any recommendations on which system/website?
I will pay a few hundred one time to not have to change this 80 gallon tank weekly (which I don’t do regularly anyhow so the water gets algae infested).
i run two filters on my 40 gallon tank. one is a fluval 205 canister. when i run it on its own the water is crystal clear. the other filter is an aquaclear 70. when i have that one running the water is really cloudy and yellow! i changed all the media and cleaned the whole thing out and its still the same!! should i not use it? it seems to make the water worse =S
So I have a 75 gallon tank, I’m running an eheim 2215 and a emperor 400. I keep up maintenance on both filters regularly. I’m pretty displeased with the emperor 400, I have a bunch of small particles in the water coming from that filter. I’m just looking to replace it with another canister, a canister just for pure mechanical and chemical filtration. I was looking at the eheim 2213, what are some other good ones?
we have a 40 gallon tank with 4 goldfish 3 fancy 1 regular. Cant seem to get the tank clear again.
i just wanted to know how to clean it and if i just pour water through the filter cartridge or if i have to replace it with the new one
and how often im i suppose to change it
its a 2.5 gallon tank
thanx
Well.. I’m cycling a 5 Gallon Tank for a Betta and an African Dwarf Frog. And.. Today I tested both Nitrite and Ammonia both reading Zero. And I decided to do some research on what exactly did I do during my Fishless Cycling. Turns out.. I don’t think I did any cycling. I did NOT add any Ammonia. So It just started out as Tap Water. I just put Tap Water with some Stress Coat. I let it run with a filter, Air stone, and a Heater. It has Pool Sand.
Did I actually cycle? Or is it just.. Pure water?
i have a 29 gallon tank with pool filter sand as substrate (pure no chemicals) water here is 7.0 ph. im interested in lively fish such as cichlids. i prefer to be understocked to adequate rather than overstocked. what common cichlids can i get from stores and how many can i get? experienced answers only please.
please experts only half of these are ridiculous
and please read the question im asking about cichlids…
I have a 55 gallon fish tank powered by two 60 gallon filters. Each filter requires 2 filter cartridges to run. I was wondering if i could go a little longer without changing them because there are two of them. I usually change them once every 3 weeks, but that runs me a lot of money, especially when I got another 29 gallon tank also power by a 60 gallon filter that needs changing. I vacuum my tanks and do a 20% water change once a week. Any suggestions?
BTW the 55 gallon only has 6 afican cichlids in it.
I am considering getting a 90 gallon tank and we have well water, with lots of iron. We have a softener system and use salt in the tank. I worry about everything turning orange from the iron even with the rid rust salt you still get orange. Is there something I can use for that to take the iron out of the water? Or should I just get spring water and fill it? RO water from the fish store is probably expensive for filling a 90 gallon tank. I was hoping to do ciclids and sharks.
I bought a 55 gallon set up from a friend that was moving. It was originally a Salt water tank so it has a salt water filter with square media.
Can this be used for the fresh water tank as well? If not what should I use for a 55 gallon tank?
We are also going to get a gravel vacuum, a heater, and eventually some fish….
It seems to be a "Wet Dry" type of filter
Hello all, I received a 46 gallon tank for Christmas (I have always wanted one). I have gotten off to a horrible start, here is my story.
I set everything up, and let it all circulate for about a day. I had planned on doing a fishless cycle. So, I read up on using ammonia and made sure that I did not buy any ammonia containing detergents. I went to Stop&Shop to purchase ammonia. I picked up "Pure Power Clear Ammonia". I was sure it was 100% pure ammonia, but boy was I wrong. I put a small dosage into my tank (this is before I knew the ammonia was bad). The next morning, I realized that my water surface was very soapy looking. I read the ingredients of the ammonia, and it listed SURFACTANT. Oh no. I looked it up. Turns out you are not supposed to use ammonia with surfactant in it!!! I wish I had known!.
I emptied my entire tank. I trashed the gravel and plants, as well as filter media and bio-wheel because it’d only cost me around 70 bucks to replace. I rinsed out the tank several times, and I also sprayed and wiped each side of the glass with water many times. I rinsed the rock with a hose over and over. After that, I cleaned out the entire filter, thermometer and heater. I filled my tank back up with water and water only. I ran the filter, but with no media or bio-wheel for fear of contamination. I began to test the rock in heated water. I left i over night, plus three more hours upon waking. There was no sign of soap. So, I emptied the tank and added allll my new stuff. This morning, I see….soap. Oh no.
My tank seems to be contaminated yet again, most likely from the large fake rock. I am very upset and am only 15 years old so my budget is pretty slim, and I already spent a lot of money on gravel and plants and stuff. Is there anything I can do to rid my tank of this surfactant, without having to empty it out again, rinse or buy new things? Sorry for the length, but I really am stumped on what to do.
