Filtration for clownfish

[Pearfish]

Can i use a sponge filter for breeding tank and fry tank or am i better off using a sump for breeding tank and sponge for fry tank?

 

[thedasher]

Sump for breeding tank, sponge filter won't help much. Add the sponge to the fry tank around day 20 or else it may suck up the fry.

 

[billsreef]

While a large enough sponge filter will provide adequate biological filtration for the breeding pair, you'll need to do lots of water changes to make for the lack of other filtration.

 

[Ginger bay]

while a large enough sponge filter will provide adequate biological filtration for the breeding pair, you'll need to do lots of water changes to make for the lack of other filtration.

+1

 

[ThRoewer]

I never used a filter for the larva tanks, just large tanks (120 liter) and after transition to frozen foods a skimmer.
A filter just removes the live foods that you want the little guys to eat. And they don't make enough poo to justify a filter. Though you should remove leftover foods, poo and dead larva from the ground at least twice daily.

I only added a sponge filter cartridge to the power head pump that provided the flow after metamorphosis. And that sponge had to be cleaned daily.

 

[Windy2]

Larvel tank with 50 gal sump and drip water changes.