Fish-tank filter at night?

Hi Joshua

The filter has to be on all the time or the beneficial bacteria in it that keeps the water clear of ammonia and nitrite will die off (in about 2 hours), leaving the fish exposed to toxic water. It takes six weeks for it to re-establish itself so eventually they'll sicken and die. They're not bothered by the noise of the filter I guarantee it. If you are, then move the tank to another room.

I cannot stress enough DO NOT SWITCH OFF THE FILTER : D

Good luck with your fish

My sister-in-law and her husband spent the night time once and decided to turn off the filter on the 150 gallon aquarium in our residing room because they could hear it. It had many pricey fish we had raised for years in it. In the morning all of them had been dead. If you had only a few fish instead of a stuffed populace, the fact that the fish are new and small could in the beginning help them survive an episode or two of getting the filter grew to become off. However men and women with very highly-priced fish, reminiscent of marine fish and live coral, will purchase vigour backup systems that may fee 1000's of bucks depending on size, considering they don't want the filters to ever go off. There are filters which might be so quiet, you must appear on the water coming out to look if they're turned on. I have three FX5's on one-of-a-kind tanks, and that's undoubtedly actual of them. The only sound they make is when the programming turns them off for about 5 minutes as soon as a day so that trapped air inside the filter can "burp" out of the procedure.

How big is the tank? It should have about 100 litres per fancy goldfish, and the filter should be double the normal (tropical temperature) filtration capacity. A canister filter is one of the quietest. I have three Fluval FX5's and I have to look to see if they are on.

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You do have to read the instruction, or watch the CD so that you know how to put it together and start it. I have a feeling the guy who left a negative review did not bother with either set of directions and cobbled his together.

Most of your helpers are right in the money with good helpful answers. You will probably have a few people who will lie and say sure you can turn it off at night, but they are just hoping you will pick their answer, by telling you what they think you want to hear instead of a truthful answer based on experience.

The filter has to stay on 24/7. Goldfish are extremely messy and turning it off will likely cause the ammonia to spike. If it is too noisy you may look into a quieter filter (such as aquaclear).

24/7 yes, filter must always be on

you have a crappy filter probably

buy better stuff or put the tank in a different room.

raise the water level if it's splashing noise, but if it's the pump, you need better equipment.

I can't sleep in a room with an aquarium no matter how quiet.

Filters should ideally run 24/7 and should only be turned off momentarily during maintenance. I agree with Dan, invest in a canister filter. I run canisters on all my tanks and they're super quiet.

the filter has to be on all the time or the beneficial bacteria in it that keeps the water clear of ammonia and nitrite will die off (in about 2 hours), leaving the fish exposed to toxic water. It takes six weeks for it to re-establish itself so eventually they'll sicken and die.

Leave it on. Goldfish produce a lot of waste that needs to be filtered otherwise Ammonia builds up.

I used to unplug my filter at night when I had a fish tank in my room cause it was too noisy and they were too noisy and they were fine. It may not be the best idea but my dad said they will be fine as long as you plug it back in straight away in the morning as soon as you wake up.

Leave it on bro, it's better and you don't have to plug it back in again