Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:42 pm Re: Rena Filstar XP Series Canister Filters
Don't bother with the Bio Chem Stars, it is silly to incorporate the carbon in with the biomedia as carbon has a short useful life and must be replaced often. You also don't need any Ammonia Remover, a properly cycled tank with sufficient filtration and biomedia will handle any ammonia loads that your turtle can generate. I would look at bulk carbon and Purigen instead of the Zeolite, Purigen you can get pre-bagged in 100ml bags, they are rechargable, so I got 2 bags one to keep in the filter and one to swap in when I clean the filter (recharge the used one between cleanings). Bulk Carbon and filter media bags are very inexpensive. See the thread below for recommended filter loading for Rena XP filters. You will need enough Ceramic rings to fill 1 1/2 baskets for an XP3, more for the bigger Rena's. I would
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5 inch RES male named Jordtim
Hardware: 75 gallon tank (21"H X 48"W X 18"D), FX5 filter with veipacray media setup, pool filter sand substrat, TurtleSafe halogen heat/UVA lamp and ReptiGlo 5.0 UVB lamp in ZooMed Dual Dome Fixture.