Particles In Water

[Madmitch]

Hi - I'm new to this forum but have been keeping tropical fish on and off for 30 years now. I have always had a small community tank and got along fine with this.
I recently purchased a tank 60' x15'x30' - and am in the process of stocking it up slowly so as not to overload the filter and get new tank syndrome.

I have an external filter (never had one before) which has been running non stop for the last month - it is an EFX 4500 Aqumanta ( I know - I had never heard of the brand either but it came with the tank!) - it is circulating water without any problem but large pieces of detritis /plant debris and uneaten food particles appear to just hang around in the water which is rather disappointing - do I need to suppliment the filter with another internal one to get rid of these particles?

Any advice most welcome

Fishmadmitch

 

[the_lock_man]

Assuming the filter isn't blocked in some way, which would be inhibiting the flowrate, then it sounds as though it does need some assistance.

Ya know, if I had a tank 60' x 15' x 30', I would go salty, and keep penguins. Or did you mean inches?