Just got a new tank 30 inches long by 15 inches wide by 12 inches high. Purchased this to have a go at breeding my Compta/leopard frogs in a tank of their own. I have 3 wilds at the moment and plan on adding a couple more to the group before making the attempt to breed em.
I am planning on covering the sides and back of the tank.
And I am planning on a thin layer of sand with caves and bogwood as the only decor.
FILTRATION.
Something I saw a while back in a well known aquatic store sparked an idea.
whilst their tanks are on an automatic water change system they have sponge filters behind a corner of the tank which had been sectioned off and have pipe work releasing the water/air from the air driven sponge filter via a hold coming from the corner about half way up the tank.
Basically the way it works is water is drawn into the corner section from the tank at the surface it is then sucked into the sponge filter and returned at middle tank level. Does this act as a good biological filtration?
On my breeding tank I was thinking of doing this type of think in the two back corners of the tank to act as bio filtration and was planning on having one to two internal filters or maybe going for one internal and an external to act as large mechanical filtration.
Any advice on the benefits of non benefits of using these kind of corner filters and anything I could do better or should not do
Also, if the corner filters are a good idea how often should they be cleaned or is it as I though clean the mechanical internal filters as much as possible and never clean the corner bio filters unless they clog thus preventing water flow?
What I was thinking of doing was cycling all the filters in my existing mixed tank before putting water into the new tank then when filters are cycled was going to do a large water change on my 4 foot tank to set up the smaller breeding tank and obviously move the filters across.
Advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I am planning on covering the sides and back of the tank.
And I am planning on a thin layer of sand with caves and bogwood as the only decor.
FILTRATION.
Something I saw a while back in a well known aquatic store sparked an idea.
whilst their tanks are on an automatic water change system they have sponge filters behind a corner of the tank which had been sectioned off and have pipe work releasing the water/air from the air driven sponge filter via a hold coming from the corner about half way up the tank.
Basically the way it works is water is drawn into the corner section from the tank at the surface it is then sucked into the sponge filter and returned at middle tank level. Does this act as a good biological filtration?
On my breeding tank I was thinking of doing this type of think in the two back corners of the tank to act as bio filtration and was planning on having one to two internal filters or maybe going for one internal and an external to act as large mechanical filtration.
Any advice on the benefits of non benefits of using these kind of corner filters and anything I could do better or should not do
Also, if the corner filters are a good idea how often should they be cleaned or is it as I though clean the mechanical internal filters as much as possible and never clean the corner bio filters unless they clog thus preventing water flow?
What I was thinking of doing was cycling all the filters in my existing mixed tank before putting water into the new tank then when filters are cycled was going to do a large water change on my 4 foot tank to set up the smaller breeding tank and obviously move the filters across.
Advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
