I have an Eshopps was never happy with it. I really think it's best suited for a marine tank. I have reconfigured the media so many times trying to get it as efficient as possible. One of the shop guys that was fixing a loose bulkhead suggested and air stone under my media to help with oxygen flow. I would rather have my media stack vertically. It's a pain to just change one part of the media without dragging all the media out. The refugium will house an anoxic filter basket hopefully by this evening. BTW the water is not as warm as the heater says. I have an Inkbird controlling them.
I've got a filter sock, Seachem Matrix, Swiss Tropical foam, 2 sizes I can't remember which ones..., a bag of Purigen that is due for a recharge and some polyfill for a polish. I keep two heaters so I have a back up and a sponge filter always cycled for a QT tank if needed. The sponge filter may get pushed out by the anoxic filter unless I can squeeze it in somewhere else.
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