Regular Member adverbemonade Posted January 31, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted January 31, 2012 I have a Penguin 150 on a 30 gallon tank. This is not ideal, I know, and I want to add a second filter. The problem is that my fish are all about 2 inches/5 cm long and occasionally get tossed around near where the water returns when they're not paying attention. I think another filter would bother them. Should I wait until they grow bigger to improve the filtration? Is there a way to make the resulting current gentler, but keep the good aeration? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dnalex Posted January 31, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted January 31, 2012 Actually, I would switch over to an AC70. The advantage to the AC is that it has a bigger media chamber, has adjustable flow rates, and you easily baffle the output. This is not necessary easy to do on the Penguin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member adverbemonade Posted January 31, 2012 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 31, 2012 Sounds good! That is the "for aquariums up to 70 gallons" 300 GPH one, correct? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dnalex Posted January 31, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted January 31, 2012 Sounds good! That is the "for aquariums up to 70 gallons" 300 GPH one, correct? Yup. The nice thing about these AquaClears is that you can adjust the flow rate. So with the AC70, you can reduce this down all the way to 150 gph 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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