kenny boston
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Currently, I have a Penguin 330 & a Whisper filters that hang on the back. What is the best filtration system I can put together for my 55 gallon tank?
What's the best?
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kenny boston
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I'm planning on restocking my 55 gal. (slowly, of course) which has been running for a year (my fish from before died out because of disease). I'm getting the following:
1. Bi-color Blenny
2. 6-line Wrasse
3. Flame Angel
4. Clown Clarkii
5. Purple Tang
FO, already have 6-10 crabs, blue starfish, and already have 20lbs. LR, and 30lbs. base rock.
1. Bi-color Blenny
2. 6-line Wrasse
3. Flame Angel
4. Clown Clarkii
5. Purple Tang
FO, already have 6-10 crabs, blue starfish, and already have 20lbs. LR, and 30lbs. base rock.
broomer5
Active Member
Well without starting the "best filter debate" I will just say this.
I personally am partial to using a wet/dry trickle filter for FO tanks.
You have some LR which is great, a little more would not hurt.
As long as your method or equipment is providing adequate bilogical, mechanical and chemical filtration, then you'll be successful.
A living sandbed, live rock and actually every surface in the tank can provide sufficient bilogical filtration. A good protein skimmer will aid the biological filtration as well, plus remove nasty organic compounds. A small hang on power filter can accomplish this as well, plus allow some mechanical filtering for small particles. Carbon pads can be used with these filters as well.
After all that is said .... I like wet/drys because:
1) you can add/remove biomedia as necessary
2) overflows do a great job at suface skimming
3) carbon can be added to the wet/dry in various amounts
4) wet/dry sumps provide a great place to put your heater, protein skimmer, do water changes and add trace elements.
5) normally you will get higher water turn over in the tank with this set up.
Thats just my opinion - for what it's worth.
Good luck
Brian
I personally am partial to using a wet/dry trickle filter for FO tanks.
You have some LR which is great, a little more would not hurt.
As long as your method or equipment is providing adequate bilogical, mechanical and chemical filtration, then you'll be successful.
A living sandbed, live rock and actually every surface in the tank can provide sufficient bilogical filtration. A good protein skimmer will aid the biological filtration as well, plus remove nasty organic compounds. A small hang on power filter can accomplish this as well, plus allow some mechanical filtering for small particles. Carbon pads can be used with these filters as well.
After all that is said .... I like wet/drys because:
1) you can add/remove biomedia as necessary
2) overflows do a great job at suface skimming
3) carbon can be added to the wet/dry in various amounts
4) wet/dry sumps provide a great place to put your heater, protein skimmer, do water changes and add trace elements.
5) normally you will get higher water turn over in the tank with this set up.
Thats just my opinion - for what it's worth.
Good luck
Brian
pufferlover
Active Member
I would go with a Emperor 400 and possibly a Skilter 250. I run that combo on my large Dogfaces tank (a 58) and it has done just fine for 4 years now. Considering how messy a foot long Dog can be it has to clean well and they do at nominal cost.