i leave mine on 24/7 and during feeding time my filter helps distribute the food and allow half to get to the bottom for the bottom feeders.
Do you turn your filters off?
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I only turn my filters off while I am changing the water. All of my filters restart on their on without problems - as we have frequent short power interruptions, I really could not afford to use any that would not autostart consistently.
Did the filter manual explain why it was important to turn the filter off daily? In something over 50 years of fishkeeping that is one I have never heard before.
Did the filter manual explain why it was important to turn the filter off daily? In something over 50 years of fishkeeping that is one I have never heard before.
I turn my Whisper 2 filter off at night only because it's rather noisey and is in my bedroom. I leave my little eclipse system with the biowheel running.
If you had a huge fish load you might not want to do this but I have no prob with it in my 20 gallon tank.
If you had a huge fish load you might not want to do this but I have no prob with it in my 20 gallon tank.
I leave mine on all the time. And I bought little feeding rings so that when I feed the fish the food doesn't scatter all over the place. Works great.
A feeding ring? I imagine it's some sort of circular floating device and the food gets put in the middle? Neat idea.
If I cut a styrofoam cup in half or thirds horizontally, would it do the same thing?
If I cut a styrofoam cup in half or thirds horizontally, would it do the same thing?
here is a feeding ring
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...tchallany&Ntx=mode+matchallany&Np=1&N=0&Nty=1
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...tchallany&Ntx=mode+matchallany&Np=1&N=0&Nty=1
Yup, that my feeding ring in the photo, Hagen. I smaller tanks so I put the ring in the opposite corner from the filter so that the food can safely drift to the bottom. I also leave that area unplanted for extra easy cleanup.
Take a piece of airline tubing and form a ring using an airline tubing connector. It floats, you make it whatever size you need or want, it is cleanable, and lasts just about as long as the tank.
A diatom filter is not intended for chronic use, it is short term clarifying filter. This has nothing whatsoever to do with routine tank filtration. Good grief. Diatoms are massively powered huge volume filters.
Much ado about nothing.
Much ado about nothing.
