Tostada
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have a 30 gal. hex tank with a Bio-Wheel 200 on the back.
I just got an Elite 801 pump with 1 outlet. It's just a $5 pump and says "for up to 15 gal tanks on it." I was planning on just getting the smallest thing I could, but they're all about the same price, and the Elite 801 seemed like the nicest cheap single-outlet air pump.
So I just hooked it up with an 8" bubble wand on the back wall of my tank. This has at least doubled the water current in the tank. It circles up the back with the bubbles, across the top with the Bio-Wheel, down the font, then back around.
I don't think it's really irritating the fish. I have a tiny Danio that likes to get in the bubbles and swim against the current. I have a 3" Koi that likes to go up and down on the front of the tank, swimming against the current, then relaxing and getting pushed back down. There isn't much of a current on the sides, and they don't have any problem finding spots to just sit there.
I just don't like the look of having a washing machine with fish in it. If I use some sort of valve to reduce the pressure, will it damage the pump? Should I just look for some kind of rheostat to make it not pump as hard?
I'm also planning on adding plants as soon as I finish making a new hood. Seems like I'd have trouble keeping them anchored the way it is now.
I just got an Elite 801 pump with 1 outlet. It's just a $5 pump and says "for up to 15 gal tanks on it." I was planning on just getting the smallest thing I could, but they're all about the same price, and the Elite 801 seemed like the nicest cheap single-outlet air pump.
So I just hooked it up with an 8" bubble wand on the back wall of my tank. This has at least doubled the water current in the tank. It circles up the back with the bubbles, across the top with the Bio-Wheel, down the font, then back around.
I don't think it's really irritating the fish. I have a tiny Danio that likes to get in the bubbles and swim against the current. I have a 3" Koi that likes to go up and down on the front of the tank, swimming against the current, then relaxing and getting pushed back down. There isn't much of a current on the sides, and they don't have any problem finding spots to just sit there.
I just don't like the look of having a washing machine with fish in it. If I use some sort of valve to reduce the pressure, will it damage the pump? Should I just look for some kind of rheostat to make it not pump as hard?
I'm also planning on adding plants as soon as I finish making a new hood. Seems like I'd have trouble keeping them anchored the way it is now.