Insufficient filtration?

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iamzrad

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I have a 75gal with two canister filters.
An Eheim 2217 that contains all the media with some polishing pads.
And a Magnum 350 that contains coarse and fine polishing pads, as well as ammonia remover pouches.

Now, with the power of these two filters (which are flowing water properly), my tank still seems unfiltered. There are particles floating around all the time and the water is not pristine as I would like it.

The fish that occupy the tank are Malawi peacock haps and Victorian haps. And I have crushed coral along with some pebbles as substrate.

What are some suggestions to perhaps fix the flow of the water? I think I have it setup properly as the flow hits the glass and redirects in the inlet tubes.

Any help is appreciated.

Here is a picture of how the filters are set up in the tank and the flow,

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Sounds like you have insufficient mechanical filtration, biological should be fine. I would look into getting a powerhead with a sponge filter on the intake. They're awesome cheap mechanical filters.
 
how often do you vacuume the tank?
 
rallysman;3014894; said:
Sounds like you have insufficient mechanical filtration, biological should be fine. I would look into getting a powerhead with a sponge filter on the intake. They're awesome cheap mechanical filters.

You would not believe how well this actually works. I have this hooked up to the rooms light switch so it gets polishing for a few hours every night.
 
Finalfire9;3015056; said:
Id run 1500-2400 gph on a 75g with it fully stocked

If all else fails just stop feeding your fish so much or for few days so it can clear

GPH means nothing if the proper media isn't there:)
 
The water is not cloudy at all.
It's just the small particles floating around everywhere, even before feeding. It's either stuff not getting cleaned by the filters or micro air bubbles.

The tank is mildly stocked, at most.

I feed my fish once or twice a day.

I clean my tank every Sunday with 30% water changes.
I clean the Magnum every week or so. And I clean the Eheim probably every month. And by cleaning I mean scrubbing off/replacing polishing pads and cleaning the actual tubes.
 
Put both intakes on one side and both returns on one side. Make a river of filtration love.
 
changing the intakes to the opposite side of the tank with the flow towards them might help so would a extension on the MAGNUM intake, they are available and would help
 
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