Re: Filter/sump/protein skimmer for 250L tank
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Hi Eeyore
Firstly, well done on upgrading, your fish will be very grateful!
As a goldy keeper myself, I can only echo what Miss Pril has said about external filters, and once again, the bigger the better IMO. I use an All Pond Solutions external filter on my 330L tank, and they are great value for money and also very quiet

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As Miss Pril said, as goldies are so messy it is best to go for the next size up rather than one that is rated for your tank size. I went for the 2000EF (which is rated for a tank of 1000L), as it was only ?10 more than the one rated for 600L! It has loads of room for media, which means it can support more bacteria and process more waste - all in all, great for goldies and great value for money!!
Many of the members here do use other filter brands though, I think Eheim and Rena? But I will leave it to them to recommend as I only have experience with the APS ones

I can also definitely recommend the Pozzani nitrate reducing filter mentioned by Cathie - my tap water has 40ppm Nitrates before even going in the tank so keeping levels down was always hard, and my oranda struggles with buoyancy (made worse by high nitrates!). This filter is cheap and can either be plumbed in permanently, or using a few cheap bits you can attach it temporarily to your tap as and when you need to draw water for water changes (I do this). It strips Nitrates from the water leaving you with 0-5ppm in the water you put in the tank

Good luck, happy shopping!
Brig
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