220 Gallon Setup!
- Thread starter FuriousFish
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I would upgrade as soon as possible.
even just the 12" clown and the 8" tinfoil alone make enough waste to make it a russian roulette game for water quality in a tank of 50g. Plus you have everything else.
miss one W/C and your pH could be low enough to cause trouble.
even just the 12" clown and the 8" tinfoil alone make enough waste to make it a russian roulette game for water quality in a tank of 50g. Plus you have everything else.
miss one W/C and your pH could be low enough to cause trouble.
the easiest way is to take the existing filters off the 50g and put them directly on the new setup 220g.
the bacterial population in the filters are keeping up with the load in the 50g, so they will easily handle the same load in the new tank with 4x the amount of water.
the bacteria in the filter will seed the gravel etc and the new tank will be fine.
what I have done in the past was given the filters a clean a week or two before im ready to make the transfer, so they have good flow when you put them on the new tank and they are not clogged. the week in between the filter clean and the transfer over allows any disturbance to the bacterial population to go away (repopulate), so the filter is full of good bacteria AND has great flow through when its time to make the switch.
just make sure the new tank is up to temperature and dechlorinated properly before you make the switch
good luck and enjoy your new tank.
the bacterial population in the filters are keeping up with the load in the 50g, so they will easily handle the same load in the new tank with 4x the amount of water.
the bacteria in the filter will seed the gravel etc and the new tank will be fine.
what I have done in the past was given the filters a clean a week or two before im ready to make the transfer, so they have good flow when you put them on the new tank and they are not clogged. the week in between the filter clean and the transfer over allows any disturbance to the bacterial population to go away (repopulate), so the filter is full of good bacteria AND has great flow through when its time to make the switch.
just make sure the new tank is up to temperature and dechlorinated properly before you make the switch
good luck and enjoy your new tank.
I would say get a fuval fx5 keep using current filter and maybe a powerhead at least 600 gph
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I think that i'm moving the sharks to a DIFFERENT tank (they're brackish/salt) Will I still need a 220 for JUST the Tinfoil and Knife? Plus the possible tankmates?THANK YOU!
I think that i'm moving the sharks to a DIFFERENT tank (they're brackish/salt) Will I still need a 220 for JUST the Tinfoil and Knife? Plus the possible tankmates?THANK YOU!
I would do at least a 180 cause your clown knife gets big ive see 30" ones so i would go no less than 24" wide. Even with a 180 when youe fish get large.the tank will not look all that big .
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Upgrade to at least a 180. I have a 18" rck and im upgrading him to a 200 in july at the latest. Maybe a 220 if I cant get it though the door and down the stairs into the basement. They love roaming the tank at night and need lots of swimming spare. Plus your other fish will enjoy the extra space aswell.
