Pictures Of Prianha Tanks

[sryan0609]

i was thinking of redoing my prianha tank. it is 75gal. i just wanted to see some pictures of ppls' tanks so i could get ideas for my own.....

thanks

 

[jonny_dw]

What you got in at the moment and can make suggestions on that.

 

[sryan0609]

What you got in at the moment and can make suggestions on that.

well its in my profile pic...but i just have 2 logs 2 rocks and some tan crushed coral at the bottom. there are quite a few fake plants but the rbps have ripped em up quite a bit and i need some new stuff...i kind of wanted to get some floating plants, but im concerned about snails? i want there to be alot of vegetation though, but not for too much money.....

 

[jonny_dw]

crushed coral?!?!get that out NOW.crushed coal will raise your ph, you do NOT want that, couldnt of picked a worse substrate, get gravel or sand.

Just buy loads of grassy looking plants and some pieces of bogwood.

 

[Mr._Fishy]

Mine used to be heavily planted but currently in mine I've got some bogwood, seachem flourite from when it was a planted tank, and some anubias on the bogwood. There used to be some java fern in there too.

But yes, crushed coral is not good. At all.

 

[sryan0609]

ok, ill work on gettin the coral out first.....any tricks to gettin it out..ive done it i just wanna know if there is an easy way???

 

[sryan0609]

o and i also wanted to get a powerhead...so there will be a current in my fish tank. Is this okay? and if i can get one are they any that you would recommend for a 75gal. tank? And how much power does it need, like how many GPH should it be? because im sure that 5283 gph is too much but i dont know much about powerheads.....

thanks

 

[Mr._Fishy]

You should have enough filtration in your tank that you don't need a powerhead. You really need to shoot for around 8-10x turnover, especially with the amount of fish you have in your tank.

 

[sryan0609]

You should have enough filtration in your tank that you don't need a powerhead. You really need to shoot for around 8-10x turnover, especially with the amount of fish you have in your tank.

okay so powerheads are just more filtration, which isnt a bad thing. but does it make the tank look kind of col bc there is a current in it? do u think itd just be a waste to get one?

and again r there any tricks to removing the base of your tank? the coral in my case?

 

[Mr._Fishy]

Just use a net to get it out.

Powerheads are not more filtration. Only in marine tanks with live rock is it filtration. They just move the water around. I'd think would be a waste. If you've got enough filtration chances are you won't need a powerhead. You might want one if you've got a canister on your tank and you feel it's doing okay as far as mechanical filtration goes. What do you have on there now?

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[Truck]

ammonia can linger in a tank with inproper flow, causing dead spots which will harbor algae.

 

[sryan0609]

Just use a net to get it out.

Powerheads are not more filtration. Only in marine tanks with live rock is it filtration. They just move the water around. I'd think would be a waste. If you've got enough filtration chances are you won't need a powerhead. You might want one if you've got a canister on your tank and you feel it's doing okay as far as mechanical filtration goes. What do you have on there now?

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i always forget what 2 filters i have....i have like the biggest penguin bio wheel one and the smallest bio wheel one. what is a canister? i think that i would like to have a current in my tank i just think that it could look cool with plants, so what gph or what kind would you advise...and do u think that it could really help provoke ammonia, and be less algea?

 

[Mr._Fishy]

Yeah, up the filtration for sure. Even for a correctly stocked piranha tank, that isn't enough. Do a google search for a canister filter. The advantage is it provides MUCH greater biological filtration that a basic cartridge style hob filter. It doesn't turn over water as fast however and is a pain to clean. Ime eheims seem to be much more reliable that all the hobs I've tried though.

I'd probably go for a canister and a hob or an aquaclear. I haven't really had much luck as far as reliability goes with the aquaclears, but it seems like other people have. On my 29g sanchezi tank I have an Eheim 2213 and an ac 50. It's pretty overdone but I felt I needed something more than the eheim and all I had around besides some really small ones was the 50.

 

[sryan0609]

Yeah, up the filtration for sure. Even for a correctly stocked piranha tank, that isn't enough. Do a google search for a canister filter. The advantage is it provides MUCH greater biological filtration that a basic cartridge style hob filter. It doesn't turn over water as fast however and is a pain to clean. Ime eheims seem to be much more reliable that all the hobs I've tried though.

I'd probably go for a canister and a hob or an aquaclear. I haven't really had much luck as far as reliability goes with the aquaclears, but it seems like other people have. On my 29g sanchezi tank I have an Eheim 2213 and an ac 50. It's pretty overdone but I felt I needed something more than the eheim and all I had around besides some really small ones was the 50.

ok sounds good