Filtration Challenge
Hi, I was reading some articles in http://fish.mongabay.com “Thanks Lenny”. And found many types of filtration that I didn’t know anything about. Again, I remind you that I live in middle east, and there isn’t a good fishkeeping culture here.
Anyway, I’ll describe the filtration system in my 20G community tank, I’ll really appreciate if you take a look and tell me what you think of it.
1) Under-gravel filter , attached to a power head (18 W, 1500 Liters/hour), and has an external air tube to distribute room air into the water all while filtering the water. The powerhead DOESN’T contain sponge, wool or anything. On the plastic plate of the filter, under the gravel, there’s a layer of wool (I don’t know if you call it glass cotton) between the plate and the gravel. The gravel is 1″ thick in the front and 2″ in the back. There are 5 medium sized live plants in the tank. I heard that this type of filtering serves as a biological filteration, don’t know about that.
2) Internal (submersible) power filter, contains rubber net to catch large debris, and inside it there’s wool (glass cotton). Doesn’t contain activated coal or anything.
In my OTHER 2 G small tank (used for raising guppy fry), there’s only an Internal Box Filter, contains gravel and a thick layer of glass cotton, and attached to a weak air pump.
So what do you think of my tank’s filteration, considering the poor fish equipments and supplies here?!
I’ll be glad to read all of your opinions
Noura
Category: AquaticLife
