too much filtration a bad thing?

[munsterrr]

i have a 55g with 2 whisper 30-60s running connected to my undergravle filter plus the little air comptraption connected too. i put the air things on their just incase something spiked in my take and i thought it may help.

but is too much filtration a bad thing?

 

[2004exrider]

You can never have to much filtration, unless you have so much of a current your fish are struggling to not go spinning through the tank in a whirlpool lol.

Jimmy

 

[munsterrr]

hahaha well said....no even if the whispers are on max it doesnt seem like it would be to them.

 

[HiImSean]

thats not bad, i have 2 ac70s and a xp3 on my 55g. the fish seem to like the flow. i dont have the 70s turned up all the way

 

[bassmaster221]

no such thing lol

 

[kydsexy]

lol, 3 large sponge filters AC 110 and Emperor 400 on 38 gallon


*soon to be plumbed into a refugium

never too much filtration

 

[ziggy2]

Sounds just right to me.

 

[Greenaveli]

The only fish thats against extra filtration is a dead fish. Like Exrider said as long as its not hurting your fish it could never be bad.

 

[Aqua Doctor]

i have a 55g with 2 whisper 30-60s running connected to my undergravle filter plus the little air comptraption connected too. i put the air things on their just incase something spiked in my take and i thought it may help.

but is too much filtration a bad thing?

IMO. you should consider removing the undergravel plate; research has shown this style of filteration causes a nitrate build-up over time.

 

[Merbeast]

Flow does not always equal filtration. Power heads can give lots of flow with 0 filtration. Eheim canister filters give lots of filtration with low flow.
Your fish will not die from having too much filtration as long as there is not too much water flow. You can, however, waste money on unnecessary redundant filtration. Your bio load will only support a certain amount of beneficial bacteria. Once you have enough filtration to house that bacteria, extra bio filtration is wasted. Your fish only produce so much poop. Once you have enough flow to capture that poop (mechanical filtration), any extra mechanical filtration is wasted.