Material

Durables

Here is a proposal of material, it is what I currently run on both of my tanks (price indication in Germay in 2022.Q4):

• Required:

  • Return pump Aqua Medic DC Runner 5.3 -> 160€ (quite variable)

  • Air pump Eheim Air1000 (silent pond aerator) -> 100€

  • Moving bed bacteria support Evolution Aqua K1 micro -> 1L 10€

• Optional:

  • Heater Aqua Medic Titanium 200W -> 40€

  • Thermostat Inkbird WLAN ITC-306A -> 40€

  • UV sterilizer Evolution Aqua EvoUV 25W (pond version slightly better than aquarium one) -> 120€

  • Cartridge filter triple Aquafilter 10" three-stage in-line system + 3 x empty transparent (better) cartbridge -> 40€ (quite variable) + 20€

Consumables

• Mecanical filtration

  • Rollermat Filter paper 20cm x 100m -> 20€

• Chimical purification

  • Silicate (as well as phosphate, barium, arsenic, chromium) remover Arka Microbe-Lift Sili-Out 2 -> 1L 25€

  • Zeolite Arka Microbe-Lift Zeopure 5-9 mm -> 1L 10€

  • Optional: nitrogenous organic waste remover Seachem Purigen -> 0.5L 45€

  • Optional: aragonite AquaLight Calcium Carbonate CaCO3 4-6mm -> 10kG 22€