Vortex XL Diatom filter on my 210g

ryansti

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So after seeing jcardona1's thread about his diatom filter I decided I wanted to pick one up for my 210g. He said to get the Vortex XL so thats what I went with. Got it on sale for $89.99 :D

Setting it up took about 15-20 minutes (read the instructions)

Its been running now for about 3 hours....

Before..

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ryansti

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Here it is about 2.5 hours later (lots of little air bubbles)

Pictures don't do it justice, its Soooooo clear!!! :D

I'm going to let it run all night :)

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jcardona1

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told ya! ;) wait till it's been running for a whole day. just keep an on the bag so it dont clog all the way
 

ryansti

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jcardona1;3748177; said:
told ya! ;) wait till it's been running for a whole day. just keep an on the bag so it dont clog all the way
Yea I'm keeping an eye on it. Its so clear now. Really makes the colors of the fish stand out! :)
 

tcarswell

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Thats crazy! I just ordered one too for the same price because of Jose's review on them! Should do a great job on my 90 and 55 and others stoked :) You try the carbon for it yet ?
 

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OscarRobinson;3748515;3748515 said:
Does this filter run continuously or when needed?
it can be set up either way...
 

tcarswell

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jcardona1;3748524; said:
it can be set up either way...
How do you go about running it continuously ?
 
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