i recently purchased a 150 gallon tall aquarium with a stand filtration and decorations all included for $400. i hooked everything up and my tank is up and running with 8 souwith bio wheelsth american cichlids. i have 2 emporer 400s with bio wheels running now and was wondering if that was enough? the setup also came with a undergravel filter and a caniste filter that i didnt hook up. do i need more?
do i have enough filtration?
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You should probably hook up the canister filter, An undergravel filter and two emperors won't be sufficient. What kind of Canister filter do you have?
What kind of canister?? but personaly i would put it on too cause u can never have too much ! i pesonaly run way more then required on all of my tanks
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Hook it all up and change the water frequently till the tank is cycled if u have fish in there. Use dechlor and match temp.
Calculate ur filtration needs by ur gph and volume to know ur appropriate turnover rate. A good baseline not considering stock is Atleast 5x turnover per hour, 8-10x is preferred with heavy stock. So 150 gals should have Atleast 5(turnover)x150gals=750 gallons per hour (gph), filters actual gph (filled with media) are usually half of what is says on the box, so general rule is it says its 400gph its prlly closer to 200gph so right now u have 400gph (realistically) imo u need 2x that for a cleaner enviroment. U could scrap it all and get a big sump filtration system so u don't have the clutter of multiple filters and wires. Or try fx5 or eheim 2262
The better the brand the more efficient the filters pump is (GENERALLY)
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Calculate ur filtration needs by ur gph and volume to know ur appropriate turnover rate. A good baseline not considering stock is Atleast 5x turnover per hour, 8-10x is preferred with heavy stock. So 150 gals should have Atleast 5(turnover)x150gals=750 gallons per hour (gph), filters actual gph (filled with media) are usually half of what is says on the box, so general rule is it says its 400gph its prlly closer to 200gph so right now u have 400gph (realistically) imo u need 2x that for a cleaner enviroment. U could scrap it all and get a big sump filtration system so u don't have the clutter of multiple filters and wires. Or try fx5 or eheim 2262
The better the brand the more efficient the filters pump is (GENERALLY)
Go S. Vettel #1 rb8
The canister filter is a rena filstar come. I'm not typo familiar with canister filters so I don't know if its a good one. I looked online and I found that two emperor 400s cycles 800 gallons/hr. So that's not accurate?
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I used to have an xp4, great filter, hook all three up bud and Ull have much more time to enjoy clean fishes 
Just add a couple bags of api chem stars in the rena baskets and use the sponges. Carbon is not needed, more chem stars the better.
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Just add a couple bags of api chem stars in the rena baskets and use the sponges. Carbon is not needed, more chem stars the better.
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