What canisters would you use for a 240 with a wet/dry already?

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NOLAGT

NOLAGT

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I am looking at canisters now for my soon to be African 8' 240. It will have a wet/dry so I am looking for canisters for JUST mec. filtration. I was thinking 2 xp3's since I can get them for 109.99. The other ones I was thinking are the xp4's but they are 199.99 ea or the fx5 that can be had for 180 ea. I like the idea of 2 canisters since its a 8' tank and I want to get as much trash out before it settles so having 2 intakes on the outer ends of the tank is what I want.

In the xp3's I was thinking of using there corse sponge then the not so corce sponge and then there polishing pad....
 
You might consider getting an HOB or two instead. They are a ton easier to maintain if you stuff them with filter floss. AC110s are supposed to be good.
 
No can do on the HOB. I am going to have a canopy on the tank and the tank has glass bracing around the top edge thats too wide for HOB. So it will be canister....

I was going to put the intakes of the canisters next to the overflow chambers....either in the cubby in the far outer corners or on the other side of them. What do yall think for the intake placement too? I think the flow in those two outer corners will be lower since its kinda blocked from the rest of the tank so the intakes could get the trash....or are they too blocked to come in contact with the trash....

This is the tank...see what I mean about the HOB...next to the overflows is no bracing for me to get the canister stuff in the tank easy.

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I am trying to avoid power heads to keep it clean looking. I have a reflo barracuda for a main pump so I will tune it down to about 2000gph and that will be going into the tank via four 3/4" locline nozzles. THe rest of the current in the tank I was trying to get by useing the canisters.

Can you put dual intakes on a fx5 or would that reduce the suction on the intake too much. I would kinda think it would but never seen one in action.
 
fx5 for sure..
 
All yall saying just one fx5 or two? And just wondering why yall say fx5 over the xp3?
 
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