Filter for Aqueon 54gallon corner awuarium?

[oeyjay143]

Hey guys! It's been a while. Nursing school killed my fish game, but now I'm back in full swing and have my RN credentials to boot! Anyway, living in Montana now!

So I bought a tank finally and plan to move some fish in soon. I bought a 54 gallon aqueon corner tank and like a good fish keeper, I bought one of the biggest filters I could find. Ran into a problem...

The lid won't close, thus the filter won't fit. Anyone have experience with this aquarium? Will I need to go to a canister filter? I want my fish to thrive, not just live. Anyway, I'm super excited, just not sure what to do and I've never had experience with a canister, so just kind of preferred hanging basket filters.

Thanks for still being here guys!

 

[Aquaman6]

First, let me say congrats on finishing nursing school. My fiancé just finished that process herself and was more than ready for it to be over. Lol. Secondly, I have the same exact tank in my daughters room and I was running two Fluval Aquaclear 70's on each side and that was more than enough for the tank. Now I just have one big sponge filter in it because her fish had babies and she wanted to see the fry grow up. Hope this helps.

 

[soupa2]

since you're a RN now definitely can afford an eheim 2217..

 

[nossalucard]

I have that exact tank!

I put an Eheim 2217 and a Fluval\Aquaclear 50 on mine. My tank came with a black plastic triangular piece in the rear "corner" which made things quite simple to modify

It houses one 10inch Flowerhorn by himself. I maintenance the Eheim(pre filtered) about once every 3-6 months(depending on flow), and the HOB every month. Weekly 50% water changes.