Will 2 wet/dry be too much ??

[Trippy]

I have Fx 5 and Proseries Wet/dry with Rio 2100 (690 Gph with 4 Feet tubing ) , but my nitrate level just start to climb after a week of water change . So I was planning to add another wet/dry with Mag 7 (700 Gph ) instead of the the Fluval Fx 5 .

Any suggestions ....

Fx is cleaned every 2 motnhs

 

[LowCel]

What size tank are you filtering?

 

[Trippy]

What size tank are you filtering?

75 G with 3 Frontosa

 

[mkman]

there is no such thing as too much!

There was a guy on here ccdodido or something like that who had a 1000 gallon I think with like 20 Eheims powering it! lol

 

[mkman]

There must be a reason why things are going up, are you feeding too much or ???

 

[Trippy]

There must be a reason why things are going up, are you feeding too much or ???

I feed them 3 times a week . I don't see any food or debris in the tank . Tank is clean but after about 7 to 10 days of water change Nitrate is already 25 ppm . I thought it was the filter ,so I cleaned it out and now getting tired of Fx 5 .
So was planning to switch to 2 Wet/dry which is easy to clean ....I'm guessing so far .

Will that too much bilogical and less mechanical ?

 

[paopanlilio]

there is no such thing as too much!

There was a guy on here ccdodido or something like that who had a 1000 gallon I think with like 20 Eheims powering it! lol

sometimes too much can be bad too remember the bacterias feed on ammonia

 

[frnchjeep]

There is three ways to reduce nitrates. Water changes, add plants, or increase water volume. Increased filtration does nothing for nitrates. Another sump would increase water volume, but I think you are going to run into issues with two sumps on one tank. You are going to have one that either fills up and overflows or one that pumps dry. Both sumps are going to be fed at the same rate with two different return rates. It is going to be very difficult to balance. Your best bet would be a larger single sump...like a 55 galon.

 

[Trippy]

There is three ways to reduce nitrates. Water changes, add plants, or increase water volume. Increased filtration does nothing for nitrates. Another sump would increase water volume, but I think you are going to run into issues with two sumps on one tank. You are going to have one that either fills up and overflows or one that pumps dry. Both sumps are going to be fed at the same rate with two different return rates. It is going to be very difficult to balance. Your best bet would be a larger single sump...like a 55 galon.

had never thought of that . so i should cacel the idea of adding one more sump

 

[FSM]

More filtration isn't going to reduce nitrates. More waterchanges will.