Please offer advice on an effective filtration system

[Heuer]

Originally Posted by mikeymike

sorry for asking this noob question wont 100% wc causes shock to the fish?

i'm currently holding a 2ft tank with 8 ranchus 1 oranda, 1 -2 inch size.
ohf with 3 trays,top tray sponge, bottom 2 trays CR. plus sponge filter. there's a small plant too. added coral chips directly to the tank and my gfs are doing fine.

my WC routine is 50%/ 3 days.

this set up works fine for me. just my 2 cents worth

how long have your fish being in this tank?

Originally Posted by Heuer

how long have your fish being in this tank?

close to a month or so.. i know i'm super over stocked and my gfs will suffer. am planning to get a bigger tank if my room space allows if not i'll just have to sell or give them away.

[Heuer]

Originally Posted by mikeymike

close to a month or so.. i know i'm super over stocked and my gfs will suffer. am planning to get a bigger tank if my room space allows if not i'll just have to sell or give them away.

give it another 3-6 mths, you will run out of space. try to get a bigger tank. at least 4ft for 9 pcs in order for them to grow to their full potential.

Originally Posted by Heuer

give it another 3-6 mths, you will run out of space. try to get a bigger tank. at least 4ft for 9 pcs in order for them to grow to their full potential.

thanks bro for the advice, i wanna do that too. trying to squeeze an empty space out for a 4fter!

[Heuer]

that will be great. try to keep up with large water change with your current setup while you get a bigger tank. the cheaper way is get those plastic tubs.

For 5 GFs, is 3ft ok? Trying to post a WTB thread in the accessories section but unable to do so. =(

[wei]

Originally Posted by mikeymike

sorry for asking this noob question wont 100% wc causes shock to the fish?

for me is 3 things:

1) Minimise temp shock: got to get the temperature of the fresh clean water to be near the to-be-changed water,
2) Minimise chlorine/chloramine poisoning: the fresh clean water needs to be aged or well aerated with water conditioner
3) minimise ph shock: have the fresh clean water buffered with bicarbonate of soda.

Each one have their preferred way..got to trial and error to get your best way of handling.

[frankloh]

Originally Posted by wei

for me is 3 things:

1) Minimise temp shock: got to get the temperature of the fresh clean water to be near the to-be-changed water,
2) Minimise chlorine/chloramine poisoning: the fresh clean water needs to be aged or well aerated with water conditioner
3) minimise ph shock: have the fresh clean water buffered with bicarbonate of soda.

Each one have their preferred way..got to trial and error to get your best way of handling.

Bro here already explain on things to note on 100% WC. My Tetras living in the same tank has no issues with 100% WC as well.

[yuenkk]

My recommendation for the media will be Coral chip and Bio-home(Red).

[jenson]

Originally Posted by AndMay

For 5 GFs, is 3ft ok? Trying to post a WTB thread in the accessories section but unable to do so. =(

Hi AndMay,

5 GFs in 3ft is ok, try not to add anymore, I would say at most 1 more. If you can, stick with your 5 GFs in the 3 ft for maximum growth. Generally I find getting a 3ft in Marketplace is not that hard.

Happy GF keeping!

Cheers,
Jenson