This is my first post...I hope its right.
My question is this. I have an Oscar that I love...(his name is Jack"the ripper") But this fish is extremely dirty and its a nightmare trying to keep his tank free of debri. I have a 45 gal tank with 3 10-15gal Wisper pumps running alll the time. The filters are plugged solid after just a few days. I rinse them a couple a times so that I can save a bit of money, but this doesnt work well. I alwas need to replace them. So today I was going to buy a magnum 300 pump cause I read here that its a great pump. But I also read that it too glogs fast. So today I baught a Swimming pool pump that pumps 2000 gals an hour. It works awsome!!! The power of it made all my gravel move all around and his waste was launched into the tank and removed by this pump very fast!! I still am useing one small wisper pump along with it to help with the carbon. Isthis a bad idea or did I do something right? Thanx for any info.
My question is this. I have an Oscar that I love...(his name is Jack"the ripper") But this fish is extremely dirty and its a nightmare trying to keep his tank free of debri. I have a 45 gal tank with 3 10-15gal Wisper pumps running alll the time. The filters are plugged solid after just a few days. I rinse them a couple a times so that I can save a bit of money, but this doesnt work well. I alwas need to replace them. So today I was going to buy a magnum 300 pump cause I read here that its a great pump. But I also read that it too glogs fast. So today I baught a Swimming pool pump that pumps 2000 gals an hour. It works awsome!!! The power of it made all my gravel move all around and his waste was launched into the tank and removed by this pump very fast!! I still am useing one small wisper pump along with it to help with the carbon. Isthis a bad idea or did I do something right? Thanx for any info.