I'm building a 240+ gallon tank, and i was wondering if i could use a pond filter instead of a normal filter since this size is so big. the laddie at pet smart said that i could use a pond filter for my tank, but i need one with bio-balls in it. but this website here is a UV + bio pond filter. would this be a good filter or what other filters are good? the gph is 1,000
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2007-02-20 15:47:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
The filter will be marginal,a turnover rate of 8 volumes per hour should be considered a minimum,that being said the filter might make a good starting point. Alternate methods could be used to augment you initial filter.(Sponge filters with power heads could act as auxiliary helpers.) This would provide some redundancy in case one system would suffer a failure. The U/V part is really not necessary,and shouldn't be used early on. It would probably be better to forgo the U/V lamps in favor of more capacity.--------Just a few things to think about.------PeeTee
2007-02-20 16:03:39 · answer #1 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
personally i would use a 55 gallon converted tank as a filter cuz you can buy a pump that can handle the water volume of your 240 gallon tank!!
2007-02-21 00:16:25 · answer #2 · answered by Frank s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your best bet is to look into a sump system for it.
2007-02-21 00:17:58 · answer #3 · answered by chris k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