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Fefe
I bought a new external filter name is RESUN its 1200 Liter per hour.
I wanted to know few things I am planning to remove 4 UGF and also 3 power filters and start to use my new 1200 liters P/H filter should I do it?
Fefe
oh yes and my sze Tank is 197 Us Galons, is 1200 Liters P/H is ok for that big tank.
no other filter at all...plz help me guyz
golden lionhead
wow thats a bigg filter u have my friend! blink.gif Thud.gif
how much did it cost? B)
fantailfan
the popular opinion is that ugf(undergravel filters) arent all that good for goldfish. i dont know alot about them, and the problems they create, but i do know that when you remove it, you are going to have a huge amout of sediment in your water.

if i were in your position, i would keep one of your power head filters, as a backup, running right along with your new hang on filter. this serves three purposes. one, it will assure that in case of a failure, you will still have filtration. two, when you change filter elements, you will keep at least some of your biological filter intact, protecting you from ammonia spikes. and three, you cant have too much filtration.
Fefe
thank you guys well golden the cost of that filter is around $90
my plan is to remove undergravel one day and keep power filters and external filter runing for few days and afterwards remove all the power filters and keep just external filters?
what do you think
and also plz guide me when to clean external filter i mean after how many days?
and should i contineu to change 50% water every week?
golden lionhead
how many times should u clean this extrime filter well dipand on how
mny and how bigg fish u have,u have gold fish in there where u will put this
filter right?i agre with the filter changing thing your tank is 1200 liter bigg!?
yikes.gif wub.gif but the best thing about the filter is to ask your shooper where
u have bought this filter when do u have to clean it. smile.gif

good luck fefe!
Fefe
Well the shop keeper know nothing......any one can help and inform me if i just put external filter 1200 liter per hour NO OTHER FILTER at all is this enogh for my 197 Gallon Tank?
there r 20 goldfishes
curently am using:
4 under gravel filters
3 power filters

i am planing to remove undergravel filters today
after two three day i will remove power filters too if u guys sugest
fallenlordz
Wow thats alot of goldies. Must be one very active tank druel.gif

Do you have any pics that I can see?
golden lionhead
well if the watter is going preaty fast all around the tank witch u can test
when u feed your fish if you feed your fish with flak food like me u will see
the food going aroud the tank.i have no ider how to help u sad.gif if u could show
me a record when your filter is runing i could see if the watter is moving fast enaugh but thats a sily ider realy sily spit.gif hah.gif
Fefe
last night i removed all the under gravel filters....yech there must be 2 liters of gunk...i must say NO TO UGF
golden lionhead
lol that alot of popo hah.gif
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