5 sponge filters-55 gallon

[livebearerfreak]

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[livebearerfreak]

Ugh spiders! Hate spiders!

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[Z Trip]

I do not like sponge filters as they take away space for the fish too swim. I prefer canister filters, they seem too do the best of everything.

 

[lp85253]

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ya.. you would be better off even with CINDER BLOCK...

 

[oscaroo]

I think 1 or 2 penguin 350s would do well...

 

[stephcps]

Why don't you stack the sponges? They make the adaptors to stack them on top of each oter. That would open up space.

 

[letstalkfish]

May have already been mentioned (haven't read through the thread) but since sponge filters are primarily biological filtration, wouldn't adding any more be sort of pointless? Your BB, which I'm sure you know is what does the bio filtration, can only reach a certain population before the waste load produced by your fish simply isn't enough to sustain anymore. Actually, I'd say at 5 that size in a 55 gal you have probably already surpassed that point. (Then again, I have no way of knowing that and could be wrong.) Honestly I would probably take at least 3 out and run the two HOBs or a canister. With two 60g rated HOBs I cant see the need for more than 1 sponge filter in a tank that size.

 

[Rayne]

Yeah I don't get it either. Seems like overkill, which is usually a good thing with filtration I'll admit, but in this case you're just cluttering your tank and wasting electricity.

 

[livebearerfreak]

how am i wasting elec? got three ( soon to be two ) air makers ( name escapes me now ) running 5 sponge filters....