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| Posted | Best filter for 50 gallon overcrowded Mbuna setup? |
| 05-11-2006 14:25 by zalanz |
Tank is 50 gallon.
Please can you advise the best external filter that will take care of an overcrowded Mbuna setup. |
| 05-11-2006 14:32 by Bogwoodbruce |
aqua pro are pretty good. |
| 05-11-2006 16:23 by keith t |
I would use 2 externals, the bigger the better. Its always best to go over the top. on my 400ltr set up i run 2 x rena xp3. one filled with biological media and the other with sponges rowaphos and plenty of filter wool. I found the rena filters very good. Though loads of peeps will recommend eheim filters to be the best.
The idea is to have as much biological filteration as poss to cope with the extra waste from an overstocked tank. Mbuna are not known to be the tidiest of fish and are quite messy. I also have on the same set up a vecton 25w uv sterilizer and looking into adding a nitrate filter at some point, but still researching them. |
| 05-11-2006 17:39 by yanton |
fluval fx5 without doubt - superb filter |
| 05-11-2006 18:30 by heros hero |
fluval fx5 on a 250 litre tank?Little over the top don't you think? 405 would get it done as would the tetratec 700 or 1200. Folk rave about eheims but they are a bit like 80s vw golfs, you get a very good one or one that constantly fails. |
| 05-11-2006 18:43 by stevebrillo |
try ehime 2260   |
| 05-11-2006 22:07 by stevebrillo |
only jokeing an eheim 2217 classic will do the job and on ebay cheep |
| 05-11-2006 22:12 by stevebrillo |
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330044696329 |
| 05-11-2006 22:35 by yanton |
fluval fx5 was suggested because the tank was mentioned as being crowded, so with a heavy bio-load. |
| 05-11-2006 22:50 by stevebrillo |
well yanton just got rid of my fx5 ...just not working on my tank ..gone back to eheim .too much foam in it for me. but it was quiet. |
| 06-11-2006 08:16 by PaddyD |
I would go for 2 externals if you can each being 7-800 LPH or more. Up to you on which brand you like - Tetra/fluval/eheim will all be pretty good. |
| 06-11-2006 11:11 by yanton |
steve, when you say foam, do you mean the media? |
| 07-11-2006 14:14 by stevebrillo |
no m8 the foam round the media.. bit of a pain to clean out... as it means taking the baskets right out to clean thats all.
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