Filtration in a Plant Tank

Hi all

Was wondering if its necessary to on the filter of a planted tank if theres no fishes or shrimp in there?

thanks in advance

I think it is not necessary, but you might want to add water pump to circulate CO2 and other fert in the tank

if i dont have co2 then can dun on the filter?

was thinking of removing the filter of my tank when theres no fish since inside my filter is ceramic rings only.

I think it'll be more advisable to have a filter or some form of pump to circulating the water. If you don't have fishes in the tank & the water is stagnant, you could be running a risk of breeding mosquitos.

thanks for your input bro

Originally Posted by RHX

I think it'll be more advisable to have a filter or some form of pump to circulating the water. If you don't have fishes in the tank & the water is stagnant, you could be running a risk of breeding mosquitos.

even with filter mosquito will still breed there happily . Happen to my tank during cycle, so endup buy put 1 fish just to control it.

u think without filter and 1 small fish to eat the larva possible. I am hoping to remove the unsightly filter if possible. Was think plants only mah, maybe dont need 1.

i dunno, what do you guys reckon

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Originally Posted by lightedmouse

if i dont have co2 then can dun on the filter?

was thinking of removing the filter of my tank when theres no fish since inside my filter is ceramic rings only.

Is there a need to put ceramic rings into the filter?

Biological filtration isn't very important when your planted tank is growing well, because ammonia is taken up by the plants. More important will be mechanical filtration to have crystal clear water

you mean with wool?