AMONIA?????

[Bluey]

What do you cook with and drink then?

who cooks?

I don't drink the water

 

[zennzzo]

who cooks?

I don't drink the water

Everybody eats and drinks...where ever the water comes from for those purposes, can't it be used for aquaria?

 

[RedTailKinG]

they have to use a sterilizer

 

[longislandfish]

who cooks?

I don't drink the water

you Aussies have it rough. is your water brown when it comes out of the faucet? LOL JK but i know i would drink a lot of bottled water down there.

PS. Hope it works out for you RTK i think it will

 

[monstermidas20]

i run a red sea ocean clear filter. the filter it self is great but the problem im having is when i have to clean the filter i have a spike in levels. can any one recomend me a bio filter that i can run in line with the ocean clear.

 

[RedTailKinG]

eheim series ae great for this

 

[zennzzo]

i run a red sea ocean clear filter. the filter it self is great but the problem im having is when i have to clean the filter i have a spike in levels. can any one recomend me a bio filter that i can run in line with the ocean clear.

how about a pentair aquatics fluidized bed filter (sand filter)?
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...ubref=AA&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=0911240000000

 

[monstermidas20]

ya i was looking at that. it looks like that would be the only one but the problem is its rated for like a 250gph pump on the small one up to a 100 gallons. its 17 inches tall wich would be the one i could fit under my tank....but i have a pump that pushes 800gph roughly.

 

[monstermidas20]

i would have to run it with another pump or power head, not a big deal but what stops the big stuff from entering it. is there a prefilter

 

[cchhcc]

I would say "room to spare" is a matter of opinion. The two rtc's alone are creating a ton of waste. I'll assume that the pacu are still small. That being said, you're going to continue to have ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate issues as long as you keep all those fish in a tank that small. IMO, 800g would be the minimum for that list. You will have to start doing water changes on a daily basis to keep things under control.

What type of filtration are you running?

Really good post.......and on the very first page! You'd do well to listen to Hawkfish (even if it hurts!).