A few years ago I purchased a "column" tank for our office. Its dimensions are 30" x 18" x 24", approximately 56 gallons. It was sold to me as an Oceanic but it appears based on the dimensions that maybe it's a Marineland/Perfecto tank? Anyway, I digress...
Since we moved our office, it's just been sitting in my garage collecting dust. I'd like to use it, but the tank has an awkwardly-placed center brace that runs from the tank front to back, and this does not allow for a HOB-style filter. We used two smaller HOBs at the office but they didn't provide much water movement and I was afraid of dead zones in the tank.
How would you filter this tank? Of course, it was sold to me with an undergravel filter, but I refuse to use those. I'm guessing my best bet at getting good circulation would be a canister. What size would you recommend? Unfortunately it's not the model with the built-in overflow.
Since we moved our office, it's just been sitting in my garage collecting dust. I'd like to use it, but the tank has an awkwardly-placed center brace that runs from the tank front to back, and this does not allow for a HOB-style filter. We used two smaller HOBs at the office but they didn't provide much water movement and I was afraid of dead zones in the tank.
How would you filter this tank? Of course, it was sold to me with an undergravel filter, but I refuse to use those. I'm guessing my best bet at getting good circulation would be a canister. What size would you recommend? Unfortunately it's not the model with the built-in overflow.
