EvaporatingFish
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Apr 9, 2014
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so im fairly new to aquariums, had a 10 Gallon aquarium for about 3 months and then decided to get a 45 Gallon aquarium. Ive got it set up with a Fluval 306 Canister filter with one tray for mechanical, one tray completely full of Biohome Ultimate media, and the third tray half full of Biohome Ultimate media with carbon filters on top of them. ive got it set to highest output so it can go through as much water as possible but its causing a high current (even at lower output levels). i put a Rainbow shark and 4 platies in the other day to get the tank started. (i cycled it for a month/used bacteria starter/ and used 4 bioballs that came with my Biohome Ultimate media before anyone asks).
The rainbow Shark is obviously not bothered by the high current since he chills at the bottom and i know they like current. but the platies seem like they have trouble eating and just swimming around when they get to about the top 1/4 of the tank. will the current bother them in the long run or will they simply adapt to it? if the current is too much for them, rather then lowering the output of the filter (which still seems to be hard on the platies), can i just build a spraybar out of pvc pipe to reduce the current? i imagine having multiple outputs for the water rather than the one that was included with my canister would help reduce it enough to keep it at full output but reduce the current at the same time. am i right to think this or do i just need to keep the filter at lower output and hope it doesnt bother the platies as much as it seems to? i want to get more platies and if they cant handle the current i need to know what to do before adding more.
thanks for any help
The rainbow Shark is obviously not bothered by the high current since he chills at the bottom and i know they like current. but the platies seem like they have trouble eating and just swimming around when they get to about the top 1/4 of the tank. will the current bother them in the long run or will they simply adapt to it? if the current is too much for them, rather then lowering the output of the filter (which still seems to be hard on the platies), can i just build a spraybar out of pvc pipe to reduce the current? i imagine having multiple outputs for the water rather than the one that was included with my canister would help reduce it enough to keep it at full output but reduce the current at the same time. am i right to think this or do i just need to keep the filter at lower output and hope it doesnt bother the platies as much as it seems to? i want to get more platies and if they cant handle the current i need to know what to do before adding more.
thanks for any help