Thank you
I didn’t use ammonia to clean the tank…I used it to start the cycle
I have two small Oscars (2.5) inches in length in my 55 gallon tank. Yes I know this will not be sufficient for them when they are grown, and I will buy a new tank for them. I initially planned on keeping a tropical community at first and decided against it when all of them died in the new tank within 2 days. I got the Oscars now and I love them and do not want to get rid of them.
After much research, I plan to get a new tank when they grow larger and keep the smaller 55 gallon for a community tank. I have become addicted to my fish already! My Albino got ich its first week and my Tiger was fine. I treated with salt and heat and a mild protozoan treatment, he was perfect within 48 hours. Now my tank is ridiculously cloudy.
I put the filters back in after doing a 25% water change after the treatment to clean out the tank. I know they are messy fish! I tried to clear the water with a water clarifier, I did two treatments in 2 days, and all I see is some of the clumped together dirt particles, but the water is still cloudy. I added another dual filter yesterday, so now I have two back of the tank bio-filters running, with a total of 4 filter cartridges. Water is still cloudy. Tested PH, and it was 7.0. I tested for ammonia, nitrate and nitrite and its fine.
1.Is my water cloudy from the ich treatment?
2.Is it cloudy because it is still a new tank? (3 weeks in, cycled with live bacteria (not stresszyme, I go to a specialty store for cichlids and other exotic fish, they gave a treatment they use in their tanks, basically live bacteria from older tanks) from an aquarium store, put directly on filters, so the tank may already be well cycled using this method)
3.How long will it take for my tank to clear up with this new, extra filtration system put in?
4.Do I need to do another water change and vacuum the gravel? The fish seem fine, its just cloudy water!
5. I have two zebra danios in there still, my Oscars cant seem to catch them, but they had no problem killing a couple minnows, lol.
Any info would be great… How long before I change out these filters on a new tank and if I rinse them, how do I do that? In the sink? Im a little new to that part.
My two filters run 630 GPH, is that not good enough?
I added about the Danios just to let you know of anything else in the tank. My Oscars basically leave them alone because they are too fast. I would take em out, but wat would I do with em? I cant give em away, so its either let them eat them or flush em. I figure I will just see what happens, since they have lived together for weeks.
The tank is new and the method of ich treatment I stated above, so if I have to do another change, I will. Didnt know if I should do it so often in a new tank. It was cloudy the first week and went away, up until I treated them.
Oh one more thing, no I did not remove the entire filter, sorry it came across that way. I only removed the carbon filter cartridges while I did the ich treatment. I left it running other wise! 
I have an Oscar fish in my 55gal. aquarium, and I want to know more info on different filtration methods. Since the cost of filer cartridges is getting costly. I do plenty of water changes, and the water is in great condition, but I want another solution to filter the aquarium.
Right now I run a whisper power filter for a 30-60 gallon tank.
I have a 90 gallon tank. Here is my current filter setup:
Emperor 400, converted to all bio filtration using 1.5 liters of matrix bio media, a fistfull of pillow stuffing as pre-filter, and 2 air stones under the matrix.
Magnum 350 Canster, with 2/3 matrix and 1/3 carbon in a media cage, wrapped up with pure-flo 50 micron cloth, a standard rite-size pad, and then surrounded with pillow stuffing.
2 large sponge filters (the glass tube / blue sponge kind) hooked up to an air pump.
My current setup is great for bio filtration, but I’m not getting enough particle matter out of the tank. I can see thousands of little particles floating around in the water.
I’d like to switch to the paper filter for the magnum, but I bet there will not be enough bio filtration.
I was considering buying a used magnum hot 250 with a paper filter in it.
Any suggestions for diatom / paper filters / solutions to reduce particle matter in the tank?
Yes, i have a undergravel filter, which is powered by an air pump. (I only have a 10-15 gallon air pump, in a 29 gallon tank. But i don’t that makes a difference, becasue it should just blow out the same amount of air through the 2 tubes) But when i put the carbon cartridges on, it slows down the flow of the filtering water (Bubbles come out every 2-3 seconds, i thought it would come out all the time and have a pretty good current). Then i read that if there isn’t a good current going through the cartridges the carbon cartridges will actully be toxins for the fish. So what should i do to help. Is the undergravel filter still cleaning the tank without the cartridges, or should i get a bigger air pump which will help the current of the water through the cartridges? Please help….
Yes i also have a filter going on also, and it have rosy and tiger barbs with rasaboras….
Do I really need the carbon cartridges on the filter tubes…
