Best Way To Filter A 50g

[Bastler]

Hey all. After a rather annoying heater explosion whilst I was away and losing all my fish I am almost ready to start again with my 50G.

I currently have a single canister filter filtering this tank. I was wondering what is the best way to have my tank nice and clean. Sometimes I cant do a water change for three weeks. Is there some way to automate this process?

The other thing I was thinking of doing was having another canister filter connected to an under gravel filter but not sure if that is a good thing to do or not?

I am wanted to keep say 3-4 electric yellows and 3-4 other african cichlids plus a pleco. Something along those lines anyways. On a side note would you think my tank is big enough for this?

Any help is much appreciated thanks heaps.

 

[holidayinn]

Could add another filter or stock light. Stocking the tank lighter would mean that you could do less frequent WC's.

 

[llamalord305]

I would make a topic in a diff forum for the stocking.

As for the filter, the more the merrier, so I would reccomend making a sump/wet dry if you have the skills.
Try these.

http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_wet_dry.php
http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_sumps.php
http/www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/wetdry.htm


Theres a lot of information on making them yourself floating around the web.
Good luck!

 

[Bastler]

I would make a topic in a diff forum for the stocking.

As for the filter, the more the merrier, so I would reccomend making a sump/wet dry if you have the skills.
Try these.

[URL="http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_wet_dry.php"]http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_wet_dry.php[/URL]
[URL="http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_sumps.php"]http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_sumps.php[/URL]
[URL="http/www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/wetdry.htm"]http/www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/wetdry.htm[/URL]


Theres a lot of information on making them yourself floating around the web.
Good luck!

Thankyou for the info there its really useful.

Cheers

 

[JonD]

I would make a topic in a diff forum for the stocking.

As for the filter, the more the merrier, so I would reccomend making a sump/wet dry if you have the skills.
Try these.

<a href="http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_wet_dry.php" target="_blank">http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_wet_dry.php</a>
<a href="http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_sumps.php" target="_blank">http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_sumps.php</a>
<a href="http/www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/wetdry.htm" target="_blank">http/www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/wetdry.htm</a>


Theres a lot of information on making them yourself floating around the web.
Good luck!

Thankyou for the info there its really useful.

Cheers

Hi,

I use a wet dry sump on my 100 gallon tank and it's incredibly effective. I bought the sump itself glass only then built the wet dry bit. If you want drawings and dimensions PM me and i'll email them over.

Most of the articles i found were US and referring to things you can't buy here.

Cheers,

Jon.