I have a question.
I have a fifty-five gallon tank with about eighteen African Cichlids, all under two inches. They are half red zebras and yellow labs with about three or four different kinds of gray striped ones. I got them all for 20 dollars, the whole tank of them, when a pet store was going out of business, and I had to take them all.
My question is- I am running an Aqua Clear 110 on the tank as well as an Aqua Clear 75. I had another Aqua Clear 75 lying arouind, and I just hooked it up. So that's 3 filters, all of them meant for a bigger tank than a 55.
Is this too much filtration? I mean, I have always heard that the more filtration you have the better- but this is a lot. I want to keep an extra filter running anyway because I have an empty twenty gallon and another empty 29 gallon and if the filters stay (or get) cycled they can go on those new tanks when and if I decide to set them up.
I also have a Whisper 10-60. it too is just sitting there not hooked up to anything. Can I hook that one up too? That would make four....
Is the current going to be too much for these fish? They seem to be swimming around ok so far, but is there any risk to having so much filtration? And if I set up the 10-60 (a total of four filters) would that be insane?
I had the one Aqua Clear 75 and the fish store owner just up and gave me the other three, so they were sitting around. I thought, why not hook them up? But is there a limit at which there is too much filtration? Will it hurt my fish?
I have a fifty-five gallon tank with about eighteen African Cichlids, all under two inches. They are half red zebras and yellow labs with about three or four different kinds of gray striped ones. I got them all for 20 dollars, the whole tank of them, when a pet store was going out of business, and I had to take them all.
My question is- I am running an Aqua Clear 110 on the tank as well as an Aqua Clear 75. I had another Aqua Clear 75 lying arouind, and I just hooked it up. So that's 3 filters, all of them meant for a bigger tank than a 55.
Is this too much filtration? I mean, I have always heard that the more filtration you have the better- but this is a lot. I want to keep an extra filter running anyway because I have an empty twenty gallon and another empty 29 gallon and if the filters stay (or get) cycled they can go on those new tanks when and if I decide to set them up.
I also have a Whisper 10-60. it too is just sitting there not hooked up to anything. Can I hook that one up too? That would make four....
Is the current going to be too much for these fish? They seem to be swimming around ok so far, but is there any risk to having so much filtration? And if I set up the 10-60 (a total of four filters) would that be insane?
I had the one Aqua Clear 75 and the fish store owner just up and gave me the other three, so they were sitting around. I thought, why not hook them up? But is there a limit at which there is too much filtration? Will it hurt my fish?