950g Pump....
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rallysman;891796; said:4X is not an overkill answer, it's a realistic one.
I run 3x with tons of biomedia on my large tanks.
....which is what I am doing...if you took the time to read...
nevermind. I'll go through trial and error. without the violent sunrays, high potential of algae build-up, many obstructions and only 6 fish or so, I wouldnt see why my "580" gallon would need anymore filtration than a 125 with the same community. The only problem I can suspect is the lack of water movement which may lead to growths of unwanted bacteria. This will be corrected with aeration and surface movement. I want a quiet, gentle, natural environment. Not 100 gallons of water disrupting the surface every 30 seconds and the fish being blown in a thousand directions. Its a fish tank, not a fish-jacuzzi. It just needs to be clean. correct?
I'm not one for not caring for my fish. I do weekly 50% water changes in the 55 gallon while the Pacu are juvenile. I may adopt a certain Silver Arrowana at the LFS if all goes well with the Pacu... I feed them once a day and have the light on for a period of 6-8 hours (depending on how long I have time to look at them in my spare, non care-taking, time) but at least 6 and at the absolute most, 10.
I just don't see the need for military-like standards of filtration. Is the Baltimore Aquariums 260,000 gallon tank (inhabited by many thousands of creatures) cleaned with a 1,040,000GPH filtration system... Probably just a very efficient, and advanced filtering set-up.
excuse the typo's
I'm not one for not caring for my fish. I do weekly 50% water changes in the 55 gallon while the Pacu are juvenile. I may adopt a certain Silver Arrowana at the LFS if all goes well with the Pacu... I feed them once a day and have the light on for a period of 6-8 hours (depending on how long I have time to look at them in my spare, non care-taking, time) but at least 6 and at the absolute most, 10.
I just don't see the need for military-like standards of filtration. Is the Baltimore Aquariums 260,000 gallon tank (inhabited by many thousands of creatures) cleaned with a 1,040,000GPH filtration system... Probably just a very efficient, and advanced filtering set-up.
excuse the typo's
Keep in mind, as previously stated, It may be as little as 300 gallons of actual water area. maybe even less...
Epic Fabrications;891802; said:....which is what I am doing...if you took the time to read...
Cant find where you said you were planning on doing either, but I'm tired. Could you quote where you stated that?
Epic Fabrications;891617; said:I left out more details though. There will be a rock background and a VERY large peice of driftwood in the tanks so the actual gallon count is probably going to be under 300.... LOTS of objects in the water.
And obviously...as the title states, its a 950gph pump.
My last $0.02. Do what you want, and then if you have problems ask.
You don't seem to be very receptive to suggestions.
Your pump will not flow 950gph in your application and your tank is quite large.
You might have a low stock level and hardy fish so you may be ok. I'm not known to over filter my tanks by any stretch of the imagination but I don't ignore the thoughts of others who have experience with massive tanks.
You don't seem to be very receptive to suggestions.
Your pump will not flow 950gph in your application and your tank is quite large.
You might have a low stock level and hardy fish so you may be ok. I'm not known to over filter my tanks by any stretch of the imagination but I don't ignore the thoughts of others who have experience with massive tanks.
