"Fuzzy" -DONTEMAIL wrote in message
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| Hmmmm.... I just noticed the Whisper is rated for 330gph ( adequate for
| 30 to 60g tanks) at my LFS. I read somewhere that a flter should turn
| the water over 10x the tank capacity. Could be wrong, would not be the
| 1st time LOL ;-)
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| Not the first time my memory's been wrong.....
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| Must be the 40 I was thinking of, or the new 20-40.
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| Again I might be wrong, but I belive if you put peat moss in the filter
| bag, where the charcol goes, this will help low the PH, without
| chemicals. I really am not a chemical kind of guy, myself.


Hmmm. have you added peat to a HOB filter before? I drop my water softener
pillows there without any issues (that I know of) I could setup another HOB
filter I guess to handle my water conditioning issues. I really need to have
my life back and be able to just remove some water, add some back.. then sit
back and enjoy like " normal" folks here LOL

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| As for the filter rate, 10X is recomend on high biolad type fish,
| generally the larger ones, or where you have a lot of fish in a tank.
| Unless you have Angel fish ect, where high currents in the water are
| harmfull to the fish, then I vote for high water turn over. Keeps it
| cleaner, in the long run, plus, if you change over to fish that require
| higher filter rates, then you allready have the equipment.
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No Angels in this tank and I really do not believe that the water turbulence
is bad since I have the flow thru my filter cut back about 60%. I plan on
cranking it back up ( slowly) as the water clarity improves.

Thanks Fuzzy for your comments ;-)

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James