L24 growouts in 35 Gallon with sponge filter only?

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L24 growouts in 35 Gallon with sponge filter only?

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Planning to separate some l24s to growout.
they are about 3 inchers.
planning to put them in a 35 gallon with lots of caves.
but planning to just use sponge filters as tank filter.
do you guys think 2 sponge filters will be able to handle bio load from these guys?
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Re: L24 growouts in 35 Gallon with sponge filter only?

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sponge filters can have a large capacity - it just depends on how large the filter is. I use 70 * 30 cm sponges, 5 of 5 cm thick, in my 4 meter tank.

But I´ve never seen a complete set offered in petshops being of a decent size. If you refer to these - no, these are worthless, for any use, unless you keep shrimp
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Re: L24 growouts in 35 Gallon with sponge filter only?

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squid wrote: 19 Jul 2017, 04:17 Planning to separate some l24s to growout.
they are about 3 inchers.
planning to put them in a 35 gallon with lots of caves.
but planning to just use sponge filters as tank filter.
do you guys think 2 sponge filters will be able to handle bio load from these guys?
Squid if you use the number 5 or 6 sponge filters for ata you will be fine with 2 in there but I would have to many 3" fry in that small tank to be honest.
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Re: L24 growouts in 35 Gallon with sponge filter only?

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thanks! i have some bigger tanks, but they are so small now. I'm worried they wont be able to compete with my bigger plecos for food.
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Re: L24 growouts in 35 Gallon with sponge filter only?

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Also depends on how often and volume of water change.
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Re: L24 growouts in 35 Gallon with sponge filter only?

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Back in March I put a 1” Pseuda L427 in my big community tank, which has several other plecs and bottom-feeding cichlids. In 6 months it has grown to 3” and is now challenging the 6” L233 and the 4” L397 for food. So I wouldn’t worry too much about them going hungry in a busy tank.
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Re: L24 growouts in 35 Gallon with sponge filter only?

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thanks :) These L24s grow so slow , my L160 seem to be growing fast.
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