greenthumb84 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 .Hey guys, I'm setting up my living room tank again which will be housing either Trimac or Oscars and am wanting advice on filters. Tank is 450 Ltr. I was thinking a decent canister such as a ehiem or Fluval but they seem very expensive to do a tank this size. filters seem to do a jump from ones suited to 200 Ltr then ones like the fx6 for tanks up to 1500 Ltr. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ado_84 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) the otto's are not bad.. can be hard to reseal but your only cleaning them manybe twice a year. run and internal powerhead as well. the 8foota in my avitar run 2 cheap canisters and an otto internal, it have about 30 fish and the water stays clear as. Edited December 13, 2014 by ado_84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon6footer Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yeah I run a 1400lph otto it Runs ok with some sponges but recently added a sunsun 2000L ph as well and now my water is crystal clear that's on a 650 litre tank the sunsun cost me 80 bucks comes with UV light skimmer everything four trays of media quiet as a mouse. I wanted to buy the fluval but yeah they are a bit expensive but the quality is really good I hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenthumb84 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 ok, sounds good! when it was going before I was running a Resun 2800 Ltr canister + UV but had problems with leaky gaskets all the time. might look into the ottos though. or a smaller canister with a power head too. thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
