just got an fx5 and may have overdone the filtration a bit

[Berber King]

Yeah,why the hell is he being flamed for good filtration?

 

[cambo01]

thanks for all the input

first off Jgray152 is prob right i dont NEED this much filtration on this tank, but over xmas i have been power feeding my dats (3-4 times a day) and my water tests were starting to show a bit of ammonia creeping up (around 0.4 mg/l) and all my tanks ALLWAYS have pefect water so i did require another filter and why go small when you can go monster? if i had got a smaller filter i would just have had to upgrade again spending more money long term plus with it being so overfiltered i have been able to use one basket from each cannister as a polisher so when i now look into my prestine, beutifully cleer water with perfect ammonia, nitrate and nitrite readings and watch my happy fish i dont think an fx5 was a bad idea

my only qualm is about using a tank stocked with tons of money of fish in it as a sump for a turtle.

lol its my gf's turtle and he is only 1 1/2" and is just for ease of maintinence that i plumed his tank to the 75

Sounds like some monster filtration rite on.
Hope it all works out well for you.

thanks

Way to flame a guy for spoiling his fish. I wouldn't take it to this level personally but his intentions are good! I have a 300 GPH mechanical only HOB filter an undergravel with power heads and an eheim 2215 on my 55 gallon. Better safe than sorry.

better safe than sorry is a good way of thinkin imo cheers

Yeah,why the hell is he being flamed for good filtration?

thats what i was thinkin, as long as i dont turn the tank into a whirlpool whats the harm???

and after only 1 day my water is back to its sparkly clean best

 

[tcarswell]

thanks for all the input

first off Jgray152 is prob right i dont NEED this much filtration on this tank, but over xmas i have been power feeding my dats (3-4 times a day) and my water tests were starting to show a bit of ammonia creeping up (around 0.4 mg/l) and all my tanks ALLWAYS have pefect water so i did require another filter and why go small when you can go monster? if i had got a smaller filter i would just have had to upgrade again spending more money long term plus with it being so overfiltered i have been able to use one basket from each cannister as a polisher so when i now look into my prestine, beutifully cleer water with perfect ammonia, nitrate and nitrite readings and watch my happy fish i dont think an fx5 was a bad idea


lol its my gf's turtle and he is only 1 1/2" and is just for ease of maintinence that i plumed his tank to the 75


thanks



better safe than sorry is a good way of thinkin imo cheers



thats what i was thinkin, as long as i dont turn the tank into a whirlpool whats the harm???

and after only 1 day my water is back to its sparkly clean best

Cheers buddy and F*** the haters. You would think if they were so concerned about fish they would go flame some threads in the sick fish section not in the aquarium improvement section.

 

[nishant_datta]

filteration should be in proportion to your stocking. if u feel ur tank's overstocked then u're not 'overfiltering' it. its just the right amount of filteration.

 

[nishant_datta]

I never said ALL the media. If he adds media from other filters into the Fx5 and puts the fx5 on another tank immediantly when there is a small bio load, the filter will cycle much faster than waiting for bacteria to populate in a filter which has zero bacteria.



You contridicted yourself in more ways than one. First of all, adding more filters or let me be more specific, more area for bacteria to grow, will allow the bacteria to spread out and thin out in the more accumulated areas. So when installing a new filter, your adding more surface area which you expect to have bacteria on eventually which means that bacteria in the other filters have thinned out because there is less food.

So, when removing the Fx5, you will be removing bacteria that has been needed before adding the fx5 so now NEW bacteria has to grow in the previous filters to keep up with the bio load. You get me now?

above two words say it all. good luck with ur upgrade mate.

 

[cambo01]

thanks

i think some people just have way too much time on there hands lol

 

[tcarswell]

thanks

i think some people just have way too much time on there hands lol

Agreed , Cheers bro

 

[tankboy_taylor]

nothing wrong with over filteration bigger the better imo