FITRATION SUGGESTIONS FOR A 300 GALLON AQUARIUM

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I'm planning to purchase a 265-300 gallon aquarium in the near future and was looking for advice on how to set up a premium filtration system to make that water sparkle. Inadequate filtration drives me crazy, so I want to really do it up right on this tank. I will be housing Peacock Bass and a Tigrinis Cat in the tank. Maybe a few others as well if anyone wanted to suggest other ideal tankmates. Looking forward to your suggestions. Thanks a lot.
Matt
 
I would consider a sump necessary, then if you want more filtration on top of that, add some canisters.
 
For a 300 gallon tank I'd go with either 3 fx5s or a 75-100g sump. Theirs are a ton of sump build threads in the DIY section. Also, if you want super crispy water, maybe an algae scrubber, uv sterilizer, or Purigen reactor. G/L with it!

Mike
 
75 gallon sump all the way. Design and construct the sump yourself (this is the most fun part if you ask me :)). I would go with a simple design that is versatile (in case you ever wanted to go salt).

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20764&stc=1&d=1274191192

(in that middle chamber that's where you want to put all your bioballs etc.)

Get ya one of these,

http://www.aquacave.com/detail.aspx?ID=2852

And a Mag 12 pump
http://www.aquacave.com/mag-drive-12...-pump-552.html

And you will be good to go without drilling. If you drill and handle the overflow yourself you will not need the overflow box. 300 gallon tank I would probably do it right and drill it though, that's a big tank. Although the overflow boxes are somewhat quieter (debatable), and depending on how good of a plumber you are they are pretty much plug and play. :D
 
BigCountry said:
75 gallon sump all the way. Design and construct the sump yourself (this is the most fun part if you ask me :)). I would go with a simple design that is versatile (in case you ever wanted to go salt).

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20764&stc=1&d=1274191192

(in that middle chamber that's where you want to put all your bioballs etc.)

Get ya one of these,

http://www.aquacave.com/detail.aspx?ID=2852

And a Mag 12 pump
http://www.aquacave.com/mag-drive-12...-pump-552.html

And you will be good to go without drilling. If you drill and handle the overflow yourself you will not need the overflow box. 300 gallon tank I would probably do it right and drill it though, that's a big tank. Although the overflow boxes are somewhat quieter (debatable), and depending on how good of a plumber you are they are pretty much plug and play. :D
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AWESOME REPLY! Remember if we start thinking about Drilling then make sure your not drilling into Tempered Glass. It doesn't work. I personally would be looking at Acrylic if I was buying the tank new.

Mike
 
Mavrick813 said:
Remember if we start thinking about Drilling then make sure your not drilling into Tempered Glass. It doesn't work.
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X2. And a lot of your old school large tanks will be tempered. So definitely check this on a 300 gallon if buying used. And like Mike said shop for acylic if you can. Now a days they are just as strong and so much easier to work with (drill). :D

I am running an overflow box on a Oceanic 135 glass I am setting up. The tank was just too pretty to drill....haha :D
 
Here's my canister filter with glass media on my 260g with 10 pbass and 10 parrots.
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