Quote Originally Posted by FullsizeRST View Post
hell yea ..the best thing about yours is it will virtually run its self just a quick glance at it and thats it...i have a similar sump filter and i clean it maybe three times a year and i still have clear clear watter and in the long run there cheaper than messing around with filter replace ments that dont work...the best filter is bacteria...the good pet shops will give you dirty watter to put in your filter to give it a jump start

It took about 2 weeks for the bacteria blooms to settle down and get
the filter up and running on all cylinders.

The soil I used is for planted tanks and dumps a bunch of ammonia and nutrients into the tank
first time you get it wet too. Kinda helps filter get started but looks like poop for about 2 weeks.

In the beginning ..........