Switching to water!

[pac]

i plan on useing the 501 for breeding my pacs

[dsmalex97]

Dirt and water setups are probably not the best mix. I think if any substrate it's moss that should be used because it's easier to deal with. You could put a screen over the intake so whatever moss that gets sucked up can easily be removed before it clogs the filter. Dirt is just too fine for you to be able to combat it clogging your system up. I would like to incorporate some kind of land mass for her to use, and I think I'm just going to use the plexi, and moss. I was also thinking maybe reptile carpet?

[dsmalex97]

I read alot about making my own but all of the parts still came out to around 50ish to do it right.



Thats a great deal. Cant wait to see than monster in action!



Personally i dont like the dirt method. I do think you would have more trouble with the filter clogging no matter how big it is. My water bowls would always be full of dirt and i would change them everyday. I have been using bricks but i too would like to see a nice ramp. Those bricks are heavy!
Maybe i could mode some kind of turtle ramp for something.......

Yeah, 50 is about where I'm ending up too...

I think you really are just better off buying one rather going through all the hassle. :[

[Jimifrog]

The Rena Filstar XP1 is amazing. I have never seen my water so clean.

[Jcal]

The Rena Filstar XP1 is amazing. I have never seen my water so clean.

I cant believe you found it for that price. Lucky find!

[Sublime]

Whoa. What happened to all the previous posts in this thread?

@Jimi You're so lucky you got it on clearance for $35; if I see that deal somewhere I'm snagging it. So clean you would drink from it?

[Jimifrog]

I cant believe you found it for that price. Lucky find!

I owe it all to you guys. I wouldn't have even been looking at canisters had you all not brought it up.

[Chomp]

For an adult male do you guys use the 20 gallon tank or the 40 gallon breeder? i feel like 20 gallons might be a little too small now where i used to feel it was perfect. Also has anyone tried finding a Giant Waterdish lol? let me know what is a good waterdish if you find one, ive been looking for a good waterdish or tray for ages.

[Jimifrog]

Whoa. What happened to all the previous posts in this thread?

@Jimi You're so lucky you got it on clearance for $35; if I see that deal somewhere I'm snagging it. So clean you would drink from it?

Yeah, I was really fortunate. It is pretty freaking clean. If I had to drink from one of my tanks, that would be my watering hole.

[Jimifrog]

For an adult male do you guys use the 20 gallon tank or the 40 gallon breeder? i feel like 20 gallons might be a little too small now where i used to feel it was perfect. Also has anyone tried finding a Giant Waterdish lol? let me know what is a good waterdish if you find one, ive been looking for a good waterdish or tray for ages.

A lot of it will depend on the actual size of your adult male. But, if you have the 40 gallon breeder, go for it. Make it roomy.

As far as a water dish, something like this makes a nice water dish: http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-2951-2951-AR-BISQUE-Dishpan/dp/B0000DINAX/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320388977&sr=8-1-fkmr0

[Chomp]

full grown male 7 or 8 inches very fat and sloppy. I dont know if he would fit in that one.

[Jimifrog]

There's a bunch of bigger ones as well. Amazon.com: Sterilite® White 12 Qt. Dishpan 15 5/8"L x 12 3/8"W x 6: Home Improvement
Eight inches of fat and sloppy is going to have to get out of his water dish, too.

[Chomp]

thanks, im gonna see if the grocery story or tupperware store has like a Giant Rubbermaid Dish or Tray, i like ones that are low to the ground but wide. I wish those ones at Petco that take up the corner of the tank werent so expensive.

[Jcal]

For anyone considering a canister filter i wouldnt recommend zoomed. Mine broke after 5 days. Cs was amazing and i already have replacement parts shipping my way. So i do give them credit for that. But the backward filtering system these things use still have me questioning.

[dsmalex97]

For anyone considering a canister filter i wouldnt recommend zoomed. Mine broke after 5 days. Cs was amazing and i already have replacement parts shipping my way. So i do give them credit for that. But the backward filtering system these things use still have me questioning.

Now you got me scared lol

I just picked up a 511. It seems completely different from the 501 so I'm hoping this one is built a little tougher. What broke on yours? Also, all the 501's by me had two spray bars in the package and no intake tube? It had a spray bar, and then another one they wanted you to use as the intake? Was yours like this as well, or did they just have the wrong parts in them? I bought the 501 first, but had to take it back because of that reason. All of the 511's had the right parts so I just went with that one.

[Jcal]

Now you got me scared lol

I just picked up a 511. It seems completely different from the 501 so I'm hoping this one is built a little tougher. What broke on yours? Also, all the 501's by me had two spray bars in the package and no intake tube? It had a spray bar, and then another one they wanted you to use as the intake? Was yours like this as well, or did they just have the wrong parts in them? I bought the 501 first, but had to take it back because of that reason. All of the 511's had the right parts so I just went with that one.

Not to scare you but they are mostly the same.
Mine came with one intake and one bar. It shouldnt have had two.
The impeller broke. Its made super cheap. I rigged mine to work but they send me another one in the mail.

I wish i would have looked over it more before i bought it. It just doesnt make since. The water goes through the ceramic, carbon, then the sponge. All other filters do the process reversed with keeps the filter from clogging.
So far its still trucking. I will try to keep an open mind but i wouldnt recommend them.

[Jcal]

I just looked over the 511 and it seems alittle more robust than the 501. It doesnt say anything about the filter process. Is it the same?

[Mentat]

Petsmart is removing from inventory their Rena products and is discounting leftover stuff. Got new XP1 canister filter yesterday for $29.95 plus tax!

[Jimifrog]

Petsmart is removing from inventory their Rena products and is discounting leftover stuff. Got new XP1 canister filter yesterday for $29.95 plus tax!

Yeah!!! That's what I got and it is awesome!

[Jcal]

Petsmart is removing from inventory their Rena products and is discounting leftover stuff. Got new XP1 canister filter yesterday for $29.95 plus tax!

Yeah!!! That's what I got and it is awesome!

You guys got lucky. I went to 6 stores and nada.
The guy at my petsmart said all of the employees bought them all.