moonraingirl
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Hi, I was wondering if I need a better filter for my tank of its this enough?
I've got Juwel Rio 125 litre tank with Bioflow 3 filter which pumps 600l/hour and had volume of 3 litres.
There are 2 swordtails, 16 neons, 10 cardinal and 3 black tetras. There's also 12 plants.
The water doesn't sink and the parameters are very good with no ammonia, NO2 and NO3 between 0,05- 0.75ppm. The tank is new, fish were bought in the beginning of June.
However, I see tiny dust like particles in the water and when I do WCH once a week filter floss appears very dirty, like completely covered in mud. It's that normal? I think this mud comes from the substrate - plant substrate and gravel. I had to wash it for 45min before placing into tank because it was extremely dirty and dusty. It still wasn't completely clean when I gave up because I physically couldn't continue washing it anymore. It was a store bought aquarium gravel but I'm not sure where they got it from.
So my question is would it help to get an external filter - I'm thinking of Eheim, or is my current filter enough?
Edit of the title : I'm on my mobile and it changed the word external to extremal. I don't know how to correct it now, so sorry for the typo
I've got Juwel Rio 125 litre tank with Bioflow 3 filter which pumps 600l/hour and had volume of 3 litres.
There are 2 swordtails, 16 neons, 10 cardinal and 3 black tetras. There's also 12 plants.
The water doesn't sink and the parameters are very good with no ammonia, NO2 and NO3 between 0,05- 0.75ppm. The tank is new, fish were bought in the beginning of June.
However, I see tiny dust like particles in the water and when I do WCH once a week filter floss appears very dirty, like completely covered in mud. It's that normal? I think this mud comes from the substrate - plant substrate and gravel. I had to wash it for 45min before placing into tank because it was extremely dirty and dusty. It still wasn't completely clean when I gave up because I physically couldn't continue washing it anymore. It was a store bought aquarium gravel but I'm not sure where they got it from.
So my question is would it help to get an external filter - I'm thinking of Eheim, or is my current filter enough?
Edit of the title : I'm on my mobile and it changed the word external to extremal. I don't know how to correct it now, so sorry for the typo