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fernus Posted: 7-5-2007 0:45
Hia, I got hold of a 8000LPH filter for my large 6ft atm its running on full whack, the tanks 130gallon i'm not sure about Liters.
Is this too much for my pair of oscars?
Cheers
Fernus :-)
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you can never have too much filtration.  O0

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Hi on me ray tank i have a eheim 2080 {1700 litres} and a fluval 405{1300 litres}! and i would regard this as only just sufficient! as Nicola says you can't have too much filteration! {well it would be hard too!} Smile
Hi thought about time i updated this! Tank no 1 = 3 retic rays,1aro,2 ompuk cats,8 angels,1 syd greshoffi{19 years old},1 syd unkown,1 stripped dora,1 plec,1 silver dat,1 pim and a soribum lima! Tank no2 = 6 auralis barbs,2 needle gars,1 molly,1 dat microlepis,1 trye track eel and 8 bristlenoses! Tank no 3 = 2 goldfish{on holiday}1 flag tail thingy{over twenty years old},4 silver dats,1 pim and a plec!
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you cant have too much filtration but you can have too much water flow, but usually this can be adjusted,
hmmm, cant shift this name
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[quote author=fry_lover link=topic=18595.msg240949#msg240949 date=1183668574]
you cant have too much filtration but you can have too much water flow, but usually this can be adjusted,

Hi interesting point-and i believe alot of fishkeepers don't consider this!  i put a fluval 2 on a 2 foot tank and it caused chaos-so turned the nozzle to one side and that seemed to help! Big Smile
Hi thought about time i updated this! Tank no 1 = 3 retic rays,1aro,2 ompuk cats,8 angels,1 syd greshoffi{19 years old},1 syd unkown,1 stripped dora,1 plec,1 silver dat,1 pim and a soribum lima! Tank no2 = 6 auralis barbs,2 needle gars,1 molly,1 dat microlepis,1 trye track eel and 8 bristlenoses! Tank no 3 = 2 goldfish{on holiday}1 flag tail thingy{over twenty years old},4 silver dats,1 pim and a plec!
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Hmm not too sure what the thing i've used is called but it swirls the water around and stops the flow from going completely ape. It came with a hydor external I've got on my 4ft and seems to have done the trick. There is a tap that came with the pump so if i get any probs i'll use it!
Cheers for the advice.
Fernus Big Smile
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