Wats a good filter for a 40glln

dunga

dunga

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Hi every one im knew to reefs .Know wanted to now what would be good for a 40 gallon reef tank ,nad what kind of lightin skimmer and a good wave maker .know i dont want to use a sump so any good filters out canister o hang on thank for the info.
 
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bigtankbigfish

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In my experience without a sump I like canister better than HOB. My only suggestion would be stay away from eheim canister. I use one on my 30 tall reef because It came with the tank. I absolutely hate it. Everytime I need to get in it I flood the floor the rubber gasket never stays on. They have no primer which sucks.
I have a fluval 405 and fluval 305 on my 75 fowlr and they produce a ton of flow and are very simple to use. The hoses easily disconnect from the canister where on the ehiem they do not. Not too mention the ehiems have no flow adjusters.
 
spunky

spunky

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I just started using a canister to replace my biowheel 200 on my 20g sps tank the canister i got was the Rena XP1 and so far i like it priming is easy and once you prime it you will not have to prime it again b/c of the lock valve which keeps water in both the intake and return tubes so when you are done cleaning it all you have to do is open the valve and it fills back up with water. and the basket is big enough to run a bunch of media. I have the XP1 and it has only 1 basket and in that i have 2 diff micron pads phos remover and carbon. they make an XP2 -3-4 which gives you more baskets . The XP1 is rated upto 45gal but if i were you i would get the XP2.
 
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bigtankbigfish

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yeah the filters he is telling u about are almost identical to the fluvals. all the ssame features. Get a fluval 305 that would be good flow
 
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