Any suggestions would be great on media....

[bomber]

Hello I have had my 150 g tank sit empty for years now. I am ready to get a tank going with monster Gold fish for my wife.

We want to super stock our tank with ryukins. Lots of them. How many do you think is maxxed out in a 150 gal>? The filter I have is a 2260 eheim. So far I have bought 5L of ehfifix from eheim.

I have read that benefitial bacteria can grow on anything so what are some suggestions on what I should put in my 2260 eheim? If I fill it up with scrubbies, would this be enough BB so I dont get nitrate spikes in the future? Or should I save up and buy better bio media with more surface area for the BB to grow?

Honestly, if I can have a full load of Gold fish with 0 nitrite/nitrates I want to go the economical route.... What should I fill up my eheim 2260 with?

BTW this is my first canister filter. I grew up using aqua clear hang on back filters and undergravel filters.

thanks.

 

[gt1009]

I think if you use the bio media you have and then fill the rest with scrubbies you should be fine. I believe the reccomended stock is 20 gallons per fancy goldfish, but you may be able to stock heavier with good filtration.

 

[Toby_H]

The nitrification process converts ammonia into nitrites... and nitrites into nitrates...

Then you do water changes to remvoe the nitrates..

 

[Noto]

Check out algae scrubbers as a supplement to the canister. They remove nitrates as well as ammonia and nitrites, so they reduce the need for water changes; however the filter itself requires weekly maintenance, so it's a question of whether you'd prefer to scrape a screen once a week or do a massive water change once a week.

I wouldn't put more than 10 ryukins in the tank no matter how good the filtration, simply due to stress from overcrowding.

 

[bomber]

I think if you use the bio media you have and then fill the rest with scrubbies you should be fine. I believe the reccomended stock is 20 gallons per fancy goldfish, but you may be able to stock heavier with good filtration.

Should I put scrubbies at the bottom or have it on top?

The nitrification process converts ammonia into nitrites... and nitrites into nitrates...

Then you do water changes to remvoe the nitrates..

Thanks for clarifying how the process works.

Check out algae scrubbers as a supplement to the canister. They remove nitrates as well as ammonia and nitrites, so they reduce the need for water changes; however the filter itself requires weekly maintenance, so it's a question of whether you'd prefer to scrape a screen once a week or do a massive water change once a week.

I wouldn't put more than 10 ryukins in the tank no matter how good the filtration, simply due to stress from overcrowding.

I was hoping to have like 20 Ryukins but I see how they can grow and become over crowded.

So I guess I dont need to buy any other bio media then. I was about to buy eheim's biomedia or Seachem's for it being less expensive but now, scrubbies will do the trick and its much cheaper thanks.

 

[bgcoop8784]

in my case i always have had bad luck with some scrubbies in my canister, i've had some that did fine for a while, but in my canisters they always seem to clog pretty quick, not at first but after a couple months, i love them in sumps and even have some in HOBs on a grow out tank, but for some reason have bad luck with them in canisters.

 

[FSM]

A 2260 holds like 18 liters of media, you could fill it half way and still be fine. If you want ceramic/cintered glass biomedia, seachem matrix is some of the cheapest I've seen, $30 for 4 liters.