targaboy78
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hi gang,
I just purchased a 30g "swim-through" tank with all the fixin's.
(Just to help you picture it in your mind. Imagine two 15g tanks, up-on-end, side-by-side about 8 inches apart, with two 6 inch tubes connecting them. So the fishies can swim-through to the other side).
This package came with Air pump, UnderGravel Filter plates, Fluval 4 internal filter, gravel, plastic plant and other nick-nacks.
Because the tank is basically two tanks, I want to ensure both sides get the necessary filtration. I already have a new Fluval 304 canister filter, that I was planning to use.
I am planning a community tank with some live plants, plastic plants, driftwood and possibly other decorations.
My filtration questions start here.
Would you run the UGFs with the Air Pump, or would you hookup the UGFs with small powerheads and run them as a reverse flow setup?
Would you forget the UGFs and just run the Fluval 304?
Would you do both UGFs and Fluval 304?
Would you get splitters for the Fluval 304s intake and output hoses, so that you could put 1 intake and 1 output in each half of the tank? (Can that even be done?)
I am sorry about the barrage of questions, but I have been wrestling with these options since last night and I can't make up my mind.
I just purchased a 30g "swim-through" tank with all the fixin's.
(Just to help you picture it in your mind. Imagine two 15g tanks, up-on-end, side-by-side about 8 inches apart, with two 6 inch tubes connecting them. So the fishies can swim-through to the other side).
This package came with Air pump, UnderGravel Filter plates, Fluval 4 internal filter, gravel, plastic plant and other nick-nacks.
Because the tank is basically two tanks, I want to ensure both sides get the necessary filtration. I already have a new Fluval 304 canister filter, that I was planning to use.
I am planning a community tank with some live plants, plastic plants, driftwood and possibly other decorations.
My filtration questions start here.
Would you run the UGFs with the Air Pump, or would you hookup the UGFs with small powerheads and run them as a reverse flow setup?
Would you forget the UGFs and just run the Fluval 304?
Would you do both UGFs and Fluval 304?
Would you get splitters for the Fluval 304s intake and output hoses, so that you could put 1 intake and 1 output in each half of the tank? (Can that even be done?)
I am sorry about the barrage of questions, but I have been wrestling with these options since last night and I can't make up my mind.