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geana_wolf

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  1. Most of the UV units in cannister filters are very underpowered - not enough watts for the flow - and are probably a waste of money.

    I read this quiet a bit while doing my research into a new filter. Decided if I wanted a uv I would just get a separate one. I Found out I need to move soon so I'm curently down sizing and no longer need the filter :( , I did end up planing to get a Aqua One Nautilus 2700.

  2. I'm not sure why you want to change from 2 good quality filters to a single cheap filter? There are many reasons 2 are better then one, more filtration, redundancy, option to move filter to another tank, you can give one filter a good clean with out needing to worry about crashing the tank, and I'm sure many more reasons.

    Becasue the eheim 2213 only pumps 440L an hour so thats 880L having two and on a 250L tank, so there is only 4x water turnover (if they are still pumping at there max, im not sure if they are). Plus I am planing on getting some smaller tanks for breeding (thinking cory's) and I can use the eheims on these. At lest thats what I was thinking :-?

  3. I spent a bit of time with google and now I am thinking about a south american biotype, because corys and angelfish are both from that area.

    As far as plants go, what plants are from that area and what kind of lighting do they need to grow?

    I have just started to change my tank to south american. The plants I have used to so far are

    Ludwigia Helminthorrhiza (floating plant)

    Dwarf Sag - Sagittaria subulata

    Stargrass - Heteranthera zosterifolia

    Amazon Sword - Echinodorus Amazonicus

    Christmas Moss - Vesicularia dubyana

    hope that helps a bit.

  4. I’m going to be upgrading my filters. My tank currently has two Ehiem 2213 filters and although they seem to be working ok I want to change to a single filter with a bigger water turnover. As with a lot of people at the moment I’m a bit short on money and the Aqua One Aquis CF2400 sounds like it’s an ok filter for a very good price.

    My questions are

    1) Does what I’ve suggested sound like a good idea?

    2) Are the Aqua One Aquis CF2400 quiet compared to an Ehiem? The Ehiems I have are very silent so long as there’s no air trapped in them.

    3) Can anyone tell me how much power they use? I’ve tried to Google but I can’t seem to find anything other than that they are economical.

    My tank is just a standard 4ft (1220mm X 450mm X 450mm)

    Inhabitants are

    3 Chocolate Talking Catfish (1 adult and two younger ones)

    8 small Angel fish

    4 BN’s

    10 Black Neon Tetras

    3 Julii Corys

    Thanks

  5. I did this for my fighters, i had plastic jars and drilled holes in them and hung them on the side of the tank. Every week i let a diferent one swim around in the main tank and they seemed to be happy.

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