really what I'm trying to say is if your tank is only 18 inches deep
that's pretty much as big as you can go
or you could swap the foam out for another one of those
media containers and run it with two media containers if you wanted.
You didn't have to have the full one, you know.
That just comes off.
Stick another media container on
with a grill on the bottom,
which it comes with,
and then it'll look a little bit neater,
but you wouldn't get such a big
filtering capacity from the foam.
So that's it there.
Close up in all its glory.
I'll show you what comes in here now.
That's what's
currently
in there.
It's approximately 300 grams
or about quarter of a pound,
just over quarter of a pound
of ceramic rings.
And they're not bad those actually,
they're quite soft which means that they're probably quite
porous and really as far as upgrading that filter media goes,
because you've got quite a big space
in there purely for media,
it allows you to fit up to 600 grams of bio gravel in there.
Like so. So you've got something that's more porous
and there's twice as much of it because
of 600 grams which is about a pound and a bit.
I'm not quite sure exactly what it is.
That's just inside the cap that goes on the top.
It's a similar sort of setup on the bottom as well
in that, you know, a similar thing goes
on the bottom and you've got the mesh
to stop anything falling out. There you go.
So twice the weight of media,
obviously better media.
That's really as much as you can do to pimp up this filter.
Of course you can add more of these containers
as long as the height in your tank allows for it.
Now obviously this is marketed for being
for tanks between 350 to 500 litres
or 90 to 130 US gallons.
It would keep a tank that size clean and reasonably healthy as far
as the ammonia and nitrite goes,
wouldn't stand a chance of holding enough media.
Unless you had a hugely tall tank
and you were drawing through a dozen or more of these or
Filled with proper media, you know.
So, yeah, I mean, what would I recommend it for?
I would say sensibly somewhere between 100 to 150 litre tank,
which is about 26 to 34 US gallons,
maybe, or thereabouts,
if you wanted the water clean and very healthy.
If you go bigger than that...
As I say it might keep it clean
but it's not necessarily going to keep it healthy even if you
added another one of these you know.
On a tank much bigger than that recommendation it would
probably still keep it clear but not necessarily as healthy
so everything has to be in proportion.
I mean if you've got a 350 to 500 litre tank
at the very least it's got to have one possibly even
two canister filters or if you've got the space
and the funds to build it.
A sump underneath to hold enough media
to be able to stock a lot of fish in that tank.
A lightly stocked tank with plenty of plants.
Yeah, I mean this is going to keep it clean
and perfectly healthy, you know,
to a tank of a decent size.
Aqua-L sent me this, admittedly, ages ago.
I forgot about it, it was in a box.
Apologies to Aqua-L.
I will be giving this particular filter away with that media
and possibly other bits and bobs in a
video in the near future
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In the comment section, that will really help other people.
I know there's a lot of people in the UK
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Thanks for watching.
I'll see you in the next video.
