What filter for 150 gallon tank?
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echoofformless
Peat Advocate & Defender Of Snails
There are about forty million filter threads and every one of them is a collection of personal opinions which in the end lead to nothing.
I assume you will be going canister since it is a large and planted tank.
That means any Rena, Eheim, Fluval or Marineland product will serve you perfectly well. I guarantee you that this thread will eventually be a list of everyone's preferred brand and the truth is they are all just as good and just as bad as each other for various reasons.
My only advice is to go for two filters. It will not only be a failsafe in case one stops working, but it will also provide you with better mechanical filtration as well as easier maintenance.
In addition to that two filters allows you to do more customization of your water conditions. For instance I run one filter just for peat on my blackwater tanks.
I assume you will be going canister since it is a large and planted tank.
That means any Rena, Eheim, Fluval or Marineland product will serve you perfectly well. I guarantee you that this thread will eventually be a list of everyone's preferred brand and the truth is they are all just as good and just as bad as each other for various reasons.
My only advice is to go for two filters. It will not only be a failsafe in case one stops working, but it will also provide you with better mechanical filtration as well as easier maintenance.
In addition to that two filters allows you to do more customization of your water conditions. For instance I run one filter just for peat on my blackwater tanks.
rena xp4, a big sponge filter with a powerhead, and 2 HOB filter's should be more than enough. I use marineland 350's for budget filters on a lot of my tanks (they're for up to 70gallon tanks.) I get them at petsmart for $26. I just print out their online price, take it to their store and have them pricematch it with no problem. I find myself at petsmart price matching the marineland 350 and visi-therm stealth heaters all the time. In fact.. I was there 3-4 days ago and bought 2 visi-therms and I have to go there today to get another one. I might save myself a trip and get another filter too.
If it were me..
rena xp4 ~ $200
2x marineland 350's ~$26 a piece
hydro 5 sponge filter ~ $15
powerhead to power your sponge filter ~ $25
total: ~$300.
If it were me..
rena xp4 ~ $200
2x marineland 350's ~$26 a piece
hydro 5 sponge filter ~ $15
powerhead to power your sponge filter ~ $25
total: ~$300.
echoofformless
Peat Advocate & Defender Of Snails
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