filter help

by **delumpcious** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:13 pm

i have the fuval 404 and i just got it off ebay its doing good but when i go buy filter media what should i get because there are like 7 thing http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_AquariumP ... mover.html
as u see there are different ones what is best for a Cichlid tank

by **gumbii** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:29 pm

i would just fill it up with biological media, crushed coral with oyster shells, and mechanical media like polishing pads... maybe carbon... i don't like using carbon much...

by **delumpcious** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:41 pm

but carbon takes the fishy smell out

by **gumbii** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:53 pm

so does waterchanges and low phophate foods...

by **delumpcious** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:55 pm

what kindof food do u use and how often do u change the water

by **seankh** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:01 pm

Ill have to agree with gumbii i dont like carbon either and water changes do take the smell from your tank. I feed my cichlids aqueon cichlid sticks and once a week a feed them cucumber or lettuce. I do a 10% water change every week.

by **delumpcious** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:03 pm

ok so whats the best media to use

by **gumbii** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:13 pm

premium foods don't have that much phosphate... i like new life spectrum, hikari, frozen foods and fresh veggies...

well... that's the media that i always use for my africans... puka (crushed coral w/oyster shells), biological and mechanical... the puka could also be used as biological... but it buffers the water for high PH and calcium...

by **ELI05GT** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:28 pm

I don't use carbon with my Oscar, some believe it is one cause for HITH in Oscar's. The main use for carbon is to take out meds if you are useing them, and like other's have said, the smelly fish water. But they way I see it, is if you do your W/C on a regular basis you don't need carbon. I mean if your water starts to smell maybe it is time for a W/C or there is something wrong.. Just my 0.02

ELI

filter help

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filter help

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