Filters

[dvnbiker]

Firstly help as I am new to this forum.

I have a jewell 5ft tank, could be the rio 310 but probably completely wrong.

I have heard from several sources that the internal filters in the larger tanks are not really sufficient so am thinking of removing it and putting something else or maybe moving to an external filter.

Can anyone give me any advice on the best way forward?

 

[dvnbiker]

so do I smell or something??

 

[Cheffi]

Hi and sorry don't have any experience of the Juwel tanks or filters. What fish have you got in there and how long has it been setup? Have you got any reason to believe the filter isn't coping? I have a 300L tank and run an Eheim Thermofilter, I can't recommend them enough and so easy being external for cleaning etc.

 

[blue acara]

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welcome to the forum!
the filters that come with tanks arent the best. id go for an external filter for a 5 foot tank. you will need a large 1. heres a good + cheap site for filters and other tank supplies(i use them). the fluval fx5 is the cheapist powerful filter. or you could go for a more expensive eheim-which are regarded by many as the best.

good luk
dan

 

[Bloo]

you definitely have something a bit muddled. The Rio 400 is 5ft and the Rio 300 is 4ft. There is no Rio 310

Once we know exactly what you have, we can recommend a filter.

However I solidly agree with the above comments and I'd (personally) switch to and external (or two) Eheim filters

 

[dvnbiker]

is definitely 5 foot so must be the rio 400. Bought it about 3 years ago so have lost the bumf on it.

Dont have much in there at the moment:

1 red tailed shark
1 vampire plec
1 severum
2 pair convicts
1 sondotis (can never spell it right)

We are probably going to get pass these fish on to a relative with the exception of the shark and plec and are going to restart again. Am probably going to go back to the smaller fish so that we can have shoals of fish instead of single fish.