New kid on the block here.
Yep: even with typical stocking levels.Martin Thoene wrote:Theoretically, increased filtration causing more water movement and higher oxygenation should allow a higher stocking density. The problem is if your power goes, suddenly you have no water movement and the fish will be very quickly compromised.
(Have been there, done that, and got the tee shirt!)
Battery backup air generators are really not feasible due to the control system which is required.
Due to the deregulation of electricity in Texas outages were approximately 10X the frequency as prior to deregulation (has let up now).
I have a wet/dry system but "even though" the power returns no guarentee that the pump will be primed and begin pumping.
As the electrical feed to my home is "radial" the power will typically "come back on" within an hour or so.
Hence I have an air pump which immediately induces turbulence on the water surface when the electricity "comes back on".
I have four jets which return the flow from the wet/dry to the tank (which is community).Martin Thoene wrote: I believe that you cannot really have TOO MUCH filtration, but the actual flow produced may be excessive for certain types of fish. In most cases loaches will be perfectly happy with masses of water movement but other fish species may not. You have to strike a balance based on what species you keep.
I expended "a ton of time in experimentation" orienting the jets such that significant water movement existed in portions of the bottom of the tank but gentle water water movement existed in the remainder of the tank.
TR
