erk628
Fish Herder
Objective: I want to eliminate dead spots give the fish who want to play/swim in the current and the ones who don't won't have to and wont get stressed.
Background: I have a 150 gallon with a adult oscar and 5 rather small clown loachs. I've had it for a little over a month now. I just got a fluval fx5 and put on it last night and will be ordering a second fx5 in a week or two. I did have the fx5 a penguin 350 hob and another 55 gallon hob on it. A little while ago tonight I got to looking at my two hobs and noticed the filters were the same size and I have room in my 350 two put the two filters from the 55 hob in there. So I did that and now I have the 350 on the left and the fx5 on the right. When I get my second fx5 later in a week or 2 I will be running all three until my fx5s cycle then I will be taking the hob off and using it else were.
Plain: Once I get my second fx5 I'm going to be getting a 55 gallon and stick my green terror thats in the 75 in there putting the oscar in the 75 by himself and keeping the 5 clown loachs in the 150 and making it a community. I don't plan on really small fish like neon tetras but the fish I do plan on will still be small and there will be all different kinds. I don't have a final stock list made but I do have some ideas and some would like a current and some wouldn't.
Back to Problem:
Basically right now the whole bottom of the tank is one big deadspot with debris just setting there waiting on the weekly water change. Everytime a fish swim over the sand debris comes up and starts floating around. Once the filters start to get it all cleared up here comes another loach bringing more up from the sand. Oh by the way by substrate is play sand my decor will be driftwood and rocks with some plants attached to the driftwood and rocks. Now what I would like to use are these http
/www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&source=hp&q=hydor+koralia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=14878788773839098794&ei=aPRgS4CYH4bdlAfzkrTfCw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CC4Q8wIwBw#ps-sellers This one is the biggest they have and I know 1200 gph would put out a heck of a current so I don't know if its no much or not. I figure using 2 or more would work best they do make smaller ones this is just the biggest one that I know of that the make. Now what I'm looking for is currents for the fish who want it no debris on the sand which would means no dead spots but I also want it to were it fish don't want the current they don't have to deal with it.
So what do you guys think how many and what size do you think I would need. I've used powerheads before but never these Korlias and I would like to use them unless you guys have a better idea.
Thanks
Erk
Background: I have a 150 gallon with a adult oscar and 5 rather small clown loachs. I've had it for a little over a month now. I just got a fluval fx5 and put on it last night and will be ordering a second fx5 in a week or two. I did have the fx5 a penguin 350 hob and another 55 gallon hob on it. A little while ago tonight I got to looking at my two hobs and noticed the filters were the same size and I have room in my 350 two put the two filters from the 55 hob in there. So I did that and now I have the 350 on the left and the fx5 on the right. When I get my second fx5 later in a week or 2 I will be running all three until my fx5s cycle then I will be taking the hob off and using it else were.
Plain: Once I get my second fx5 I'm going to be getting a 55 gallon and stick my green terror thats in the 75 in there putting the oscar in the 75 by himself and keeping the 5 clown loachs in the 150 and making it a community. I don't plan on really small fish like neon tetras but the fish I do plan on will still be small and there will be all different kinds. I don't have a final stock list made but I do have some ideas and some would like a current and some wouldn't.
Back to Problem:
Basically right now the whole bottom of the tank is one big deadspot with debris just setting there waiting on the weekly water change. Everytime a fish swim over the sand debris comes up and starts floating around. Once the filters start to get it all cleared up here comes another loach bringing more up from the sand. Oh by the way by substrate is play sand my decor will be driftwood and rocks with some plants attached to the driftwood and rocks. Now what I would like to use are these http
/www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&source=hp&q=hydor+koralia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=14878788773839098794&ei=aPRgS4CYH4bdlAfzkrTfCw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CC4Q8wIwBw#ps-sellers This one is the biggest they have and I know 1200 gph would put out a heck of a current so I don't know if its no much or not. I figure using 2 or more would work best they do make smaller ones this is just the biggest one that I know of that the make. Now what I'm looking for is currents for the fish who want it no debris on the sand which would means no dead spots but I also want it to were it fish don't want the current they don't have to deal with it. So what do you guys think how many and what size do you think I would need. I've used powerheads before but never these Korlias and I would like to use them unless you guys have a better idea.
Thanks
Erk
. Now the undergravel jet system would be nice I think it would just be to much of a pain. I would have to drain the tank completely take all the sand out build it and strategically place the jets and probably get them wrong like I usually do with things I'm not familiar with. While thinking and looking over the tank I think maybe four could could do it maybe want to go a bit smaller though if I go four. I was thinking maybe 2 on each side one towards the bottom on each side to cover that side and then one towards the top on each side to cover the middle. This may be to much though. I think it would cover the bottom really well but it may be to much of a current for the fish. Ughhh I think to much! 
I wish I knew how much of a current they pushed out and how much of an area they would cover before buying them!
