filter! plz help anyone

[tlppkp12]

looking to set up 30gallon need to know if i can use a hang on filter like this http://viriato.net/aquarium/20061229/DSC_7773.JPG for it...when i get it at first it will be a fish only tank but i might want to upgrade to corals later in life so plz help...if i cant any filters just as cheap (or cheapest one that will work)

 

[meowzer]

What size tank is it rated for? I have a Whisper Power Filter 60 on my 29G.....it is rated for up to 60g's
 
I would get something like that

 

[tlppkp12]

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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/380142/filter-plz-help-anyone#post_3307785
What size tank is it rated for? I have a Whisper Power Filter 60 on my 29G.....it is rated for up to 60g's
 
I would get something like that
uhhh...idk i just wanted to get it 2day top set it up and start cycle, i was thinking just pick something up at walmart...so ur saying get somthing ment for 60gal?
 

 

[meowzer]

YES...always go bigger with SW....ANd you can get these at Walmart for about $30

 

[tlppkp12]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/380142/filter-plz-help-anyone#post_3307794
YES...always go bigger with SW....ANd you can get these at Walmart for about $30
thanks big help ! im getting aquarium off craiglist it comeswith everything but filter and stand and it cost 25$ i want to get it 2night and ask mom to loan me money for filter then start cycleing...i already got live rock that i bought and some dead corals i put in moms filter a year ago that she said i can use to start my tank when if i ever got one and now i am and im exited

 

[meowzer]

LOL...Good luck, and do not rush things.....
 
Where is the live rock????

 

[tlppkp12]

 
Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/380142/filter-plz-help-anyone#post_3307802
LOL...Good luck, and do not rush things.....
 
Where is the live rock????
the live rock is in my moms tank...one or two pieces up in actuall aquarium and a bunch in her filter
 

 

[meowzer]

Quote:
Originally Posted by tlppkp12 http:///forum/thread/380142/filter-plz-help-anyone#post_3307807
 
the live rock is in my moms tank...one or two pieces up in actuall aquarium and a bunch in her filter
 
GOTCHA

 

[tlppkp12]

just talked to mom on phone, i guess shesa pick me up then well go get aquarium and find a spot for it, then go to fish store in a few days and get some water cause we only got 5 gallons left, then get filter, then i can start cycleing

 

[meowzer]

Are you going to start a tank diary???? cuz we like pictures ya know

 

[tlppkp12]

lol i got no clue what a tank diary is...but ima take pictures with moms camra (lost mine to the ocean in south carolina) and post a pic when i buy tank 2day, get filter, get water in, get first fish and stuff like that if thats what u mean (and just wandering...u got any freshwater?)

 

[meowzer]

YES....step by step of your progress.....with pictures LOL

 

[tlppkp12]

cool so i guess the answer is yea...might put a few on freshwater but idk cause no one would probably care on a saltwater chat... i got a 10gallon set up, its been up for about a year...after rest of my fish die i want to chatch a small 1 or 2 inch bluegill from neighberhood pond and keep it in there and make it a nano native aquarium if u know what that is

 

[fishtaco]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/380142/filter-plz-help-anyone#post_3307794
YES...always go bigger with SW....ANd you can get these at Walmart for about $30
I've got those biggest size Wal-Mart hang-on-back filters on both my large freshwater tanks and have no complaints, the filters are cheap and clean out easy with the hose, the filters themselves are very quiet and they seem to run forever, something decent from the Wal-Mart pet section........who would have thunk it.
 
Fishtaco

 

[2quills]

Quote:
Originally Posted by tlppkp12 http:///forum/thread/380142/filter-plz-help-anyone#post_3307832
cool so i guess the answer is yea...might put a few on freshwater but idk cause no one would probably care on a saltwater chat... i got a 10gallon set up, its been up for about a year...after rest of my fish die i want to chatch a small 1 or 2 inch bluegill from neighberhood pond and keep it in there and make it a nano native aquarium if u know what that is
I've tried this quite a few times in the early days. Nothing that I caught from a pond or river ever survived in a tank more than a couple of days. My advice would be that unless you plan on eating them then it's best to turn them back into their own environment.

 

[tlppkp12]

i got to guy who was selling me tanks house and it ended up only being 20 gallons...i decided to buy it for the 20$ he offerd and im going to sell my 10 gallon for 15 or 20$ so i basicly got a free upgrade on freshwater but that sucks i cant do salt

 

[tlppkp12]

Quote:
Originally Posted by 2Quills http:///forum/thread/380142/filter-plz-help-anyone#post_3307892
I've tried this quite a few times in the early days. Nothing that I caught from a pond or river ever survived in a tank more than a couple of days. My advice would be that unless you plan on eating them then it's best to turn them back into their own environment.
I just got a 20 gallon tank and ima sell my 10 gallon...after rest of my fish die i wana try just one or two small bluegill from the pond...ill probably go down with a fly rod to catch them

 

[meowzer]

You can do SW with a 20G....you just have to stay on top of your water parameters

 

[tlppkp12]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/380142/filter-plz-help-anyone#post_3308249
You can do SW with a 20G....you just have to stay on top of your water parameters
well its my first saltwater and i wanted the biggest i could get cause i herd the bigger they are the easyer and 30 is the most i can get cause my rooms upstairs and if its bigger than that it would fall through the floor, so i want to get a 29 or 30

 

[meowzer]

LOL....I am pretty sure a tank will not fall thru the floor......hahahahha
 
so are you not gonna do one....really