red wolf fish in a 30 gallon tank without filter??? need answers quick!

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Hi I am planning to put my red wolf in a 30 gal tank. The problem is, i DO have a filter, but my dad never likes to keep the filter on during the weekend since that when hes at the house from work. so can my wolf survive in a tank with every thing exxept for a filter for only 2 days each week? please note that filter aren't only for "making thetyank clean" but also to curculate oxygen to underwater fish to "breath". i asked my fish speciallist of my wolf tank without a filter for 2 days but he said my wolf will die. is that true??? Need detailed and experienced answers.

Thanks
 
Why do you have to turn off the filter?
 
Of course the wolf will die.

If your dad won't let you keep the filter on, maybe you shouldn't have a fish tank.

Get a betta fish, even then it's cruel to have one without a filter
 
Seriously?

I mean....

Seriously?!

:duh:

Why both with a filter at all if you're just going to turn it off? You'll simply kill the bacteria in the filter meaning all you'll benefit from is the mechanical filtration and the agitation of the waters surface.
 
In any aquarium the filter has to run perminatly. It can be stopped tempararaly for water changes. The issue being that the bacteria within the filter which can take a couple of weeks to build up will die over a few hours.

Removing dirt from the aquarium is a small part of what a filter does. The most important being to convert Ammonia (Toxic) to Nitrite (Toxic) then to Nitrate(less Toxic), we then carry out water changes to lessen the Nitrate.

Your best bet will be to Google the Nitrogen Cycle, read a couple of links, It is fundimental to fishkeeping.
 
Same reply i put in your other thread. This area is for pics and videos so your other thread is a better place to discuss this.

In any aquarium the filter has to run perminatly. It can be stopped tempararaly for water changes. The issue being that the bacteria within the filter which can take a couple of weeks to build up will die over a few hours.

Removing dirt from the aquarium is a small part of what a filter does. The most important being to convert Ammonia (Toxic) to Nitrite (Toxic) then to Nitrate(less Toxic), we then carry out water changes to lessen the Nitrate.

Your best bet will be to Google the Nitrogen Cycle, read a couple of links, It is fundimental to fishkeeping.
 
jelly;4907011; said:
In any aquarium the filter has to run perminatly. It can be stopped tempararaly for water changes. The issue being that the bacteria within the filter which can take a couple of weeks to build up will die over a few hours.

Removing dirt from the aquarium is a small part of what a filter does. The most important being to convert Ammonia (Toxic) to Nitrite (Toxic) then to Nitrate(less Toxic), we then carry out water changes to lessen the Nitrate.

Your best bet will be to Google the Nitrogen Cycle, read a couple of links, It is fundimental to fishkeeping.
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This^

You guys shouldn't be so quick to flame.
 
channarox;4907589; said:
You guys shouldn't be so quick to flame.
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I'm sorry but in this instance, there is something terribly wrong if the owner first of all, identifies the requirement for filtration, then proceeds to ask if it can be switched off? I refer to my previous question; what would the benefit be of installing a filter at all, if you're not going to run it?

And I'm not flaming; I am simply shocked that the question even needed asking (Twice, in two different locations??), especially on a forum where there are literally hundreds of threads already written on the subject.


I'm all for helping people but I'm not going to mollycoddle them and nor should anyone else.
 
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