I intend to setup a large tank (approx 132 long 36 wide 24 high - inches) and am trying to come up with some reasonable filtration. This will be a heavily planted tank (attached is my 120). My initial thought was sump but i had one shop strongly recommend canister filters. A more interesting alternative that was suggested by someone was to have no filtration as the tank will be large enough to be self sustaining with the substrate providing adequate biological filtration.
My current design thoughts based on feedback from a fellow who ran his tank without filters would be the following:
corner matten filter (similar to what swisstropical sells) with a hole underneath - water would be piped down through an inline heater and then pumped up the other side. One concern here is that the current would be too fast through the sponge. Conversely this does not provide a large amount of mechanical filtration (well it does but the sponge might clog quickly).
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The alternative design would be to have a traditional sump but that will generate more noise and of course added cost.
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All of this is just thought and am looking for feedback from folks with experience.
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Has anyone setup such a tank and have experience with different filtration options and if so can you add your experience?
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Attached is my 120 which is the sort of tank i am targeting:
My current design thoughts based on feedback from a fellow who ran his tank without filters would be the following:
corner matten filter (similar to what swisstropical sells) with a hole underneath - water would be piped down through an inline heater and then pumped up the other side. One concern here is that the current would be too fast through the sponge. Conversely this does not provide a large amount of mechanical filtration (well it does but the sponge might clog quickly).
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The alternative design would be to have a traditional sump but that will generate more noise and of course added cost.
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All of this is just thought and am looking for feedback from folks with experience.
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Has anyone setup such a tank and have experience with different filtration options and if so can you add your experience?
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Attached is my 120 which is the sort of tank i am targeting: