Filtration for a 265

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
These are the prefilters I use on all of my AC's.... 50's and 110's. I now only need to rince out my filter media every few water changes (about once a month).

Plus... you may be using sand if it's an African Cichlid tank... these also keep sand out of the impellors.

- Jonathan

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It sounds to me like you have plenty of filtration on the tank. The question is always how effeciant the mechanical part of the filter is and with a sump you can always add micron bags for water polishing. Hang on to the AC110's however for emergancy use.
 
Thanks for everyones input but unfortunately the tank i thought was a 265 ended up beinr a 300 gallon Wohht Whoot:WHOA: I is currently sitting in my garage and I am going to do a construstion journal for it .The only down side is due to the construction of the tank the ac110's will not be able to hob:confused: S i am going to have to go with somthing else also the sump was a home made 20 gallon high and now I need to figure out what is the best way to make a sump/wet dry for this tank????
 
You'll need more than a 20 gallon sump for that. If you don't want to go the sump route... and HOB's won't work... a couple large Canisters will do just fine. Tthere are many that will work for your needs... like the FX5 or rena XP3/XP4, several eheim's like the 2217, 2260 etc. etc.. If it was my tank... I would probably just go with two RENA XP3's or two Eheim 2217's.

Congrats on the 300!

- Jonathan
 
Thanks john I will be going the sump route for the fact that the tank has 2 overflows and the person at least had a good pump a blueline model 70 so now I need to figure out what size sump I will need .My lfs has a few foe 300 gallons but they were used for salt I can pick one up for cheap and mabye clean it out real good .Would that work???
 
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