10 gallon + 60 gallon filter yes or no?
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Get an appropriate sized filter for your tank. If it is a 10g tank and filter is for a 10, use it. The highest you would want to go is 100gph and as it is, that creates quite a bit of turbulence. 100gph is filtering the tank every 6 minutes. It doesn't matter if the filter is old or brand new. Put a fresh pad in it and cycle up the tank and then leave it up an running. It doesn't draw much power and saves you from having to do an emergency set up with an uncycled tank.
You will probably buy fish that don't like the current that will create. I have an aquaclear 20 on a 10 and some fish don't enjoy that, though they are stillwater species.
The 60 gallon filter is Tetratec PF300 with out the heater you can put inside of it and the 10 gallon filter is a little Whisper I want to set it up permanently for all those just in case moments and for babies if need be I dunno if I should put gravel in there though I was thinking of just plopping a big clump of Java moss in there.
Tetra whispers don't last long IME...go the AC 20 route. Barebottom is best with fry. Heavy feeding + substrate = nitrate factory, something fry are more sensitive to than adults. Java moss is a good idea though.
I use an AC 20 on my 10g. The flow isn't that bad on the highest flow rate, though I normally run it on the lowest setting since it is planted with DIY CO2. I did have a Rena Smartfilter 55 on it at one time, but it was too much of a PITA to clean so I removed it.
Couldn't agree more AP!
One of my biggest pet peeves is the line "You can't over filter". Which doesn't make a bit of sense. A filter for a 60 gallon aquarium is way too powerful for a tank that small.
For my 10 gallon fry tank I use a air-driven corner filter. They are surprisingly efficient and I just change the floss whenever it gets dirty. They don't suck up the fry, there is no heavy current, and with the surface agitation, it causes the water to be well aerated. If I have to use as a hospital tank, there is no carbon it it to worry about. It is a great all-purpose arrangement. I keep they fry in a breeder net on the opposite end to ensure they get fed. When they get bigger they are taken out of net and left in the 10 to grow to a large enough size to sell/rehome.
