I am planning a 20 gallon high,my tank is going to hold a lot of fish and inverts so i am going to need a lot of filtration. i think i MAY have ran into a problem.my tank is centered around red cherry shrimp, so i am going to have small fish that wont mess with them that much. The fish include espei rasboras, celestial pearl danios, and norman's lampeye kilifish, these are small fish so i am not sure if i have to big filters. I am planning to put on this tank 1 aquaclear 150 and 1 aquaclear 200.
is this to much flow?
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What you need instead of that much flow is a more effective filter. A wet/dry trickle filter springs to mind - they are still effective with really slow flow, so spread the water out over more bio media. You might end up with a sump that is bigger than the display tank. 
No such thing as too much flow.
Besides, the fish are easier to see when they're pinned against the front glass.
Mark
Besides, the fish are easier to see when they're pinned against the front glass.
Mark
So we're talking an AC30 and an AC50. I own several 30's and they're pretty mild. Not sure on the 50, but I do have some AC70s and a 110. Those put out a lot of flow. The footprint is pretty small on a 20H, but you can always dial down the flow a bit, plus you'll need sponges over the intakes to slow down the shrimp uptake.
I think i'm going to go with the wet/dry filter option. I am not known for under stocking,if you know what I mean. Can i buy a wet and dry filter in a store? I could make one if i wanted to, i got enough room for a 20 gallon long under the tank but I would rather do a 10 gallon since I have a lot of them not being used.
here is my stocking plan.http://www.aqadvisor.com/AqAdvisor....AqSpeciesWindowSize=short&AqSearchMode=simple
I'm not sure if 2 aquaclear150 will suffice or not,also how much more would shrimp and snails take away form the oxygen content of the tank?
I'm not sure if 2 aquaclear150 will suffice or not,also how much more would shrimp and snails take away form the oxygen content of the tank?
you can just get std HOB.. some are called wet/dry as they have media that works similar to a wet/dry in principle.
you can simply employ sponge filters as well , if you are curious how effective sponge filters are..just ask local breeders... they really only lack in their ability to remove solid waste which is removed during water changes.. and the shrimp love the sponges as algae can gro on those.
there is some controversy surrounding how effective wet/drys actually are. btw..more biomedia does not make a filter more effective.. the filter can only populate the biological surfaces for the bioload in the tank.. more biomedia is simply a waste....
all my apisto tanks run a small HOB rated for the tank size and sponge filter...
my breeding tanks pretty much are similar with more emphasis on sponge filters(less turbulent water = better fertilization rates)
you can simply employ sponge filters as well , if you are curious how effective sponge filters are..just ask local breeders... they really only lack in their ability to remove solid waste which is removed during water changes.. and the shrimp love the sponges as algae can gro on those.
there is some controversy surrounding how effective wet/drys actually are. btw..more biomedia does not make a filter more effective.. the filter can only populate the biological surfaces for the bioload in the tank.. more biomedia is simply a waste....
all my apisto tanks run a small HOB rated for the tank size and sponge filter...
my breeding tanks pretty much are similar with more emphasis on sponge filters(less turbulent water = better fertilization rates)
Actually i was just looking at one of those filters,http://petocart.com/index.php?route...ct_id=152163&gclid=CInp_O_R1cQCFYVhfgodDFYARw I am thinking that 2 of them might suffice.
