Filtration for a 265

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Hi all after lurking for quite a while I am posting this question I will be aquiring a 265 gallon soon that will be an african cichlid tank .My question stems from the needs of the filtration . I will have a sump system under the tank that is capible of 300 gallons. It will have 2 independent pumps (one per side) for the two overflows . I also have 2 ac110 hob never opened . Should I keep them also or trade them in for somthing else?? or mabye keep 1 for polishing purposes ??:confused: What do you think:)
 
get an eheim pro 3 or a rean filstar xp4 and watch your tank become fishy heaven. i use a rena filstar xp3 and xp4 on a 275, and its never even almost dirty anymore. the water has been perfect since i added the xp4 (no surprise there, seeing as before, it was inadequate)
 
When you say sump do you mean wet/dry?

A wet dry is a lot better then a canister filter.
 
:iagree:

I have just a w/d sump on my tank,no other filtration,water perams are perfect,& water is cristal.

If the w/d is setup right you shouldnt need anything else.
 
Yes I was referring to a wet/dry sump system . So I should go with the sump and ditch the ac's and get somthing cool with the credit. Thanks for the imput :headbang2
 
I run a wet/dry on my heavily stocked 265 and it works perfectly. you can use the AC110s for mechanical filtration if you want to, but I've had awesome luck with just the wet/dry on mine.

wet/dry > canister IMO
 
I would keep the AC110's along with your wet/dry and set them up for mechanical filtration. I run mine with two sponges seperated by a piece of filter floss in between the sponges. I would also add a pre-filter sponge to the inlet tubes to keep large gunk out of the filter media.
 
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