I don't want to be spending hours every
week cleaning some synthetic filter material.

Anyone who spends hours every week cleaning their filter has too many fish
or too small a filter. I spend about 4 total hours over a year's time on my
filter. ~ jan www.jjspond.us
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Also ponding troll free at:
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium