Fish Struggling To Swim Fully Against Filter Flow Really Bad Or Ok?

[QuotheRaven]

I bought a new tank 32 gallon did a cloning cycle today. The filter was a 1500 and it was blowing my fish to the glass wall...so I had to return it I got a 1000 instead...My fish still have a little bit of a problem swimming against it one of my platies keeps going to the slip stream though.

Should it be Ok?

 

[QuotheRaven]

anyone?...its kind of important....Lol...not quite urgent though

 

[moeldner]

What brand filter is that? Can you reduce the flow rate? Or redirect it at the side of the tank so it's not as "cyclonic" i nthe tank?

How many litres/hour or Gallons/hour is the filter?

 

[QuotheRaven]

Its a I think 1000 liter per hour filter Atman filter internal

the filter is situated on the right side of the tank lemme see...


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hopefully that helps

darnit the pic didn't work move the second line to the end of the bottom line...you will understand it

 

[SamUK]

if its 1000lph then it probably is too powerful.


i have a few 1000lph filters and they fire out the water like a hose.


the xtra filtration is great tho so if you could reduce the flow some how. stick something over the end to split the output or something.

 

[QuotheRaven]

yeah...if it gets worse I will cover it a bit.....what should I cover the hose that moves the water out with?...unsafe to put a rock in it maybe?