Aquaclear 110 on a 25 gallon?>

[Alkane]

I want to change out my power filter and I have an old aquaclear 500 (now called 110). I was wondering if this is going to be too much for my tank. I assume it will be.

If it is too powerful, are there any mods I can do to reduce or spread the flow.

Thx for the help

 

[Zagz]

It is a bit large for that tank. However you can put a sponge over the intake to slow down the flow. What kind of fish you have in the tank? Some fish are more sensitive to flow than others.

 

[Alkane]

6 rummynose. Eventually some apistos once the tank gets more seasoned. It will be heavily planted once everything grows up.. hoping this will help break some of the current.

 

[Discusapisto]

6 rummynose. Eventually some apistos once the tank gets more seasoned. It will be heavily planted once everything grows up.. hoping this will help break some of the current.

Yeah for apistos I wouldn't they hail from leaf littered slow moving streams they as a species aren't fans of strong current. I keep canister filters or sponge filters with mine with reduced flow rates and they do excellent. Rummys enjoy some current though.

 

[Alkane]

Yeah for apistos I wouldn't they hail from leaf littered slow moving streams they as a species aren't fans of strong current. I keep canister filters or sponge filters with mine with reduced flow rates and they do excellent. Rummys enjoy some current though.

Cool thanks. Dunno if I can keep up good enough water quality with a sponge filter and unless I can find a used canister filter it will be out of my budget for a while. I was thinking about attaching a ramp to the aqua clear or some sort of perforated horizontal pipe to spread water flow.

Do you have a c02 system in your apisto tank? If so is there enough circulation?

 

[Discusapisto]

Well weekly water changes will solve any water quality issues filters are there just for the in between water change times. I keep all my apistos in a breeding rack in 20 gallon longs I only have one planted show tank with them in it it's a 40 breeder with co2 pressurized with a canister filter and they do great and so do my plants they pearl all day. Check yard sales or craigs list I just picked up two used fluval 304's canisters the other day for a friend on craigs list for 40 bucks for both and they work just fine. Keep your eyes open you'll find a deal somewhere I'm sure. But a nice over sized hydro sponge filter works wonders if you are really worried about flow add a power head on top of the sponge filters tube, but the apistos like it a lil calm. If you run power filter just slow it down like you mentioned you should get that to work out nicely.

 

[Alkane]

Awesome that helps thank you!

So water movement is good. I just don't want to see any of the fish fighting the current?

I'll try to get the current right before I add the apistos. I plan to do 2 10-15% weekly water changes.

 

[Discusapisto]

Sounds good yeah get the current right and happy dwarf keeping