Betta Fish Tank Filter

I just got my Betta a new 5.5 gallon tank, and bought an Aqueon quiet flow filter for it. The outflow was too strong for my beloved fish so I’ve been trying to reduce the current. I don’t think a plastic water bottle baffle would work on this particular filter due to the waterfall type outflow. I put a sponge on the output and tied it on with a rubber band. This seems to have reduced the current and my Betta is swimming with ease but I am wondering if this is okay for the filter?

 

Look at your filter carefully. Open it if possible so you can look in at the filtration. If there is back flow from the outtake then consider another method to reduce current

 

I have the same filter and what I did was stick an extra sponge inside that was slightly to big. That way it was compressed a little when put inside and really reduced the flow by a good 50%

 

Your intake will still take in the same amount of water regardless of how much water passes through the outtake. If water is coming back into the filter from the outtake then this will damage the filter or could cause it to overflow and spill water. There should be another outtake on the filter made for backflow, just be sure that there is

 

I am using this filter and have been for quite some time now, they are very gentle filters and I haven't had to baffle any of them since putting them in. Unfortunately, there is no way to adjust the flow, but the way you've put a sponge in the waterfall area will work just fine, although I am quite shocked you'd need to baffle it as mine don't deliver enough current as I would like, so I am replacing them.

 

I got tired of constantly messing with filter flow on my betta tanks. Even though I might have 2 or 3 tanks with the exact same HOB filter, seemed I had to do drastically different stuff to each so the flow wouldn't agitate the fish. I eventually just gave up and put sponge filters in all the betta tanks.

 

I got tired of constantly messing with filter flow on my betta tanks. Even though I might have 2 or 3 tanks with the exact same HOB filter, seemed I had to do drastically different stuff to each so the flow wouldn't agitate the fish. I eventually just gave up and put sponge filters in all the betta tanks.

Same here. I had a quiet flow and just ended up making my own little filter with a mason jar, filter media, and an airstone. Works great, and I have biomedia in there as well as the filter floss and such, so I feel a little better than just having a sponge filter. Though, I'm pretty sure a sponge would be absolutely sufficient for a betta, I just like being able to put my own media in it.

 

I just got my Betta a new 5.5 gallon tank, and bought an Aqueon quiet flow filter for it. The outflow was too strong for my beloved fish so I’ve been trying to reduce the current. I don’t think a plastic water bottle baffle would work on this particular filter due to the waterfall type outflow. I put a sponge on the output and tied it on with a rubber band. This seems to have reduced the current and my Betta is swimming with ease but I am wondering if this is okay for the filter?

I have the same filter. I am also looking for ways to reduce the filter outflow. I also have this filter floss, that I have not yet tried. We shall see.

I am most interested in how this will turn out, and I wiI keep an eye on this thread.

 

just for my understanding, if sponges are added to the outflow of the HOB filters, doesn't it reduce the "circulation" of the water column? is there a more suitable way to damper the flow but at the same time do not affect the "circulation effect" for the water column?

 

Smaller tanks will circulate with any flow whatsoever that only comes into play with larger tanks