Aquarium Filtration 101

[builtf0rdtough]

sweet, very informative and learned a lot more than the dudes at petsmart. lovin this website/group!

 

[Cichlids Are Special]

This article is very informative. For my personal 75 Gallon African Cichlid tank I use three Aqua filter 300s. I like to turn my water at least 10x the volume of the tank per hour and with these filters I am turning around 900 gallons per hour. I particularly these type filters because they are easy to clean and access. I use a carbon, a sponge, and a bio bag in each filter. In my fish room, I use air pumps from JEHMCO to run sponges filters in each of my 150+ tanks. I agree that sponge is the most economical way to do the job with a large fish room and that was a major reason for choosing them.

 

[ajt87]

great info!

 

[franny.boy]

Nice info ^.^

 

[mr.bigglesworth]

Q: if i put this 8000 gallon rated canister filter in a 100 gallon fish tank would that be too much?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/7600-Gallon...ltDomain_0&hash=item3cb9489385#ht_2662wt_1077
lol

 

[CichlidScotty]

the fx5 purges air every 24hr. and i don;t know if 101 says anything about over filtering cause i can't read it very well, hard to see. but ya over filter buy a bigger filter then you need or add another. can't be to clean.

agree, I will always over filter my aquariums then the size needed....
600GPH on my 180gallon
275GPH on my 75gallon
250GPH on my 29gallon

You can never over filter your tank, I got messy fish like piranha/clown knife/cigar shark/goldfish/cichlids so I need this much filtration to crystal clear the tanks at all times

 

[angeloa]

Very informative

 

[cichfishy]

I'd pay to see it. Might be able to raise salmon in it.

 

[Slippery69]

Thanks.

 

[Croc]

i love HOB aquaclears ive never had a sump would lik to set up one in the future as of now i have marineland, aquaclears and fluvals on my tanks