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Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper
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Modular filters are aquarium filter systems with chemical and mechanical filters offered as separate modules that may or may not be used together.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Biological filters use foam or paper pads, polyester floss or the aquarium gravel itself to provide surface area for bacterial growth.
Insulate filters or add an aquarium heater to prevent water freezing.
Power filters, also called hanging or overflow filters are often sold with cheap aquarium kits.
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Sam Hayden,
Gothic Nightclub Owner
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Simplicity Plus aquariums are available with a dark blue or black back which hides the internal filter from view.
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Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model
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Under-gravel filters are most effective if they cover the entire floor of the aquarium.
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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A third advantage is that a number of filters positioned around the aquarium may service the tank more efficiently in terms of filtering from a wider area in the tank.
Simplicity Plus aquariums are a Tenecor original design in which the filter is built into the tank.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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There is no doubt that these BIO-Wheel filters are much better for a freshwater aquarium than any other type of filter that is now available.
Reverse flow undergravel filters are slightly more efficient since they take water from the top of the aquarium which contains more oxygen.
Some filters are designed to just change one part of the system at a time, or else have permanent biomedia that should only be rinsed in water from the aquarium.
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Keiko Miyisawa,
Receptionist
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Filters with BIO-Wheels are generally not used in saltwater aquariums, because the saltwater used in saltwater aquariums is expensive.
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