I know it's basic

filtration time

  • 12 hours/day

    Votes: 1 0.7%

  • less 12 hours/day

    Votes: 1 0.7%

  • more 12 hours a day

    Votes: 1 0.7%

  • 24/7

    Votes: 135 97.8%
  • Total voters
    138
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kluni

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I know, I probabily shouldn't be even asking that.

I've been keeping tanks for years now, but I never really talked about that with other tank keepers. 'Cos it's so basic.

My timer switches the filter togehter with the lihts off -> 15 hours/day

So, how long you leave you filtration running? 24/7?
 
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If your filter isn't on 24/7 then your getting a fluction all of your critical levals .If your fish are use to this it shoulden't hurt but it may cause problems later on introducing any new fish.the lighting turning off on a timer is a good idea but i wouldn't put the filter on it.

30 gal

balck moor
celestial eye
spoted pleco
albino cory
giant danios
white clouds

10 gal

striped cory
elephant nose

i have my tanks double filtered cycling 10 times/hour 24/7
 
It appears to unaminaminus so far. I have considered timing my filter off for an hour or two in my plant tanks each day just to see how much pearling I get, but otherwise all water movers run 24/7 and always have.
Dave
 
As everybody else, 24/7/365.

Dave - first you have to saturate/supersaturate the O2 in the water, then the pearling appears, so it can take a while. From mid-cycle into early evening I can usually see a bit (especially from the Val ;) ) but rarely a lot, I'm not high light and have mucho current.
 
I get some pearling as it is, but have always wondered what it would look like if I stopped all water movement. It's one of those curiosity things that I've thought about but not yet tried. I can't see where it would make a huge difference in anything realistic in the tank though.
Dave
 
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