Have a 55 gallon tank with a power whisper 60 filter, i know tetra says its enough but is it really good for a 55 gallon? Also what kind of hood lighting should i be using. Every 2 or 3 days, the water in the tank evaporates by about maybe 1/2 to an inch or so, is this of the lighting or is it normal, temp is about 78 in the tank. Also my ammonia is now at 0, NH 3 is 20 NH 2 is at 0 as well, these are all good i belive correct?
What kind of lighting and filter should i use?
- Thread starter Hagermanfd
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well if you dont want plants any type of lighting is fun as long as you can see your fish. evaporation is normal in tanks just fill it back up.
As ive read ive learned that you cant go by gallon ratings on filters, its all about how many gallons per hour it flows with media. I have an aquatech HOB filter which says its rated for up to a 40 gallons and im not sure how many GPH is flows but im sure its not enough and i also have a a Rena XP2 which flows 160 GPH with media. This is all on a 29 gallon, not sure if this helps you but i thought i'd put it out there. I dont think you can have too much filtration so it might not be a bad idea to upgrade especially if you plan on taking your stocking capacity to the max
keep in mind that even if the filter says it filters a 55 gallon tank it may not be sufficient for yours.it depends on the bio load.if you have a far amount of fish in your tank you may need more bio filtration. so a good thing is to have more filtration than you need. and 2 small filters is better than large one i have a 60 gallon with 2 ac 70s.and a 125 with 3 ac 110s.all with bio media.every thing else sounds good good luck...........
i just added a power whisper 30 to go with my whisper 60, that should do it, the fish i have are mostly small guys, i have 19 so far.
thats good like i said 2 better than one .i personally don't use my acs filters for mechanical only bio.i have a power head for my mechanical filter.i made a home made filter for may power head.that and water change is all i need to keep all my tanks Crystal clear.you should be fine with what you have enjoy your tank.....
what you might consider is tieing off some fine aquarium gravel into a cheese cloth or a ladys nylon hose, and stickign it, instead of the filter on your smaller pump overhang thingy. Make this pump strictly for biological filtration witch is gonna be most important in a somewhat heavily stocked aquarium.