oscar filter
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The most filtration you can afford. Oscars are great but messy. I use a formula for filtration that changes the total tank water content 12-15 times per hour. Can you do less , Yes but you have to ask yourself if you want to be married to your tank.
Good luck
Good luck
12-15 times per hour is rediculous amount of turn over. its a growout tank so im sure a single ac110 will be just fine you dont need to go out and buy an fx5 for your 55 gallon. just dont change the bare minimum of water weekly. keep it to at least 50% weekly
That would be extreme underfiltration. I would say a 5-6x turnover per hour would be a fair minimum to consider, and that would be 120-144x per day...
I try for 10x per hour. IMO a 55 is too small for an adult Oscar and needs a 75. On my 100gallon (with an Oscar) I run a wet/dry at 1000gph. Allowing for return length and bends puts it more towards 8-900gph as the pump is a 950gph and secondary is 280gph. On my 90 with Oscar, I run 2 Emperor 400's
my 75 oscar tank is a fx5 and a ac110 and 2 hydro sponges i got that over filtration to a science
This is a growout, according to the OP. I would agree on that high of a turnover if they were trying to keep it in there for life, but for a temporary setup, that's a bit much imo.