Pufferpunk;5023990; said:
Buy more filters. But an extra 8inchs of fish will not produce that much more bioload.
The Hypocrite thread mbu
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Buy more filters. But an extra 8inchs of fish will not produce that much more bioload.
surely filtration has to come into this also. i have filtration for 270 gallon on my 90 gallon tank as i needed this for turts i used to keep. Having kept turts for quite a while im certain theres no way even a mbu puffer has more bio load than a big terrapin and i had 4 in the tank at one point. i just find it strange that filtration is never mentioned along with tank size.
Cant say this for everyone but usually when you have a huge tank, most have good filtration. I run a lot of FX5s, Marineland 360's and Emperor 400s on my tanks.
MasterB;5024076; said:
+1 55 gallon sump with 2 inchoverflow with no restriction LOL, hella pump!
Bioload can easily be managed via water changes & proper filtration.
This is precisely in line with the old Army Corps of Engineers dictum of "The Solution to Pollution is Dilution" - which is found in your sig line, Pufferpunk.
The reality is someone with a 500 gallon system and a dialed up auto water change system could potentially provide much higher water quality, and a much higher quality of life, than someone who has a 1,000 gallon system and isn't as attentive with their water changes, or filtration.
Personally I would much rather see an adult Mbu in an 8ft x 3ft x 3ft" tank (approx. 540 gallons), with consistent high water quality, vs one kept in a 1,000 tank with only average water quality.
I think that in this hobby there's a fine line between being compassionate, and being fanatical.
SimonL;5024049; said:
I would love to see someone do this! Fahaka vs. Mbu
Now we just need someone to invest in (6) fx-5's, (2) 300g tanks, and a 10" fahaka and mbu. The feeding alone would be thousands a year!
I have both, but there is too much a size difference between the two. I am fairly sure that Fahakas grow MUCH faster than Mbu's as well.
These differences do exist in some species, for example a "freshwater" Dayastis sabina ray compared to a same size Motoro stingray. The first produces massively more waste. I personally wouldn't trust simply bigger filters, the volume of the water needs to be enough to provide some buffering/dilution. For example, if I put a adult Oscar in a 20 gal with an AC110 as filter, the fish is still going to croak as the ph plummets. If you combined this with a constant water exchanger it might work...
