I have a 180gal that will soon have (2 Red Bay Snooks, A Peacock Bass. I've be having a had time trying to Figure out filtration for it wish such dirty Cichlids. I'm looking for any kind of advice or suggestions.
Filtration Delima!
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depends on your budget. i'm an advid fan of using a sump and i also love my fx5. i'd build a sump if i were in your situation...
If you're doing fish only, DIY sump.
If you're going lightly planted, Sump,
planted with CO2, an eheim and a fluval canister. one for mech, one for bio.
If you're going lightly planted, Sump,
planted with CO2, an eheim and a fluval canister. one for mech, one for bio.
FSM;3053400; said:
Probably why he suggested using a pair of canisters
I would doubt that the OP is doing a co2 injected planted tank with the stock listed.A pair of aqua clear 110s HOB filters with a quality canister or sump will work great for you. The AC110s will do a good job with mechanical filtration and add some biological. While the bulk of bio filtration can be handle by the canister or sump.
The tank will be fish only. Guys don't hear me wrong. I have a DIY 20 Long sump on my 20 long. Its an awsome set up. I've done a lot of tinkering with it over the past year and a half to get it how I like it today. The big concern I have wit hthe with the big tank its the amount of waste that my 2 Red bay Snooks and single Peacock Bass are producing rightnow in the 30 Breeder their in now. So I've been bouncing alot of ideas off in my head on what to do about the filtration when I move them to the big tank.