hello everybody i have a 75 gallon freshwater tank and i need advice on filters i had 2 hob's 400 midlands and I'm thinking about switching to a canister filter can anybody point me in the right direction. sorry about the spelling. and i was looking to do a Mbuna tank thanks
mbuna tank
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I have a filstar xpL on my 75 and I really like it.
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Well to answer your question, there are a lot of canister filters that have good track records. The real question is what you are looking to spend and how heavily you stock your tank. A lot of people like to "overstock" an mbuna tank to help keep aggression down or at least spread it around a bit more. If you "overstock" you will need bigger filtration, whereas if you stock lightly you won't need as much.
To give my own personal advice - go big or go home. For a quality filter at a good price I would suggest maybe an API filstar XP-L, or maybe two XP-M's. Anything that will give you 4-6x flow rate (the amount of water flowing through the filter per hour) that has good reviews should suffice.
To give my own personal advice - go big or go home. For a quality filter at a good price I would suggest maybe an API filstar XP-L, or maybe two XP-M's. Anything that will give you 4-6x flow rate (the amount of water flowing through the filter per hour) that has good reviews should suffice.
+1 Filters are like a lot of other products, cars, beer, whatever. Everyone has what they like, personally I have Eheim classics, but you can find a lot of filter X vs filter Y debates. The truth is there's more than one option to get the job done and it comes down to what you want to spend, bells and whistles you either want or don't care about, brand preference, etc.
