I'm curious what you guys recommend for a hob filter I have a 55gal FOWLR with 1 clown 1 powder blue tang 1 malinarus wrasse 1 bursa trigger and a small dogface puffer just got a reef octopus 90bh skimmer and I want to change the hob filter the guy sold it to me with its a penguin 350 and I hate it.. thinking of an Ac110 and if you guys think that's good what media should I out in it.. after doing some reading I think the penguin is keeping my nitrate levels high 20 ppm I do a 15 gal water change every other week and can't get the nitrates any lower.. the skimmer is already helping with the cyano outbreak the tank already had when I bought it.. he thought the slime "looked cool" and being new to saltwater I had no clue.. any advice would be much appreciated
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rayn
Bluefin Believer
How often do you change filters? Are you using the bio wheels? What do you hate about the penguin?
Any hob filter or canister will or can become a nitrate factory if not cleaned out weekly or bi weekly.
Any hob filter or canister will or can become a nitrate factory if not cleaned out weekly or bi weekly.
moreef
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Aqua clear power filters are really nice and easy to use. You could put anything you want in them from media to carbon/gfo/chemipure/rock rubble. I actually made a small refugium in one on my last tanks however I think it was too small to really help at all. My tank was ok using the hob filter however I would never run a tank without a sump again.
I like aqueons filters. If you want to bring nitrates down add biopellts in the penguin. I am not sure how much it will help but you cann get a small led light and turn your biowheel into a algae turf scrubber.
The standard cartrages are pretty expensive and non reusable. You can use filter pads or floss for mechanical filtration and rocks or ceramic rings for bio filtration. If you use pillow stuffing for floss it is cheap enough that you can just throw it away every few days and add new ones.
The standard cartrages are pretty expensive and non reusable. You can use filter pads or floss for mechanical filtration and rocks or ceramic rings for bio filtration. If you use pillow stuffing for floss it is cheap enough that you can just throw it away every few days and add new ones.
Lowell Lemon
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I have always liked the performance and compact size of the Tunze filters. Just a thought. You could move it to a sump later if you make a chamber to maintain a water level for the intake. You can switch it to a media chamber later like GFO or Carbon. Very good quality systems.
