I do NOT fool around with filtration
- Thread starter Redearsunfish
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I'd take that bet, if I was a betting man, which I am not.
Anyway, its perfectly ok to use less filtration than I do.
You can never have to much filtration. You can only have to little room to put it in. On my 180gal I have a 40gal sump, fx5, and an oddasy 700. I am going to be building a 1000gph hydroponic system and adding an aqua top 500 to the system. I am also going to link it to my fully planted 125 right next to it. That tank has 2x ehime pro 3 filters and they both have sponge filters.
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I have a whisper 60, a marineland 350, and a aquaclear 50 on my 45 gallon tank. But i only have the aquaclear 50 on the 45 gallon to get some bb in it, its actally gona go in my 20 gal long.
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Ok guys Im not trying to be a douche but youre only wasting your money.....maybe you guys have a lot of money and high power consumptions arent really an issue to you...... anyway that much filtration wouldnt make really a difference unless you guys have a very heavy bioload which I have seen in this thread it is not always the case.
You're just a bunch of filtration junkies.....
it doesnt matter how many filters you have running you cant escape from a water change routine...
Ok guys Im not trying to be a douche but youre only wasting your money.....maybe you guys have a lot of money and high power consumptions arent really an issue to you...... anyway that much filtration wouldnt make really a difference unless you guys have a very heavy bioload which I have seen in this thread it is not always the case.
You're just a bunch of filtration junkies.....
it doesnt matter how many filters you have running you cant escape from a water change routine...
1. I am a filtration Junkie
2. I perform 15-25 per cent water changes ever four-five days on all my tanks.
3. My bio-load is high, trust me.
Ok guys Im not trying to be a douche but youre only wasting your money.....maybe you guys have a lot of money and high power consumptions arent really an issue to you...... anyway that much filtration wouldnt make really a difference unless you guys have a very heavy bioload which I have seen in this thread it is not always the case.
You're just a bunch of filtration junkies.....
it doesnt matter how many filters you have running you cant escape from a water change routine...
One other thing, you have no idea how fast my filters clog with Goldfish crap, it is unbelievable. I see it as redundancy which is necessary.
Ok guys Im not trying to be a douche but youre only wasting your money.....maybe you guys have a lot of money and high power consumptions arent really an issue to you...... anyway that much filtration wouldnt make really a difference unless you guys have a very heavy bioload which I have seen in this thread it is not always the case.
You're just a bunch of filtration junkies.....
it doesnt matter how many filters you have running you cant escape from a water change routine...
I have a lot of fish. Big fish. My water would be destroyed in hours if I do any less. What I have is actually a bare min. I do a 75% WC once every week. Also when I hook up my drip system I actually will bypass the water change since the drip system will automatically do it for me. When I link the two systems together and run my hydrophonic system on the two tanks I will only need to clean the turds out and top it off. Maybe change the water once a month max. The plants will take care of the rest. I will added vitamins for the plants. To lengthen the time to change water. At the only real need for a WC after that is to get more minerals into the system.
My fish in the tank pop out turds the size of your thumb. This tank will be upgraded to a 10'x10'x3' once I move. That system will also be fully planted and with all that room for filtration I will still have about 14x turnover on it.
The stock for this 180gal is
1x 23"+ tropical gar
1x 21"+ tropical gar
1x 20" Florida gar
2x 20" longnose gar
1x 18"+ Florida gar
1x 18"+ shortnose gar
1x 16" Florida gar
1x 16" Cuban gar
2x 14" Florida gar
2x 14" longnose gar
1x 15" bowfin
Growing out I have
1x 14" longnose
1x 12" gator gar
1x 6"+ Niger catfish
1x 5" mala wolf fish
Will be growing out soon
5x black aro
5x silver aro
Once I have my 10x10x3 built they all will be combined. Then I will grow out some more catfish, gars and possibly rays for that big tank.
I am most likely in the next month or so getting a 6'x3'x2' for these fish to hold up in a bit longer.
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