Powehead/filtration

[mattistat]

wuld you be able to put a power head on a tank pointed to a filter intake to get better filteration

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

about all it would do is stir water up more, which indirectly would help. it would help things not settle on the bottom. plus your fish might like it.

 

[mattistat]

well i want one cause my water is foggy (because the sand and ya i washed it out like atleast 20 times) and it wont clear up after even a month and its really dissapointing and it wont go away is there annything you can tell me to help?

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

are you positive its the sand? you also can buy these filters that hook to a powerhead and like superfilter your water. they are about 20 dollars, and polish your water. im sorry i cant remember what they are called. i will try to find a link.

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

found it.
Powerhead Quick Filter

 

[FishLuvr]

do you mean cloudy when you say foggy?, cloudy water is due to one of two things, a bacteria bloom or poorly rinsed substrate. Both of which should have cleared up way before a month, unless with the former, you have severly overstocked. i know you said you rinsed 20 times, but sand can be very very "dirty" for lack of a better word, powdery for a better word, have you tried water changes, the amount of water changes that should be done in a month, especially with cloudy water, should have take care of the problem.

And yes water polisher filters are great, but that doesnt solve your problem, you need to figure out WHY the water is cloudy/foggy and the remedy that.

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

if it really is the sand the water polisher should slove it. unless it is re-stirred up i mean.

 

[mattistat]

well i dont think its over stocked i have 2 mollies 2 tiger b's a 4" balla shark (im getting rid of him soon) an 3 (1" or less) assorted cichlids

but what do you mean by watter polisher

 

[mattistat]

i change the water every week like 20 - 30 persent

 

[Igor The Cat]

i would say give it another month then if it hasent cleared up try a diatom filter.

cheers

-Java

 

[mattistat]

whats a diatom filter and i went to petsmart like 1/2 an hour ago and got a powerhead and i aimed it at the filter intake i hope ths works

another question would i beabe to use a sponge or something to make the powerhead into a filter somewhat?

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

yes there is a powerhead with a filter like you are talking about, but i dont think it will help much because it wont filter out diatoms. diatom filters do this. basically it polishes the water by filtering out extremely tiny particles that other filters wont catch.

 

[Igor The Cat]

THIS Is a diatom filter, they are very good water scrubbers.

pointing a powerhead at the filter intake wont do much as the filter cant suck in anymore water than its pump can expell.

a sponge on the powerhead could help though

cheers

-Java

 

[FishLuvr]

diatom filter, is a filter that uses daitom earth, basically finely crushed seashells as a powder mix, its the best thing to use to filter and clean the tank, (water polishing) because it will remove the smallest particles of debris, algae etc. they are expensive but do the job very very well. i dont think there meant for fulltime filtration though, just to get the water nice and clean and then removed

 

[mattistat]

would i beable to get one at a petsmatr, petco, or somewere not online

 

[mattistat]

would i beable to get one at a petsmatr, petco, or somewere not online

never mind

 

[Igor The Cat]

not without paying a lot more money you wont, but a diatom is only a temp filter, i borrow a friends once every 6 months to just give my tanks a good scrub.

cheers

-Java

 

[mattistat]

what kind of sponge would i need to use?
just one new without cemihcals or do i need to buy something?

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

what size tank do you have?

 

[mattistat]

30 g well ok its actually a 29 but i rounded it up