very very very nice look in the articles forum neoprodigy posted his drip system and how to do it you could also try some cell pore slabs for the botttom of your sump drfosterandsmith.com has them good luck
I need more filtration But HOw???????
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I second the UGF idea. I know many will say that they're outdated and no longer useful in an aquarium, but in my heavily stocked tanks (i.e. a family of 3" goodeids - appx 10ish fish in a 20G long), I run UGF's and they keep my params well within boundaries. I never see nitrates above 30-35 ppm. Ammonia and Nitrites are at 0, or close enough not to be testable. This is with 50% weekly water changes, a Millenium 3000 using biological, chemical (chemi-pure) and mechanical filtration and the mentioned UGF, as well as a couple big bunches of java moss.
The only downside to this is that you cannot use live rooted plants on a UGF filter, or you will either kill your plants or clog your UGF.
The only downside to this is that you cannot use live rooted plants on a UGF filter, or you will either kill your plants or clog your UGF.
hey guys try this filter at awesome i was a big fan of rena until now
AQUAEL UniMax Pro
* 3-stage canister filter and UV sterilizer in one
* Save time, money, and installation hassle
* Self-priming siphon for easy start-ups
* Quick-disconnect valves mean no plumbing disconnections when servicing
AQUAEL UniMax Pro
* 3-stage canister filter and UV sterilizer in one
* Save time, money, and installation hassle
* Self-priming siphon for easy start-ups
* Quick-disconnect valves mean no plumbing disconnections when servicing
I've got a 240 gallon like yours except my wet/dry is about a foot shorter than yours. I've been running the tank for 3 years and no fish has died from water parameters. I feed my fish pellets once every other day. I do a water change once a month or every 3 weeks, it depends if i have the time. I fill the tank up straight from the tap, i use amquel, novaqual for water conditioning, and add salt during water changes.
This is what I had in my tank for 3 years:
4 Silver Aro's
1 Black aro
1 RTG
1 Tiger Shovelnose cat
1 RT Giant Gourami
3 Red Blood Parrots
1 Green severum
1 Gold severum
2 Convicts
Recently I just took out the all the substrate from my tank and now it's bare bottom. its a lot easier to clean. it takes me about 30 minutes vs 3 hours with the vac going through the substrate. there is less poop on the ground now because I'm running 2 aquaclear 70 powerheads with foam cartridges attached to the bottom. I also got rid of some fishes because it was getting too wild in their with all the aros jumping and splashing and my gourami went on a rampage and killed a lot of my other fishes at the end of 3 years of having my 240. This is what I have now:
(tank veterans)
1 black aro
1 rtg
1 regular green severum
1 regular gold severum
1 blood parrot
(new acquisitions)
1 red shoulder severum
1 red severum
1 juruense cat
1 blood parrot
2 uaru a.
1 flagtail or fei feng
My water still seems the same. Nitrite = 0, pH = 6.0 (my tap is at 7.5. I add tap water in slowly so my temp and pH slowly adjust and then I add the conditioners.), Ammonia = 8 (yea it's way high, but hey it's been like that for 4 years and i've no fish die from water parameters. I need to do a nitrate test one of these days but so far so good.
This is what I had in my tank for 3 years:
4 Silver Aro's
1 Black aro
1 RTG
1 Tiger Shovelnose cat
1 RT Giant Gourami
3 Red Blood Parrots
1 Green severum
1 Gold severum
2 Convicts
Recently I just took out the all the substrate from my tank and now it's bare bottom. its a lot easier to clean. it takes me about 30 minutes vs 3 hours with the vac going through the substrate. there is less poop on the ground now because I'm running 2 aquaclear 70 powerheads with foam cartridges attached to the bottom. I also got rid of some fishes because it was getting too wild in their with all the aros jumping and splashing and my gourami went on a rampage and killed a lot of my other fishes at the end of 3 years of having my 240. This is what I have now:
(tank veterans)
1 black aro
1 rtg
1 regular green severum
1 regular gold severum
1 blood parrot
(new acquisitions)
1 red shoulder severum
1 red severum
1 juruense cat
1 blood parrot
2 uaru a.
1 flagtail or fei feng
My water still seems the same. Nitrite = 0, pH = 6.0 (my tap is at 7.5. I add tap water in slowly so my temp and pH slowly adjust and then I add the conditioners.), Ammonia = 8 (yea it's way high, but hey it's been like that for 4 years and i've no fish die from water parameters. I need to do a nitrate test one of these days but so far so good.
