Help deciding which filtration to do

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Smok3o3

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Hey everyone, I recently got out of the hobby but deciding to get back into it by the end of this year. I have a 200 gallon acrylic tank that I want to setup. it has overflow boxes in the tank so im thinking about doing a sump or wet dry?? with some canisters filters. Im a fan of eheim filters and I want the best that they got on this tank for sure. What do you MFK's think about what type of filtration should i use?

So far what I want to put in the tank is a thai silk flowerhorn, possibly some nice landscaping with greenery, and lil fishes like clown loaches which can hide in landscape.

I want lots of space for the few fish i will decide to put in this tank.

at the time I only have the tank, I still need to build a stand, figure out filtration, air, lighting, etc for the tank.

Any ideas recommendations anything will be appreciated thanks!
 
I would go with a sump. IMO, they are hard to beat for bio filtration and not very difficult to add some mechanical filtration to.
 
aclockworkorange;5109003; said:
Clown loaches can get 12", not quite "lil fishes." ;)
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True true , im now thinking of more tiny fish like those neon tiny fish im not sure of the name, something small and the flowerhorn would not mind to be with which might be hard to find since flowerhorns are so aggressive..


Does anyone really use wet/drys for freshwater?


How about what type of heater and equipment to get bubbles/air through the tank, any suggestions for these?
 
W/D is one of the best filters in FW tanks.

As for heater, I would recommand eheim jagers. The type would depend on how much heating is required over there.
(Ideal temp - lowest normal temp). I would usually Go-Plus-One. Meaning if my tank requires a 100W heater, I would go for the next higher option and take the 150W heater. Redundancy is a good thing.

As for oxyginating the water, no equipment needed. Just position your output so that it agitates the water. Thats the key for gaseous exchange on the surface of the water. If you find it to be insufficient, get a powerhead/wavemaker to agitate it further.
 
Im also debating to have some bubble effect in the background of the tank, which equipment brand etc.. would be strong enough to send air all the way down the 200 gallon?
 
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