I'll be working on a new tank soon. It'll be at least a 75 and hopefully a 120. Right now I'm growing out some discus in a 45 and I'm finding I need a little more filtration. Since I don't want to waste yet more cash buying things that won't readily transfer to the new tank I'm looking for opinions on some stuff.
I could go the wet/dry route with an eshoppe rig powered by something like a maxijet pump.
I could use the same type of pump and go with the nu-clear cannisters.
I could skip that and go with an eheim, marineland, or FX5 cannister.
Can anyone give me their gripes on any of that equipment? I really like the whole sump idea since the water level is rock solid. However, if I get a tank with a built in overflow I can put the intake on a canister at the bottom and just make sure I have a high water level in the wier. This will give me something of a sump as the water level in there will drop before the main water level in the tank. I'm not sure how well that will work in practice.
I'm just basically looking for the models I should avoid, or things like "the handles always break or the media trays are sharp" so I can get an idea of whether or not I even want to deal with it. I read a lot of people loved the nu-clears but Tom also mentioned the eheim 2260 was easier to service. The FX5 has a lot of flow but I have no idea beyond that. The marineland looks pretty good, but it seems noone has actually used it yet. For the cost I should have no issues snagging a wet/dry in the same range, although lots of people don't seem to be using them anymore for planted tanks.
Thoughts?
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I could go the wet/dry route with an eshoppe rig powered by something like a maxijet pump.
I could use the same type of pump and go with the nu-clear cannisters.
I could skip that and go with an eheim, marineland, or FX5 cannister.
Can anyone give me their gripes on any of that equipment? I really like the whole sump idea since the water level is rock solid. However, if I get a tank with a built in overflow I can put the intake on a canister at the bottom and just make sure I have a high water level in the wier. This will give me something of a sump as the water level in there will drop before the main water level in the tank. I'm not sure how well that will work in practice.
I'm just basically looking for the models I should avoid, or things like "the handles always break or the media trays are sharp" so I can get an idea of whether or not I even want to deal with it. I read a lot of people loved the nu-clears but Tom also mentioned the eheim 2260 was easier to service. The FX5 has a lot of flow but I have no idea beyond that. The marineland looks pretty good, but it seems noone has actually used it yet. For the cost I should have no issues snagging a wet/dry in the same range, although lots of people don't seem to be using them anymore for planted tanks.
Thoughts?
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S