I agree. Some of the premise is faulty to begin with (IMO) and the size of the system is note-worthy. A 1000G tank that's heavily planted, but lightly stocked could indeed be kept without much maintenance.
best 90g+ tank filtration
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How many goldfish, and how large are they? I used to have seven goldfish, each seven or eight inches long, and quite thick. Two Emperor 400's were not enough for these fish, so they eventually got relocated out into the pond in the back yard, where some of them still live.
The premise is faulty in that it equates a tank with the way nature filters, but it says nothing about heavy planting(since most of the fish in question would destroy them) or light stocking. I was only linking for the sand bed, though if you look on and see the comments, it started a lively discussion, involving, also, John PTC, owner of a DIY 10,000 gallon tank with an arapima and others inside.
To reduce nitrates you could also just link up a sump with plants.
To reduce nitrates you could also just link up a sump with plants.
Sorry but i guess i confused everyone here. I was asking what the best filtration would be for a large tank (90g+), and if there was a better way of doing the water changes than hauling out 30+ g of water in buckets and replacing it the same way. Would you use hoses, etc? HOW was the question, not whether w/c's needed doing or not.
Now that makes me wonder - we have several gravel vacs with the suction creator already - and can get more tubing in longer lengths readily enough. But how do they refill the tank with it? It doesn't show that part, other than showing it hooked up? to the sink - do they come with a attachment for the sink? And if so, then a hose end attachment fitted to a longer tube would fix my problem. I can hook up a hose attachment to my sink now. Is that all i needed?
Yes. Just vac as normal (into the sink or out to landscaping) and refill via the sink adding Prime or other WC for the tank volume. For example, on my 55s I will drain 1/2 the water while gravel vaccing and then change the flow on the python to fill and add one full capful of Prime while I add the water back. The part they don't show has a part that moves... when lowered, it drains. When raised it fills.
