mjoconr Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Hi AllSo about five weeks ago I setup a 4ft tank with a split area one to hold my fry and the other for young females.I decided to try a Hydro Stream filter because they seemed very interesting and cycling a tank is time consuming. I was not sure about them but the science seems valid. I also had a backup of an unused canister filter and a large amount of mature matrix.So I setup the tank, added the water, my Cichlid buffers and ten young fish (after an hour drip)I then heavily feed them for about ten days, checking the NH3/NH4+, NO2, NO3 and KH and GH each day. After ten days I did a water change (the same day I do all my other tanks).From there on I tested before my water change which is once a week, which I think works out to three tests.Also at about the two week mark I added about thirty more fish.The results where very interesting. NH3/NH4+ never got about 0.25 and NO2 and NO3 never detected, GH was stable at about 13 and KH was stable at 8.So what does this all mean, it seems to me that the Hydro-Pure idea works and could totally change how I do my filtration because a system would only really need mechanical filtration. On top of this because these unit need a slower flow requirement the size of pumps can be dropped reducing the cost of running them.My next project is going to be an indoor rack made from three 100 L tank and one 60 L tank for overflow. The only filtering will be a Hydro Stream 3 or maybe a 2 and three Hamburg Matten pads protecting the down pipes.It will be interesting to see if I continue to have such good results with water quaility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 info on the Hydra Stream .................. interestinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d89VcSnDE8shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKcjB_h9vqYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud3viYMatl4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCK4YehGUtohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsyWkDOq6Lkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5PLdMeU38E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoconr Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 Yep that's the products, I have one of the internal units and one external units.The internal is a little noiser than some internals I've used in the past, where as the external is passive and makes no noise at all I've not had any issues, but its only been a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 keep the thread updated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoconr Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Did my weekly water change one day late as I moved some fish in to this tank yesterday.Tested the water and got the following:NH3/NH4+ <0.25NO2 0NO3 0So it keeps doing the right thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoconr Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 So quick update. As I'm away had my brother do the tests and the water continues to be very good.I ask him to do a water change on principle but I'm very impressed.I'm on the hunt for a nh3 only test kit, so I can check how much of the total NH3/NH4+ is NH3 as that is toxic.I setup a 2ft with an internal filter using the same tech and brand before I left this is also in perfect condition with no cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoconr Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Just a quick shot of the female side of my 4ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Sounds really good Mike but ......... did the fish miss you while you were away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoconr Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 No idea I'm still away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 sounds like your brother is doing a good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoconr Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 He had just gotten back from a trip also, but went over and followed my instructions over the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsherman Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 These filters sound great! I think I may have to invest in one for my peppermint bn tank or atleast their fry tank!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoconr Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Its going to be interesting to remove the inline hydro pure unit I installed and see how dirty it is. Its not a filter in the traditional sense so it does not have any filter pads. Just little baskets of carbon like material which is between the titanium plate electrodes.I'm pushing the water thought it at about 1000L to 1500L an hour. I have a poret pad infront of the inlet as seen above (the black pad), the fish you see are young fry from my main tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoconr Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 A photo of the newly purchased fish in a 2ft with a hydro-pure 50 internal.They all look very health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoconr Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 So I'm home at last, its been close to 8 weeks. I spent this morning cleaning filters which not been touched while I was away.While away I purchased a Seachem MultiTest: Ammonia, as this is the only way of proving that the hydro-pure idea is actually doing anything.A test of NH3 and total Ammonia in a normally filtered tank showed.0.02/mg NH30.03/mg Total AmmoniaA Hydro-pure tank0.00/mg NH30.02/mg Total AmmoniaSo it does seem to me that the filter is doing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Good to hear that results were what you wanted to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoconr Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 So its been over six month since I started this tank using the Hydro-Pure and its worked very well. NO3 has never gone above 7.0mg/L on the seachem test kit I have been using. I've never been able to detect any NO2. NH3 is always very close to zero and NH4+ only shows a small amount never above about 1mg/L. It is important to clean the unit once a month as there does seem to be a build up of a detritus which slowly blocks the plastic hydro-pure baskets. Since setting up this tank I've also setup a 3 tank rack which is using this system, I fillted it with water, added the buffers. Waited 24 hours and moved fish in. I've only lost one young fish since setting it up early December. On other threads I have commented on my concered that its hard to know if its actually working, other than doing the tests. What that actually means for the generally fish hobby I'm not sure. As long as I do not have any major issues I think this will be my last update on this thread. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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