Category: My Aquarium Obsession
I started with a vase and a lowly beta. Now there are two tanks with a third in the works
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I have read that planted tanks should have a filter flow rate that turns over the tank volume 10 times per hour. My filter, the Eheim classic 2213 claims a flow rate of 120 gallons per hour and I just tested mine. It’s flowing at about 78 gallons per hour. My 36 gallon tank, heavily…
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So excited! A friend asked my advice about starting up an aquarium for his kid. Here goes. (Note that these are my opinions on a freshwater aquarium, based on my experience. Others may have different ideas, suggestions. Feel free to comment/elaborate.) Hardware: Bigger tanks are more forgiving and stable than smaller tanks, probably don’t go…
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I don’t know how I missed this advice: that the filter for a planted tank should turn over the water volume in the tank 10 times per hour. Are you freaking kidding me? I thought I was spending a decent chunk of change buying the Eheim Classsic 2213 filter which promised about 120 gph. But…
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