Tostada
Aquarium Advice Freak
I've got a 30 gal hex that currently has:
1 male betta
3 danios (1 female zebra, 1 male zebra, 1 female longfin)
6 velvet wag swords (4 female, 2 male)
5 panda corys
8 glass shrimp
2 bunches of anacharis
Tomorrow I'm going to go to build a new hood for it, and I wanted to just take the lid with me to get the dimentions perfect. I figured I'd take out about 25-30% of the water and shut off the filter just to make sure the fish couldn't jump out. I won't get back for about 15 hours, then I'd finish the water change and put the lid back on.
I have an 8" bubble wand that gets plenty of circulation in there. I actually have a valve restricting it to about 1/3 the regular flow since it turns the tank into a washing machine. I'd turn it up a little when I shut the filter off.
I could leave the filter going, but there would be a whole lot of splashing going on, so I figured it'd just be better to shut it off. I've got a Penguin 200.
Or, I could just put a box on top for a lid while I'm gone, but that might get some condensation and get soggy.
Also... leaving the filter shut off isn't going to kill the bacteria on the wheel in just 15 hours, is it?
1 male betta
3 danios (1 female zebra, 1 male zebra, 1 female longfin)
6 velvet wag swords (4 female, 2 male)
5 panda corys
8 glass shrimp
2 bunches of anacharis
Tomorrow I'm going to go to build a new hood for it, and I wanted to just take the lid with me to get the dimentions perfect. I figured I'd take out about 25-30% of the water and shut off the filter just to make sure the fish couldn't jump out. I won't get back for about 15 hours, then I'd finish the water change and put the lid back on.
I have an 8" bubble wand that gets plenty of circulation in there. I actually have a valve restricting it to about 1/3 the regular flow since it turns the tank into a washing machine. I'd turn it up a little when I shut the filter off.
I could leave the filter going, but there would be a whole lot of splashing going on, so I figured it'd just be better to shut it off. I've got a Penguin 200.
Or, I could just put a box on top for a lid while I'm gone, but that might get some condensation and get soggy.
Also... leaving the filter shut off isn't going to kill the bacteria on the wheel in just 15 hours, is it?