| Excellent quality water is a combination of:
Proper pond/filter system size and design
Maintaining 90% or higher oxygen saturation - 24/7/365
Rapid solids removal
Proper stocking and feeding
Proper pond/filter system maintainance
Significant water changes
The type/brand of filtration is only one piece of this system/process
I have seen crude very old technology filters that perform very well in the right hands with proper maintainance.
I have seen the latest high tech filter systems fail miserably without the rest of the stuff listed above. Sometimes having the latest high tech stuff leads to complanciency or just as bad too much tinkering and over compicating the technology to it's disadvantage.
I saw one bead system that the owner complained was worthless that was actually plumbed backwards and the beads had formed a solid mass.
Pretty much everything filterwise is adapted from either the aquarium or sewage treatment technology. Instead of switching to a new filter everytime one is marketed learn to use the system you have to it's maximum advantage. If it has weaknesses figure out how to compensate for them. I promise that every new filter also has weaknesses. |