Regular Member dankriscurly Posted March 21, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2013 Currently i have a Ehiem Pro 3e (canister) *filters 5times of the tank water Ehiem Powerline XL (internal) *filters 3times of the tank water Total is 8times... Can I add in another canister like a ehiem standard which filters another 2-3time more? As I would like to add more media substrate...my waters are clear now... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jeana727 Posted March 21, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2013 What size tank do you have & how many fish? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dankriscurly Posted March 21, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2013 5x2x2ft 7x 3-4" fancy goldies 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fantailfan1 Posted March 21, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2013 That is about 117ish gallons? You could certainly add another filter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dankriscurly Posted March 21, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) Oh...I meant I got 7goldfishs and each size is 3-4" body length Abt 100 gallons as the water level is only 17" height instead of 24"(2ft) How many time of cycle is ideal? 10x? Edited March 21, 2013 by dankriscurly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fantailfan1 Posted March 21, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2013 I figured 7 GF. You want at least 10X filtration. With a canister you can get away with a little less but with such a large tank, another filter would be nice. Why do you keep the water level so low? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Orandatchi Posted March 21, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2013 The more filtration the better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LovelyChaos Posted March 21, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2013 I would say with 7 in 100 gallons, raise the water level a little more, unless you're doing it for surface agitation? Extra filtration would be fine (: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dankriscurly Posted March 21, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2013 I figured 7 GF. You want at least 10X filtration. With a canister you can get away with a little less but with such a large tank, another filter would be nice. Why do you keep the water level so low? I would love to increase the height to 2ft but ex-owner uses 4" for the lightings and top filter and I have removed all these stuff but I dare not remove the top bracing...so the waters is at 17" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dankriscurly Posted March 21, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2013 Hey I got my ehiem 2028! Bought $100 worth of Ehiem substrate And cant wait to pump it out lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dankriscurly Posted March 24, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 24, 2013 Got my ehiem 2028 (used set) Ex owner could have used it for marine tank and the top gasket is totally worn and I had a swim in my living room! Did thought of returning it but the gasket is readily avail so I bought it and with some ehiem vasaline.. The seal works! *left is old gasket; *Right is NEW & thicker.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dankriscurly Posted March 27, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 27, 2013 Thats a 10x 5ft tank water cycle! I jus love the twin waterfall style outlet lol... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member ashlee18 Posted March 27, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted March 27, 2013 That is one gorgeous tank!!! The picture of what the previous owner did has me really confused though Sent from my SCH-I535 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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