Alright I will give you a brief description of the tank, the fish and the old, current and possibly future filtration.
First the tank: its a 90 gallon (that was easy)
Now the fish: 2 green terrors 1m 6" 1f 5", 2 red terrors both f 4", crenicichla sveni m 8", common pleco 10". This is not ther pemanent home they will go into a 150 when I move my centrals into a 180 about 3 months from now.
Old filter setup was 1 rena xp2 and 1 aquaclear 50. The reason I ran two was because I already had them. The problem is the xp2 broke.
Current filter setup: 1 aquaclear 50, 1 air lift sponge filter. (Not enough at all). My water turned green and cloudy 2 days after the filter broke and I have been doing 25% w/c every other day to keep it as clean as possible. But its still allways green and cloudy. The water tests are fine though.
Future filtration: fill in the blank I can spend about 150 dollars (would be nice if I could go cheaper but don't mind spending it all on fri for the right filter. My experiance with filters has allways been aquaclear and I love them. But I bought 4 rena xp series filters about 3 years ago and have never had any problems untill now. Would like to try out other canisters. So any ideas? Any secret bang for your buck? Any experiances? I am really open to anything and I allready told my wife I might have to tap into savings (the set up). I am curious about the cascade 300 for a hob and 1000 for a canister. I could get both for about 150 and use my aquaclear on something else. Any experiances with the cascade products? Sorry I'm rambling let me know. And thank you for your time.
First the tank: its a 90 gallon (that was easy)
Now the fish: 2 green terrors 1m 6" 1f 5", 2 red terrors both f 4", crenicichla sveni m 8", common pleco 10". This is not ther pemanent home they will go into a 150 when I move my centrals into a 180 about 3 months from now.
Old filter setup was 1 rena xp2 and 1 aquaclear 50. The reason I ran two was because I already had them. The problem is the xp2 broke.
Current filter setup: 1 aquaclear 50, 1 air lift sponge filter. (Not enough at all). My water turned green and cloudy 2 days after the filter broke and I have been doing 25% w/c every other day to keep it as clean as possible. But its still allways green and cloudy. The water tests are fine though.
Future filtration: fill in the blank I can spend about 150 dollars (would be nice if I could go cheaper but don't mind spending it all on fri for the right filter. My experiance with filters has allways been aquaclear and I love them. But I bought 4 rena xp series filters about 3 years ago and have never had any problems untill now. Would like to try out other canisters. So any ideas? Any secret bang for your buck? Any experiances? I am really open to anything and I allready told my wife I might have to tap into savings (the set up). I am curious about the cascade 300 for a hob and 1000 for a canister. I could get both for about 150 and use my aquaclear on something else. Any experiances with the cascade products? Sorry I'm rambling let me know. And thank you for your time.
