MORE EFICIENT FISH KEEPING?

[bradleyagregg]

good idea,

 

[JK47]

Run air driven sponge filters instead of powerfilters.

^ this. Sponges are super efficient little biofilters and they run off of air pumps that use little power. I wish more people would use them.

 

[bradleyagregg]

cool guess il try the sponge filter, anybody ever run them on a 125 as a main filter?

 

[papawoody]

there is a crazy jdm tank somewhere in the forum , like WAY overstocked ,and it's only filtered with sponge filters

 

[Fishermoe14]

ac110 only uses around 18 watts so idk if you need to cut back on electricity just cut lights and turn down the heat

 

[twistedfinn967]

maybe try one of these to see just where your costs really are...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ctronic+Gadgets-_-P3+International-_-82715001

 

[Redearsunfish]

Run air driven sponge filters instead of powerfilters.

Great idea and what i was thinking.

 

[Redearsunfish]

id sell them before i keep goldfish, no offense golfish keepers

ouch, that hurt...

 

[bradleyagregg]

thnx for all the ideas everybody, sorry goldfish folks

 

[knifegill]

"Goldfish people" are grateful you aren't trying to cram goldfish into your tiny tanks. If you switched to goldfish, you'd be changing even more water and having to rehome them as they outgrow your tanks. It only took ONE shubunkin goldfish to overstock my mom's 60gal tank. He hit eight inches in less than a year and had to go. There were no other creatures in the tank. It was overfiltered.
Only people who wonder why their fish die would advise keeping goldfish as a downgrade. They require more care than many tropical species.