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what should i use for a cleaner tank and for my fishes good?

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  • 01-05-2014 4:13pm
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    Newgirl19
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭


    i just got a filter for my new 70 liter tank for my 4 goldfished but which shoud i use
    1weide jet pipe

    2diffuser

    3 spray bar?
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    ZiabR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭ZiabR


    What kind of internal/external filter are you using at the moment?

    All of what you have listed will not help your tank stay clean. They will just keep the water moving and keep aerating it.


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    Newgirl19
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭Newgirl19


    logik wrote: »
    What kind of internal/external filter are you using at the moment?

    All of what you have listed will not help your tank stay clean. They will just keep the water moving and keep aerating it.


    I have a internal filter
    Crystalprofi i60 (JBL)


    But still which should I use?


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    ZiabR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭ZiabR


    If you want to add air into your water to help keep it moving get an air stone.


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    Sleepy
    Registered Users Posts: 24,203 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Just point the outlet of the filter up a little and it will keep the air plenty oxygenated.

    Your main problem right now is that a 70l tank is way too small for 4 goldfish. Goldfish are really best kept in ponds where they have the space (and water volume) necessary for them to survive. I've kept a single goldfish in an 100l tank at home as the kids granddad bought him for them but after 3 years, I'm looking to re-home him with someone who has a goldfish pond.

    Did you cycle the tank correctly? If you didn't, or don't understand the question, read the sticky at the top of this forum for a really good guide to doing it, bring the goldfish back to the shop where you bought them, follow the guide and then look at what kind of fish would be more suitable for a 70l tank. You may need to invest in a heater if you want to keep tropical fish but the good news is that tropicals are actually easier to keep than cold-water and you can get a wide variety of them that will happily co-exist in a "community" tank.

    What shop did you go to btw? Was it a dedicated aquatics place or a general pet-shop? Because most of the latter are absolutely *USELESS* when it comes to fish. There's no need to feel bad for making the mistake of taking advice from a pet-shop, most of the regulars on this forum were in the same place when we started fishkeeping and I'm sure I'm not the only one who killed a few goldfish out of ignorance at the start!


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