Fishy Smell
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Up until recently I had 2 filters running on my 55 and the same on my 48. I removed one filter on each because I felt that the current was a bit much for some of the fish and my stock levels didn't particularly need double filtration anyway. On both tanks the filtration was double the recommended before I took one on each away. I thought it would be ok because the remaining should have been enough. I had a fairly significant ( but not quite dangerous) ammonia spike on the 55, and a slightly raised ammonia level in the 48 (which is quite lightly stocked). I have lost a couple of the more sensitive fish on the 55, and have been performing water changes daily and rinsed a couple of filter sponges out of my 130 into the water to get some more bacteria in there. The levels are slightly better this morning but still present. I'm going to get some of that tank starting bacteria you can add to new tanks as well to help more.
My question is, because I've thought of this after; presumably there was only enough beneficial bacteria in the tank to cater for the fish in there (makes sense in hindsight) and me removing a filter halved the bb available for the quantity of fish I had (rather than me thinking that there was twice the bb I needed in the tank so if I take one away there will still be enough!!
Presumably if true, this means that over filtration is pointless (to an extent) unless you are overstocked?
Any feedback from filtration experts would be most welcome.
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My question is, because I've thought of this after; presumably there was only enough beneficial bacteria in the tank to cater for the fish in there (makes sense in hindsight) and me removing a filter halved the bb available for the quantity of fish I had (rather than me thinking that there was twice the bb I needed in the tank so if I take one away there will still be enough!!
Presumably if true, this means that over filtration is pointless (to an extent) unless you are overstocked?
Any feedback from filtration experts would be most welcome.
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