Filter help!!

[sunkenmetal]

Agreed. But not enough contact time decreases its worth wrt biofiltration capacity.

I disagree with you.

[aquabee]

Sound like some lame fish LOL

Haha yeah they can be really finicky. But pretty!

[aquabee]

I disagree with you.

Nothin new there!

[sunkenmetal]

Nothin new there!

Probably because you are wrong.

[sunkenmetal]

Haha yeah they can be really finicky. But pretty!

So are Ferrari's but ya

[aquabee]

Probably because you are wrong.

Real constructive, Nick. Back on topic please!

[aquabee]

So are Ferrari's but ya

Ferraris... Blah. Lambos.

[SunnyHouTX]

Well I respectfully disagree. You can have a wet/dry that handles 1200 gph

This is true.

"Contact time" is an often misunderstood and misrepresented concept in respect to this hobby. Contact time is important in an open ended treatment process where the discharge is not retrieved for further treatment. The best example of this is a sewage treatment plant where the final product is let into a stream, river, ocean, or similar. In an aquarium, water is recirculated constantly so there's always water in contact with media. The trick is to match the flow rate of water through an adequate amount of media to the production of bio load in the aquarium.

[SunnyHouTX]

Probably because you are wrong.

She is

[aquabee]

I guess I stand corrected then.

[sunkenmetal]

so basically if you are only keeping two discus then the bio load would be low so less filter is required.

[SunnyHouTX]

Your WC schedule and feeding also plays a role here of course.

I've heard some discus keepers/breeders have tanks with no filters just buy doing constant water changes... kinda like hangman is planning for his pond at his new house