diy 8x4x2 plywood build
- Thread starter livelymc
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Wow alot of guys on here must be rich 5 fx5's would run me around 3000.00 here in canada. Make something lots of ideas on here.
why not use a pool filter, rather then sand fill it with carbon or whatever other media you want to use
build a sump. CANISTER ARE NOT GOOD FOR BIG SYSTEMS. Canisters are kids toys, built for simplicity and marketing
It will cost you about 4x more to run canister vs a sump, they also use more oxygen and produce very high nitrates in comparasion to sumps.
It will cost you about 4x more to run canister vs a sump, they also use more oxygen and produce very high nitrates in comparasion to sumps.
The fluval FX 5 gives you only 350 gallons of flow and uses 50+ watts, horrible. Canister are amatuer, sumps are proffesional.
Stack'en wont help, just gives you some wacky currents and high electrical bill. Also you cant use them with planted tanks, it will drop your oxygen and raise your nitrates to dangerous levels. Canisters have low flow, costly, and are not energy effecient. Plus they only filter, sumps build an ecosystem. I went sumps and never looked back.
As far as costs go sumps are cheaper to build, maintence, run, and replace.
Stack'en wont help, just gives you some wacky currents and high electrical bill. Also you cant use them with planted tanks, it will drop your oxygen and raise your nitrates to dangerous levels. Canisters have low flow, costly, and are not energy effecient. Plus they only filter, sumps build an ecosystem. I went sumps and never looked back.
As far as costs go sumps are cheaper to build, maintence, run, and replace.