wilfie

hi
I'd like to get more info on GPH and filters

As I understand it
the more gph you have the more fish you can have

Any one out there to help me??

WILFIE

Gunnie

Your statement is not necessarily true. Sometimes you can cheat a little by adding more fish and upping the filtration, but that's not usually the best way to keep a tank. African cichlids in a tank would be an example of when this is done on a regular basis because overstocking keeps the aggression down in these kinds of tanks.

Butterfly

You would normally want to run ten times your tank volume through your filter in an hour. For instance if you have a ten gallon tank you would want your flter to be rated 100gph. so when you buy a filter this is what you want to look for.
It won't help you overstock your tank but will help keep the fish you have in cleaner water
Carol

wilfie

I hope I'm not out in left field here
But I get the impression

that it's possible to keep
AFRICAN CHICLIDS in larger numbers than
1" per gallon

?

Is this a stupid thought on my part

Wilfie

Gunnie

Yep. Overstocking is a way to keep the aggression down in these fish. You will have to bump up the filtration though on these tanks.

wilfie

THANX

GUNNIE

How much extra filtration and how many CHICLIDS

can I put into my 30 gal tank

These would all small ones to start of course

WILFIE

Butterfly

You really need to research what kind of cichlids you want to put in your tank. It's kind of hard to say "just get 20 of any kind and chuck them in ". also research what their adult sizes are going to be, thats always a consideration.
Carol