I'm not going to criticize your water change schedule until I find out what the nitrate levels are. You may not need to do more water changes. Most people do more than necessary. If you feed light and stock light you can get away with fewer water changes.
fed up,what am i doing wrong
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At first glance the filter looks like a great setup but I think it could be a lot more efficient.
In the side portion, you have 4 eggcrates levels. Remove the bottom piece of eggcrate and put it under the bio-balls to keep all of them up out of the water. As it is now, almost half of them are underwater. You'll then have 3 filter pad drip trays and 1 fully usabale bio-ball chamber.
On this part, only that top chamber is properly doing what it's supposed to. Well that's if the water coming out of the top tube is it being evenly distributed onto the balls. I can't tell if it's just pouring into the center of them or not.
On the bottom level you have to find a way to lower the water level so the balls aren't all submerged. You could rig your pump outside of the sump and run a hose either the side or over the side. Either way, you could lower the water level about halfway down by having the hose all the way against the bottom of the sump.
When you do water changes, if you add tap water straight to the tank, make sure your pump isn't pumping water thru your media until it's been thoroughly conditioned with Prime or equivalant. Sorry I'm sure you know that.
On my 265, I use a 55 gallon wet/dry that has two individual large bio ball chambers slightly raised to keep them out of the water. It runs 1800gph wihich is probably sufficient but I also run an FX5 and xp3 plus an Emperor 400 hob for added measure. I can't take a chance of underfiltration. GL with everything.
In the side portion, you have 4 eggcrates levels. Remove the bottom piece of eggcrate and put it under the bio-balls to keep all of them up out of the water. As it is now, almost half of them are underwater. You'll then have 3 filter pad drip trays and 1 fully usabale bio-ball chamber.
On this part, only that top chamber is properly doing what it's supposed to. Well that's if the water coming out of the top tube is it being evenly distributed onto the balls. I can't tell if it's just pouring into the center of them or not.
On the bottom level you have to find a way to lower the water level so the balls aren't all submerged. You could rig your pump outside of the sump and run a hose either the side or over the side. Either way, you could lower the water level about halfway down by having the hose all the way against the bottom of the sump.
When you do water changes, if you add tap water straight to the tank, make sure your pump isn't pumping water thru your media until it's been thoroughly conditioned with Prime or equivalant. Sorry I'm sure you know that.
On my 265, I use a 55 gallon wet/dry that has two individual large bio ball chambers slightly raised to keep them out of the water. It runs 1800gph wihich is probably sufficient but I also run an FX5 and xp3 plus an Emperor 400 hob for added measure. I can't take a chance of underfiltration. GL with everything.
thats what im trying,i have like less then 10 fish in my 240g and 6 are jewel cichlids LOLrallysman;2030948; said:
and i feed about 2-3 times a week
and maybe my lfs can test the 2 N's?? lol
might see
blaaThe Amazonian;2030970; said:
why have a filter then lol
and i dont want to cross that pointrallysman;2030984; said:
ya i want a drippy but scared it will....
mess up and overflow
i have concrete walls
all water supplies are in a room or 2 away
when you coming here again? hehe
"not trying to argue just saying"balton777;2031150; said:At first glance the filter looks like a great setup but I think it could be a lot more efficient.
In the side portion, you have 4 eggcrates levels. Remove the bottom piece of eggcrate and put it under the bio-balls to keep all of them up out of the water. As it is now, almost half of them are underwater. You'll then have 3 filter pad drip trays and 1 fully usabale bio-ball chamber.
On this part, only that top chamber is properly doing what it's supposed to. Well that's if the water coming out of the top tube is it being evenly distributed onto the balls. I can't tell if it's just pouring into the center of them or not.
On the bottom level you have to find a way to lower the water level so the balls aren't all submerged. You could rig your pump outside of the sump and run a hose either the side or over the side. Either way, you could lower the water level about halfway down by having the hose all the way against the bottom of the sump.
When you do water changes, if you add tap water straight to the tank, make sure your pump isn't pumping water thru your media until it's been thoroughly conditioned with Prime or equivalant. Sorry I'm sure you know that.
On my 265, I use a 55 gallon wet/dry that has two individual large bio ball chambers slightly raised to keep them out of the water. It runs 1800gph wihich is probably sufficient but I also run an FX5 and xp3 plus an Emperor 400 hob for added measure. I can't take a chance of underfiltration. GL with everything.
more efficient?lol
this filter is like no other that ive seen really
look at the time the water is in the air on the side filter
no ones filter has that
i have 2 drip trays to spread the water,one in the side filter and one in the bottom filter
ontop of that every space is stuffed with media,unlike others filters with huge empty spots
on the submerged media
theres a thread on here about if its good or not and some say its just as good under water
and like i said,if the trust submerges it and stocks like he does it must be a good thing lol
waterchanges,the new water cant touch the media till the tank is full again and treated with salt and prime
Build a de-nitrator filter, a drip system or do the waterchanges. Simple. You have huge monsters in your tank eventhough you think you're understocked. Do a few big waterchanges and see if that doesn't solve your problem and regular filters do not remove nitrates.
midnight said:
No reason? Are you sure?
midnight said:
^^^
Reason #1
midnight;2031659; said:"not trying to argue just saying"
more efficient?lol
this filter is like no other that ive seen really
look at the time the water is in the air on the side filter
no ones filter has that
i have 2 drip trays to spread the water,one in the side filter and one in the bottom filter
ontop of that every space is stuffed with media,unlike others filters with huge empty spots
on the submerged media
theres a thread on here about if its good or not and some say its just as good under water
and like i said,if the trust submerges it and stocks like he does it must be a good thing lol
waterchanges,the new water cant touch the media till the tank is full again and treated with salt and prime
Ok fine it's a super duper filter but you still need more biofiltration if you're having ammonia spikes and losing fish. Not trying to sound sarcastic....just want to help.
