I heard the AC 110 is a great filter. I am looking for a new filter on my 75 gallon cichlid tank.
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What's your thought on the AC-110
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AC 110 is my favorite HOB filter, you should have good results with it. With one filter you should be good but adding another will give you better results.
I used to run 2 ac 110's on my 75 gallon. They were great. Lots of flow for a 75G. Kept the water very clear with BIG fish in that tank.
What I found:
1) It's awesome how you can set up the media about however you want. My favorite was filter floss on the bottom and a bag of matrix for bio on top of the filter floss. Very easy to service, and did an awesome mechanical/biofiltration job.
2) They're tanks. Mine wouldn't die, and I ran it dry, ran lots of sand through it, and was generally very abusive to it.
3) They are kind of loud. Mine were even loud before I was abusive to them when they were new. But I had that tank in the back of the house where I didn't care if it was a little noisy.
4) The plastic they make the main body of the filter out of is kind of brittle. I mannaged to crack one when I don't think it should have cracked.
5) Impellars are a bit more expensive than I think they should be to replace, but that's just me being cheap.
6) The tabs on the motor that makes it attach to the body of the filter are weak due to aquaclear not having a radius on the underside edge. They break off too easily when installing/uninstalling the motor for service, and then you have to get a new motor or risk the motor falling off and dumping a ton of water on your floor.
Overall, I think if you can get them for $50-60, they're about as good as you can do for that price. For much more, I'd just order a canister (Eheim 2217, Mag 350, etc...).
But I'll always have an AC110 handy in my bucket of extra fish stuff. It's great for if I need to throw a filter full of carbon on a tank, swap bio media to cycle a tank, or if a filter dies I can dump all of the bio media in my AC110 to keep it alive until my other filter is up and running. They're very versatile, and I like the fact that I have it in case I need it.
What I found:
1) It's awesome how you can set up the media about however you want. My favorite was filter floss on the bottom and a bag of matrix for bio on top of the filter floss. Very easy to service, and did an awesome mechanical/biofiltration job.
2) They're tanks. Mine wouldn't die, and I ran it dry, ran lots of sand through it, and was generally very abusive to it.
3) They are kind of loud. Mine were even loud before I was abusive to them when they were new. But I had that tank in the back of the house where I didn't care if it was a little noisy.
4) The plastic they make the main body of the filter out of is kind of brittle. I mannaged to crack one when I don't think it should have cracked.
5) Impellars are a bit more expensive than I think they should be to replace, but that's just me being cheap.
6) The tabs on the motor that makes it attach to the body of the filter are weak due to aquaclear not having a radius on the underside edge. They break off too easily when installing/uninstalling the motor for service, and then you have to get a new motor or risk the motor falling off and dumping a ton of water on your floor.
Overall, I think if you can get them for $50-60, they're about as good as you can do for that price. For much more, I'd just order a canister (Eheim 2217, Mag 350, etc...).
But I'll always have an AC110 handy in my bucket of extra fish stuff. It's great for if I need to throw a filter full of carbon on a tank, swap bio media to cycle a tank, or if a filter dies I can dump all of the bio media in my AC110 to keep it alive until my other filter is up and running. They're very versatile, and I like the fact that I have it in case I need it.
AC110 are great filters.
They only neg I had with mine is the plastic they are made out of is pretty thin and brittle, have to take your time with them or could break it.
mine was really quiet and ran great.
They only neg I had with mine is the plastic they are made out of is pretty thin and brittle, have to take your time with them or could break it.
mine was really quiet and ran great.
in my room I run the smallest AC on my ten gallon, the 50 on my 30 gallon, and the 70 on my 70 gallon. I've found it very easy to populate other tanks with the way the media is set up, and they always keep the water clear. Never had one crack but if you clean out the motor and impellar once a month you'll be fine with that. I love em, the versatility of its setup is awesome, and ease of repair. I plan on putting another 70 on my 70 next week when I get a gold dust bichir
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Love my ac110's. I have two on my 29 gallon. They are great flowing and very versatile.
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Adjustable flow. Bullet proof. Huge media room. Best bang for your Buck.
I have one over 8 years old and one brand new one. They push nearly the same gph.
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I have one over 8 years old and one brand new one. They push nearly the same gph.
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Cheap way to decrease nitrates and keep your fish healthy: http://monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=504763