filtration system help

[fabalust]

hi there, can anyone give me a advise on what kind of filtration system i need for a 200 gallon tank?
whats my best choices? and price?
im planning on puting some pbass in it and im planning on building it to.
out of acrylic. and can i build it to, the filter?

 

[AW11_P10]

I have 2 P-bass and 1 Arowana in my Oceanic 210. Currently I'm running 2 Aqua Clear 110's (each producing 500gph of flow), and a wet/dry 25 gallon sump w/ 2 pumps (producing around 600gph of flow). With my calculations my filtration system is cycling my tank at a turnover rate of around 8. The rule of thumb is to have a filtration system that can produce a turnover rate of around 5-6 times the size of your tank (freshwater of course) for large specimens that produces a lot of waste like P-bass. So for your tank just multiple the size of it by 6 to get an idea of how big of a filtration system you need. 200x6 = 1200gph at least.

Since you are building your own tank you might want to look into integrating a wet/dry system into your custom tank. Refer to the DIY section, there's a lot of write ups on how to build your own sump.

 

[DragonKeeper]

Your AC110's are probably only producing about 350gph or so. The rating of 500 gph is when the filter is empty and I assume that yours are not empty.

1200 gph of filtration is good for a 200, but more is always better.

Keeper

 

[AW11_P10]

Your AC110's are probably only producing about 350gph or so. The rating of 500 gph is when the filter is empty and I assume that yours are not empty.


Keeper

You're right I forgot to take all the media into consideration.

 

[soggysandwich]

i would use a 50-75 gallon wet/dry

 

[dominicolas]

This thread is going to start a fight. HAHA