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Message: [QUOTE="fishin4cars, post: 80665, member: 3097"] What are you using to pre-filter the water before it goes into the bead filter and bio-chamber? This is where you really want to remove as much debris as possible. Also another trick that garden ponders have been doing is filtering water through batting material, It doesn't have to be part of the filter system. I use a aquatic planter pot, one that has all the holes in it, Place a few layers of batting material ( available at walmart in the crafts department) and run straight water through it, I have to clean this at least twice a week but it takes all of 5 minutes and I already clean my pre-filters twice a day so I just do it when I'm cleaning the pre-filters.This will serve as a fine mechnical filter, Mine is below the water fall. Some just run a small pump and place the batting material in a bucket with holes in the bottom and feed it with a simple hose. IMO, the key to getting the best results out of a bio filter is to remove as much debris as possible completely out of the water column before it gets to the bio-filters, [/QUOTE]