tko187
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- 18 Jun 2008
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Hi peeps,
Once again i need your advice on something. I have a Rio 180 (40g) heavily planted tank, currently i am running only a Fluval 305 external filter, with 2 hydor koralia powerheads for extra flow, even still i am having problems with a lot of dead spots in the tank and also detriuus build up in certain areas. I want to create the extra flow by maybe adding another filter or just buying another bigger filter such as the fx5 or similar.
Im a bit confused if i were to add another filter, would that mean having 2 inlets and 2 outlets in the tank or is there another way of incorporating the tubing into existing filter pipework? If it means that i have to have 2 of each inlet/outlet then i will definately have to do the other option and have just a sigle larger filter.
Now with that out the way, which filter would you recommend for a 180 lite tank?? Something that will be sufficient enough so i can maybe lose 1 powerhead, but id like to keep other for co2 distribution. Please keep in mind that currently turn 1 powerhead off at 7pm when my co2 goes off to give the fish a break which i think they rather enjoy, so the filter choice has to bear in mind that i dont want it to be too crazy for the fish all of the time.
Thanks for taking the time to read and thanks in advance.
Fire away, im all ears.
Once again i need your advice on something. I have a Rio 180 (40g) heavily planted tank, currently i am running only a Fluval 305 external filter, with 2 hydor koralia powerheads for extra flow, even still i am having problems with a lot of dead spots in the tank and also detriuus build up in certain areas. I want to create the extra flow by maybe adding another filter or just buying another bigger filter such as the fx5 or similar.
Im a bit confused if i were to add another filter, would that mean having 2 inlets and 2 outlets in the tank or is there another way of incorporating the tubing into existing filter pipework? If it means that i have to have 2 of each inlet/outlet then i will definately have to do the other option and have just a sigle larger filter.
Now with that out the way, which filter would you recommend for a 180 lite tank?? Something that will be sufficient enough so i can maybe lose 1 powerhead, but id like to keep other for co2 distribution. Please keep in mind that currently turn 1 powerhead off at 7pm when my co2 goes off to give the fish a break which i think they rather enjoy, so the filter choice has to bear in mind that i dont want it to be too crazy for the fish all of the time.
Thanks for taking the time to read and thanks in advance.
Fire away, im all ears.