canister or wet/dry

[nemo09]

would a canister filter suitable for to a 200g tank be ok for a 55g fowlr for now?or should i just go with wet/dry, me and wife a saving up for house right now so i dont wanna set anything elaporate till were in our house,

 

[blenny]

Welcome

As a rule of thumb ,Any filter is going to require Maintance. Imo, The canister is not fun, I had one and every week i was taking it apart to clean it. It houses nitrates that build up, Wet dry is the way to go, But in my 40 Gal im using a Aqua Clear 110 and all i have in it is small pieces of live rock and carbon to keep the water clear, Also with this filter ive read you can even make a small fuge out of it. But i havent done that yet.
Hope this helps.
Carl.

 

[coralreefer]

what's even easier then a wet dry is a DIY sump. do some research, but here's a great start:
http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html
its melevsreef.com

 

[nemo09]

i was thinking maybe i can put like a 29g under the 55g and put the mud stuff in there with some lr and cheaota, , what do you guys thin about this? thanks to all that reply.

 

[salt life]

Originally Posted by nemo09
http:///forum/post/3077184
i was thinking maybe i can put like a 29g under the 55g and put the mud stuff in there with some lr and cheaota, , what do you guys thin about this? thanks to all that reply.
I would just make a section for chaeto, I had sand and live rock in mine but it took up too much room, I took it out and now my chaeto has my whole fuge to grow in.

 

[nemo09]

oh so maybe i should just put cheaota in there with sum small lr adn ls