I have a powerfilter and the output of the filter causes a pretty deep stream of bubbles. I'm slightly concerned that the water current is a little too high since my dwarf gouramis will completely avoid that section of the tank. Is there a way to slow down the water current while keeping up the excellent aeration that the return water provides? I was thinking of maybe using some sort of net or slope to slow the water down a little but I'm worried that it'll decrease the amount of oxygen available to the fishies.
Slow down water current in a tank
- Thread starter Phrag
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put as much water as you can in the tank. it will release the water at the correct angle instead of it falling. i put a peice of sponge in the bottom of the output and that worked really well, but it got dirty as hell. this was in a 20G discus QT tank. he is still inthere and i have since taken it off. he gets by fine even with the current. it is a hex so the current is really bad.
I have two HOTB filters on my 10 gallon betta tank. I use a mixture of floating plants and a piece of hard molded plastic angled to break the flow of the water as it comes out of the filters. Still get current flow, but my betta no longer gets blasted across the tank when he swims in front of the filter.
I have just set up a 30 litre tank with an undergravel filter. It comes with both a spray bar and some other thing (like a fan output..) so I tried the spray bar. But having put plants in there the tank looks like a bit of a whirlpool. What can I do to slow down the current? is the other attachment gonna be better, can I angle the holes at the glass instead of towards the front of the tank??