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power heads in my cichlid tank
By: Mazken Date: November 17, 2014, 11:38 am
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hey i know there is an equipment section but this area gets more
traffic hope you dont mind. i wanna use powerhaeds or wave
makers in my african cichlid tank. can i take out my air pump if
i do that. what do think this is all new to me ive always used
air pump. pros and cons.
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Re: power heads in my cichlid tank
By: GaryJewett Date: November 17, 2014, 5:16 pm
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I have 2 filters on my 55 gallon and the water flows constantly
throughout the tank, so I feel I don't need an air stone or wave
maker
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Re: power heads in my cichlid tank
By: Mazken Date: November 18, 2014, 8:20 am
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i have 2 hob filters on mine. i turn the water over 10 plus
times an hour. i also use a sponge filter and would like to get
rid of the rest of air stone. i would like to keep the sponge in
the corner out of the way. but i do do keep the water between
82-84 degrees. from what ive read at higher temp you need more
movement.
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Re: power heads in my cichlid tank
By: TexMex Date: November 18, 2014, 1:19 pm
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I have a FX6 with a 2 Sun Sun Canister filter that causes plenty
of water movement at the top. I do have a small power head at
the bottom of my tank, it is on the back corner to blow all the
crap to the FX6 intake. My opinion is if you have strong enough
filters to move the water around, then a power head is just
extra movement. I would use it to put it in a area where there
is no water circulation.
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Re: power heads in my cichlid tank
By: mrk13p Date: November 20, 2014, 11:06 pm
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the air pump is just there to cause agitation at the surface.
You can point your powerheads up to the surface to achieve the
same effect.
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Re: power heads in my cichlid tank
By: Mazken Date: November 24, 2014, 12:31 pm
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cool so how do i know if i have enough surface agitaion
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Re: power heads in my cichlid tank
By: TexMex Date: November 24, 2014, 1:14 pm
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A good way to till if your fish need more oxygen is you see your
fish rapidly opening and closing there mouths or staying at the
top of the tank and gasping for air. Look at this video
hopefully the link works.
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Re: power heads in my cichlid tank
By: TexMex Date: November 24, 2014, 1:17 pm
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Re: power heads in my cichlid tank
By: AKHeathen Date: November 30, 2014, 7:07 am
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well, if you use a canister, the output "should" agitate the
surface for exchange, but i know that is not always optimum, so
you add an air pump..... it's a pretty simple system. if you
use power heads or "wavemakers", that is fine. all that is
needed is that you exchange water with air at a certain rate.
what i can tell you is to put the powerhead or wavemaker at a cm
below what you honestly think your lowest water level is going
to be or has been and aim upward. i have more than 10 tanks ND
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SETUPS....... the canister definately has an
air pump since output is via spraybar under water, but the one
big successfull constant of all tanks is water vs air exchange,
no matter which way you do it.
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