most powerful canister

[vanilla__gorilla__]

Thats alot of money. I hope Large cichlids knows what kinda investment maintaining a 200+ gallon tank really is. This is exactly why I'll be happy with my 90-100 gallon tank in a few months. Because I know I could prob get by with just my two Emporer 400's if need be.

Still if money isn't a priority, those Eheims are some of the best.

yah it cost alot to set up a tank this size on my 240 I use 2-2260's and 2-ac 110's

 

[Aussienative]

if you really wanna get 2 canisters instead of building or buying a sump, get a Fluval FX5(High turnover, excellent mech filter) and an ehiem pro3(large capacity, excellent bio filter)

If it were me, i'd do some RESEARCH and build a sump........plus add a fluval fx5

 

[rhinod56]

if your looking at all options, another thing to consider would be to check into pent air's inline system (lifeguard series I think).. you can design your own, and add and remove various features based on your own wants and needs...

 

[WyldFya]

if you really wanna get 2 canisters instead of building or buying a sump, get a Fluval FX5(High turnover, excellent mech filter) and an ehiem pro3(large capacity, excellent bio filter)

If it were me, i'd do some RESEARCH and build a sump........plus add a fluval fx5

The 2262s have better flow rate than the pro 3s, and can accommodate a much larger tank than an FX5.

 

[Aussienative]

The 2262s have better flow rate than the pro 3s, and can accommodate a much larger tank than an FX5.

What about media volume, which ones bigger... 2262 or pro 3? i know both put the fx5 to shame in terms of bio filtering, thats why i said it was a good mech filter because of the higher turn over.


what 2 canisters would you go with?

 

[milkman407]

Why not a main filter, With lots of Media. Than a secondary filter with less media but a higher turnover rate?

 

[Aussienative]

Why not a main filter, With lots of Media. Than a secondary filter with less media but a higher turnover rate?

Thats what i'm saying, have a larger capacity ehiem for bio and an fx5 for mech and high turn over....

Which ehiem has the largest volume for media, i don't know. someone else will be able to tell you

 

[importracer]

large_cichlids

For tanks over 100g, I recommend putting in a wet dry filter....W/D's are VERY effecient biological filters...Companies out there make lots of W/D's for big tanks, exroClear125 is for 125g, ProCLear200 is for 200g, ProClear300 is for 300g....You can also make one yourself for less than half the money you'll spend on a brand new one....The catch is getting all the components working in almost perfect unison(that's all)....And for mechanical filtration, I'd stick on two AC110's....

 

[WyldFya]

The Eheim 2260/2262 houses 16 liters of media. This is by far the largest capacity of the canisters. The 2262 has a higher flow rate than the 2260, and is quite comparable to a FX5 in flow rate.

 

[Bud8Fan]

We better add the Red Sea Ocean Clear line to this list. Very customizable to monster tanks.