Was wondering, if you overstock an aquarium and you add extra filteration will that balance it out in terms of keeping ammonia at 0 and nitrite at 0. No flames please, just asking if it would or not.
Will adding extra filteration compensate for overstocking an aquarium?
- Thread starter Red_Belly_Pacu
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If you have 1 filter on the overstocked tank then all the beneficial bacteria will grow on the media inside that 1 filter. If you have 2 filters then 1/2 the BB will grow in each filter. Make sense? As far as mechanical filtration (sucking up uneaten food & poo) a 2nd filter makes a lot bigger difference than just 1.
not trueTwistedPenguin;3682457; said:
theres only a certain limit each filter could hold. if a tank is truly overstocked then adding another filter for biological filtration will help because the other filter is already at its maximum capacity
mind you this is only assuming the filter is unable to support the bioload on the tank if its and oversized filter adding extra filtration will be redundant
Get as much filteration as possible, but remember to keep it clean!! The less gunc in the filter the better, but keep oxygen levels high as well if your stocking alot. Hope this helps.
Jgray152;3682568; said:
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Dead spots are an aquariums worst enemy...
I've never had a tank that "lack enough surface area" to process ammonia, but I have had tanks that lacked enough circulation to deliver that ammonia polluted water to the bacteria in a timely fashion...
Though keep in mind no standard form of filtration is going to address the nitrate build up nor the aggression issues that potentially will result...
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