Skai
Aquarium Advice Freak
it's another. Basically through a series of various unfortunate circumstances including but not limited to Ich and other fish illnesses I had to tear my whole tank apart. I figured this was the perfect time to switch over to a heavier planted aquarium rather than the few rinky dinky plants I had in there to begin with. I have a 35 gal hex and it's pretty tall and dramatic so I thought some lovely live plants would look quite striking.
However I get up this morning and the pump I had (which I had been intending to use for a least a while) is leaking from the bottom. It's either gotten a crack or there is some other internal problem. Basically it's leaking somewhere I can't get to and it's doing so at a steady rate. It has to be replaced.
Question is, since I'm going to be switching over to a planted aquarium what are some good filters for both fish and plants? I've heard that HOB filters were sometimes a problem if it has too much flow but that's all I've ever had for aquariums so far so that's what I'm most familiar with. Also, since I'm heading towards a planted aquarium am I understanding correctly that if everything is working properly all I really need is the sponge/other solid filter and not so much any bio-media and carbon? I wasn't really planning on switching over to planted so quickly but since I had to tear the whole thing apart and move the fishes to smaller tanks where I actually could use the smaller spare filters I had I figured this was the perfect time. Any help would be most appreciated. I'm probably going to end up recycling the entire thing as well but that's hard to do without a filter...
However I get up this morning and the pump I had (which I had been intending to use for a least a while) is leaking from the bottom. It's either gotten a crack or there is some other internal problem. Basically it's leaking somewhere I can't get to and it's doing so at a steady rate. It has to be replaced.
Question is, since I'm going to be switching over to a planted aquarium what are some good filters for both fish and plants? I've heard that HOB filters were sometimes a problem if it has too much flow but that's all I've ever had for aquariums so far so that's what I'm most familiar with. Also, since I'm heading towards a planted aquarium am I understanding correctly that if everything is working properly all I really need is the sponge/other solid filter and not so much any bio-media and carbon? I wasn't really planning on switching over to planted so quickly but since I had to tear the whole thing apart and move the fishes to smaller tanks where I actually could use the smaller spare filters I had I figured this was the perfect time. Any help would be most appreciated. I'm probably going to end up recycling the entire thing as well but that's hard to do without a filter...