Too much equitment for a 10G?

[BlueRusty]

Right now the 10 gallon has a Hagen Elite Sponge filter powered by an old dual Whisper 900, an Aquaclear 20 w/quick filter, and an Aquaclear 30 150w heater.

Right now it has 8 Cyno. Afra 'cobue' fry but is this too much for these fish?

 

[israelm]

no such thing as to much filtration

just make sure that the water flow is not to strong so that your fish can swim .

 

[Toby_H]

Not nearly all of that equipment is "necessry"... but as mentioned, I also do not think it is "to much".


The thing I would suggest might be considered 'to much' would be the 150 W heater. a 25W heater would be sufficient... and there is reason to believe that 'to storong' of a heater can overwork itself thus making the switch fail sooner rather than later allowing it to stay on continuously thus cooking your fish...

 

[dwilder]

i agree with nc heater thermostats and switches fail all the time a 150 can cook a 10 gal quick

 

[FSM]

no such thing as to much filtration

just make sure that the water flow is not to strong so that your fish can swim .

There is such thing as an irrational waste of money, space and electricity though.

 

[BlueRusty]

I was thinking the heater was overkill, but it is what i had lying around, given by a friend. I was told it would be "ok" if it was on the lowest temp setting and monitored closely with other thermometers.

 

[12 Volt Man]

There is such thing as an irrational waste of money, space and electricity though.

I would agree.

overkill leads to unnecessary clutter as well.

I used to run my 10g with a 50w ebo jager heater and an AC 50. and even that is overkill filtration, even though it is a small filter..

now, if you are doing something like a nanoreef setup, well, then you need to get complicated.

but for freshwater, you can keep it quite simple.

 

[Jgray152]

Lets snap to reality. When it comes down to it, yes its to much for a .....TEN Gallon. Don't need all that. A simple single whisper filter will do fine. I personally like the AC110s but the smaller versions have VERY little surface area

 

[packer43064]

There is such thing as an irrational waste of money, space and electricity though.

This is America...it happens everyday.

 

[12 Volt Man]

I personally like the AC110s but the smaller versions have VERY little surface area

yeah, everything under the AC 70 is quite small, and even that isn't a big filter, but for tanks 30g and under they work very well..