You know how it is, you just pop in to the local stockist to pick up some live food as a treat and leave thinking your whole aquarium set up is very... er.....yesterday.
I run a 36x12x15 inch 'Clear Seal' standard rectangular tank (not sure how many litres that is)with integral hood and light and separate seater. with an undergravel filter with two fluval PH 201 power heads. I have had this setup for about 5 yeras now and it all seems ok what with the very small quantity of fish I have. They are all rescue tropicals from friends and family (currently 2 angel fish, 1 plecostimus and two small bottom feeding loaches.
My issue is that although I religiously do water changes every fortnight I suffer from lots of hard to removed algea on the glass ( i have to scrape it off with an aquarium sponge) and the water is yellow in appearance after each two week cycle.
I mentioned this to the local aquarium shop and they said powerheads running undergravel filters are quite outdated now ( I though they were the business!) and that I should consider an external filter (which until today I'd never heard off). This is how , they said, they keep the immaculate looking aquariums they have on show where the water is so clean it looks like its not there. I always wanted my aqaurium to look this good but have always disappointed myself with my efforts so far. In addition i would like to really stock the tank up to its proper intended levels with a community tank in the future.
I was shown the AQUA ONE CF EXTERNAL PRESSURE FILTER
THE CF 1000 will filter a 250 l tank at 1000 litres /hour
THE CF 1200 will filter a 300 l tank at 1200 litres /hour
Should I consider either of these filters to solve my problems or is there a better system or make of external filter I should consider?
When the tank is due for replacement ( i renew every 10 years after my last two 4 foot tanks split and drained themself through the ceiling!) I would like to go for a curved sided or bow front 'Aqua one' tank so the new filter needs to be man enough to be transferable over into the new tank in about 5 years or so.
I'm a newbie here and have only just found the site after researching the 'Aqua One' externnal filters that the local shop recommended, be gentle with me!
As these things can be quite expensive I'd just like to know if i'm wasting my money or if this really is the answer to my prayers.
Many thanks in advance.
John
Burgess Hill
West Sussex
I run a 36x12x15 inch 'Clear Seal' standard rectangular tank (not sure how many litres that is)with integral hood and light and separate seater. with an undergravel filter with two fluval PH 201 power heads. I have had this setup for about 5 yeras now and it all seems ok what with the very small quantity of fish I have. They are all rescue tropicals from friends and family (currently 2 angel fish, 1 plecostimus and two small bottom feeding loaches.
My issue is that although I religiously do water changes every fortnight I suffer from lots of hard to removed algea on the glass ( i have to scrape it off with an aquarium sponge) and the water is yellow in appearance after each two week cycle.
I mentioned this to the local aquarium shop and they said powerheads running undergravel filters are quite outdated now ( I though they were the business!) and that I should consider an external filter (which until today I'd never heard off). This is how , they said, they keep the immaculate looking aquariums they have on show where the water is so clean it looks like its not there. I always wanted my aqaurium to look this good but have always disappointed myself with my efforts so far. In addition i would like to really stock the tank up to its proper intended levels with a community tank in the future.
I was shown the AQUA ONE CF EXTERNAL PRESSURE FILTER
THE CF 1000 will filter a 250 l tank at 1000 litres /hour
THE CF 1200 will filter a 300 l tank at 1200 litres /hour
Should I consider either of these filters to solve my problems or is there a better system or make of external filter I should consider?
When the tank is due for replacement ( i renew every 10 years after my last two 4 foot tanks split and drained themself through the ceiling!) I would like to go for a curved sided or bow front 'Aqua one' tank so the new filter needs to be man enough to be transferable over into the new tank in about 5 years or so.
I'm a newbie here and have only just found the site after researching the 'Aqua One' externnal filters that the local shop recommended, be gentle with me!
As these things can be quite expensive I'd just like to know if i'm wasting my money or if this really is the answer to my prayers.
Many thanks in advance.
John
Burgess Hill
West Sussex