AC110 or Eheim external canister?

[Endo]

In my 60g tank, I already have an AC110 hang-on filter and it works great w/ 7 electric blue jack dempsies.

My goal is to reduce the amount of water changes. I do about 20% a week and I wana try to lessen that to about every 2 weeks.

So, would you guys recommend I get another AC110 ($60) or invest into a canister like the Eheim Classic 2213 ($85)?

Im looking into Eheim Classic because of the good reviews and reliability (no leaking)

Looking into the gallons/per/hour the AC110 is 500gph rated for up to 110gallon tank
The Eheim is 116gph rated for 66gallon tank.

Bang for the buck, seems like AC110 is the winner? Both use carbon, and ceramic rings for bio media. Whats the real benefit of an external canister filter?

 

[Hot Slime]

In my 60g tank, I already have an AC110 hang-on filter and it works great w/ 7 electric blue jack dempsies.

My goal is to reduce the amount of water changes. I do about 20% a week and I wana try to lessen that to about every 2 weeks.

So, would you guys recommend I get another AC110 ($60) or invest into a canister like the Eheim Classic 2213 ($85)?

Im looking into Eheim Classic because of the good reviews and reliability (no leaking)

Looking into the gallons/per/hour the AC110 is 500gph rated for up to 110gallon tank
The Eheim is 116gph rated for 66gallon tank.

Bang for the buck, seems like AC110 is the winner? Both use carbon, and ceramic rings for bio media. Whats the real benefit of an external canister filter?

Well the real benefit of the Eheim compared to the Aquaclear is its quiet as hell which is great for people that have tanks in there rooms. And a generally larger media capacity. Increase your GPH/ filtration won't reduce the amount of water changes you have to do. You still will have to do water changes to remove the nitrates and hormones, something the filters can't do unless you run certain medias or have a certain filter that does so. Your best bet in reducing water changes is reducing stock, feed, and or getting some nitrate removing media/plants (ex. Pothos or De-Nitrate/Purigen). But your already doing a really low amount of water change, I would never do a water change once every two weeks. Once a week in my opinion is bare minimum.

Edit: I'm a Eheim guy so Eheim has my vote if you want to add more filtration to your tank.

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[Endo]

Well the real benefit of the Eheim compared to the Aquaclear is its quiet as hell which is great for people that have tanks in there rooms. And a generally larger media capacity. Increase your GPH/ filtration won't reduce the amount of water changes you have to do. You still will have to do water changes to remove the nitrates and hormones, something the filters can't do unless you run certain medias or have a certain filter that does so. Your best bet in reducing water changes is reducing stock, feed, and or getting some nitrate removing media/plants (ex. Pothos or De-Nitrate/Purigen). But your already doing a really low amount of water change, I would never do a water change once every two weeks. Once a week in my opinion is bare minimum.

Edit: I'm a Eheim guy so Eheim has my vote if you want to add more filtration to your tank.

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Ok I see what you mean.
I actually use Seachem's de-nitrate and every week when I do a water change I use Seachem's Prime (which I know only temporary detoxifies). But my water conditions are still good and water is clean.
So instead of wanting to reduce the amount of water changes per week(s), I want to reduce the % amount of water I change each week.
Thanks for the tip

 

[Bderick67]

You would benefit alot more by researching and understanding the nitrogen cycle in aquariums then from adding another filter.