Aquaclear in Marine Aquarium
Jay
OK, This is the deal:
I am about to move back to school and I am taking my aquarium with me (75 gal).
I also have a 29 gal but that is staying at home. I want to start a marine
aquarium but I want to spend as less money as possible. I have a 300 Aquaclear
filter. Will this be good enough to sustain life? I would hate to have my fish
die. I didn't want to spend alot on a filter.
What do you think? ............... Thanks. Jerome!
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In article <1992Aug31....@wam.umd.edu> fa...@wam.umd.edu (Jay) writes:
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+OK, This is the deal:
+
+I am about to move back to school and I am taking my aquarium with me (75 gal)
.
+I also have a 29 gal but that is staying at home. I want to start a marine
+aquarium but I want to spend as less money as possible. I have a 300 Aquaclear
+filter. Will this be good enough to sustain life? I would hate to have my fi
sh
+die. I didn't want to spend alot on a filter.
+
+What do you think? ............... Thanks. Jerome!
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If you're just going with a simple marine tank (not a specialized reef tank
with REALLY specific woter condition requirements) your Aquaclear 300 in tandem
with a UGF are probably more than sufficient. The dual filtration setup will
provide a sort of insurance policy in the event of a pump failure.
Keith.
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300?"
[this is all my opinion, your milage may vary]
Yes, but don't.
Starting a marine fish aquarium is not for the light of cash (or
heart). If you're really serious, price out everything first.
An Aquaclear 300, or any simple mechanical filter is indeed enough to
sustain life in a tank. The real problem is: "How much life."
Are you using crushed coral as a substrate material?
Are you having the aquaclear run as purely a bio-mechanical filter, or
are you using carbon too? (ick)
How often do you intend to do water changes? (remember, commercial
preparations for H20 are expensive)
How often do you groom (vacuum) your substrate?
A small filter with a relatively small biomass like the the one you
are talking about is -not- going to support much life. If you have a
75 gallon tank, you're going to be tempted to put more than 3 or 4
blue damsel's in it.
Instead, take the 29 along with you and start out small. That's a
nice size for a new victim, uh, beginner to try out. The H2O will
cost less, you'll be less tempted to overstock, etc. etc. etc.
However, if I were you -- I think I'd add a UGF to your 300 filtration
setup. Get an exteral sponge prefilter for the 300 (there is a tetra
thing you can rip apart and stuff on the input line) and go for pure
biomass filtration. If you later on run into more cash, get a pair of
reverse flow powerheads and convert the UGF into a RUGF.
Good luck.
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Darin Cowan (root)
> I am about to move back to school and I am taking my aquarium with me (75 gal
> I also have a 29 gal but that is staying at home. I want to start a marine
> aquarium but I want to spend as less money as possible. I have a 300 Aquaclea
> filter. Will this be good enough to sustain life? I would hate to have my f
> die. I didn't want to spend alot on a filter.
I use an aquaclear 300 on my 50 gallon freshwater. They're rated for 300 gph,
so you should be OK, but it's a bit light IMO. The box says they're good for
up to 150 gal tanks.
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