filter system for 300 gal, no nothing help

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brcacti

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Hello, I have been out of the aquarium hobby for quite some time. When I had 2 - 55gal. tanks long ago I had power filters, 2 on each tank plus airator. But now I want a 300 gal and just cant figure out which type of filter to get for it. Would like to hear from others with big tanks on what they use?, should I get a sinkable sump to pump water into a filter hanging outside, outside filters??????????? What is a biowheel I hear of sometimes. I need to learn a lot about filtering a big tank that will have lots of fish and the water will run on the warm side, I live in the desert. Please dont abreviate, it seems like code to me. Someone mentioned a F5 the other day, is that one of the strongest?:nilly:
 
You might want to check some of the existing filtration threads to avoid repeteing a lot of this stuff.

Everyone here has his or her own favorite ways of doing things and a LOT of healthy impressive fish say that one ways as good as another.

To get you started...a biowheel is a type of wet/dry biofilter used on marineland brand hang on back powerfilters. The FX5 is a huge cannister filter thats affordable but is mainly good for mechanical filtration.

A sump or wet/dry isn't as good for water polishing (mechanical) as some of the others but it does a great job of bio filtration and once properly set up, is a low maintance system.

In short...I can tell you what I use and like as can others but what YOU use is up to you.
 
what ever you want but in the end i suggest a wetdry/sump

with the added AC110's or other HOB filters and some power heads or a canister filter
:)
 
Ok thanks so far, I think I would like to have a limit of 2 filters, not more than that, could get to be a circus of too many filters all over the place. Which 2 can you all recommend?, and also I thought that a good mechanical filter once partly dirty is a type of biological filter?
 
well, given that it seems like you are gonna steer clear of wetdrys - i say go with the most cost effective cannisters.....

get like 3-4 xp3's - made by rena filstar
 
I would highly recommend a wet dry set up, and then if you need it add on a canister later....
 
Yeah i have a couple xp3's on my 125g they seem to do the job. one problem o had was the intake hose likes to lay over and kink but an easy fix with a trip the the autoparts about a 6 inch piece of heater hose placed over it works great. im a machanic so the stuff if super easy for me to get my hands on. but anyhow good luck and welcome back to the hobby
 
I always recomend using more than one filter system... I personally run three on each tank and any one of them can run the tank on its own. The air driven hydro5's are on a seperate power line with a UPS in case of powerfailure.

I ran wet/drys for a lot of years and took care of a great many tanks for other people with them. The fact that I no longer own one is testiment to the result of one disaster after another. After switching over I've kept individual fish as long as 18 years.

Another advantage to this system is the wealth of cycled bio-mass available at any time for setting up new tanks on those occasions when my wifes eyes are bigger than our tanks and I'm left scrambling for new accomidations.
 
1 well designed wet/dry with 2 pumps can not be beat.
 
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