I am in need of some knowledge of the aquarium filter?
I have a 10 gallon tank and my filter does not seem to be doing a good job (Penn-Plax Cascade 100 …. I do not recommend), so I'm going to buy a filter with the Marineland Penguin biowheel (already have a biowheel for my 5 gallon tank and love it), so here is my delimma …. I get one? I'm trying to decide between the penguin from 100 to the 20-gallon tanks and filters 100gph and Penguin 150 for up to 30 tanks and filters 150gph gal. I'm leaning towards the 150 because it has a higher biowheel and larger filter cartridge, and frankly, I'ma little paranoid, because Plax Penn shit is for up to 20 gallons and you can cut a 10 gallon aquarium. I think my main question is the will of my goldfish being hurt by me using a filter that recommended for "all aquariums up to 30 gallons? Here is a link with information about filters. http://www.marineland.com/products/consumer/con_penguinfiltersnew.asp Please only later, if you know what you are talking. Thank you!
A filter slightly larger will not hurt your fish, provided if not exceed the current – do not want all the fish to be swept to one side of the tank! But using a larger filter can not resolve the problem might be. How well do you work like a filter will depend on how new the tank is, how many fish you have and how much is being fed. Something about your question I do belive that may have a tank that is less than 2 months of age and the water is cloudy. This is normal for a tank that was just created, and change the filter does not change this. It is called cycling and the "cloud" is a beneficial bacteria to flourish. You need to have these in your tank because they are what makes the harmful ammonia and nitrite to nitrate, which fish can live in the time that the concentration is too high. Because while there are more ammonia and nitrites that can be used, will playing. When the population increased to the point at which bacteria are becoming all the ammonia and nitrite, the playback will slow down and look murky disappears. The more fish you have, the more ammonia and nitrite was based, and too much food in the tank is not good. The fish can eat all the food, but then produce more waste (where ammonia is produced), or uneaten food decompose and release ammonia. Too much lead poisoning ammonia, and fish start gasping at the surface, as they can not get enough air, then will sit in the bottom of the tank and eventually die. They should be fed only what they can eat in 2-3 minutes twice a day. As for the nitrates in the tank, the only way to remove these is with changes partial water (although the aquarium plants will help remove some of them), otherwise, the algae will start to become a problem. So it can not be need a new filter. Please see the following link and the link to "The Nitrogen Cycle" inside.
Marineland Biological Filter Unboxing
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