Barracuda Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Thinking if getting some fish from livefish.com.au - anyone had any success/failure stories from these guys? I know you need a quarantine tank when you order fish from online. I currently have 480L sponge filter building up bacteria in my main tank, will this be overkill in a 2ft tank? Currently it is rocking the water a bit in my 320L, so will the excess water movements be too stressful for the fish? Also, how long will it take for the bacteria to be fully seeded in the sponge filter? Does the filter have to be running the whole time, or is it still building bacteria by just sitting in the tank? ATM the sponge filter is on for only half the day, switched off at night due to the noise from the air pump. Anything else i should have ready for the tank? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz_gooner Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I think you will need to keep water moving through the sponge to maintain healthy bacteria all tho they my not die off completely when the sponge is not running. I run a small sponge in my 2 foot tank with a cheap diaphram pump. Also have one in each of my display tanks as a back up if the power drops out. They run off the same pump for the airstones just different outlet. Tanks are in the lounge room and run nice and quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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