Freshwater Aquariums
| I can say from personal experience that wet/dry filters have a definite place in freshwater aquariums as well. Of my five African cichlid aquariums, two of them, a 75 and a 110, share one of my larger wet/dry filters; and they have an unsurpassed water clarity. You know how clear, crisp and new an aquarium looks after a water change? Well, that's how my 75 and 110 gallon tanks look all the time! You can see the 110 gallon tank project here. The water quality truly is remarkable. This quality is reflected by the health of my fish. I have several lamp. calvus in this 75 gal. that I've had going on 10 years! This tank also has many juli. transcriptus that are colony spawning. In almost every nook and crevice you can find baby transcriptus. This is definitely something to consider for those wanting to breed fish. One wet/dry filter can be used to run several breeder tanks. For example, one SL-20 wet/dry filter could easily run ten 30 gallon freshwater tanks. Remember, efficiency of wet/dry filters greatly increases when used for freshwater aquariums. This makes these filters seem way less expensive all of a sudden! |
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Male and female juli. transcriptus (Zambian) guarding territory and young. Click on image to get a close up view. |
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Two of my wild caught J. ornatus have paired off and I just noticed today that there are eggs on the rock behind the ornatus in the picture. I made such wonderful clay pots with holes for breeding, but you never know where the fish decide their love nest to be! I've always noticed that doing water changes perks the fish up and gets them excited. These two ornatus spawned just after doing a water change on their 29 gallon tank. I change about 25 to 30 percent of their water every 2 weeks. |
