kirridge Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Hi Just wondering what others might recommend for a not too costly filter for my 90 gallon cichlid tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 for a 90 gallon i'd go with two Aquaclear 110 hobs if your stocking isn't too high. for a heavier bioload i would go with two canister filters. i have a rena xp2 and a rena xp4 running on a 55 with an oscar (not full grown yet) and an almost full grown paratilapia polleni. those two canisters keep up nicely with the amount of waste these two big boys put out. i've read good reviews on the Sunsun canisters (also known as Perfect brand). you should be able to find them on ebay. IMO you always want two filters running on any tank larger than 10-20 gallons, just in case one konks out then you aren't left with a giant fishbowl and rising ammonia levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I have 2 AC 110 running on my 90g african tank. I like them as they have lots of flow, great mechanical filtration, are cheaper and are easy to clean. I run them with 2 sponges and clean one sponge from each filter every month. Been working for me for 5+years Another way would be to have a AC110 and a cannister filter. But that option is more expensive unless you can find a cheap used cannister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoD Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 this is how i run them 75 gallon tank- AC110 and Fluval 404 (works amazingly) 75 gallon tank- AC110 and Emperor 280 (works amazingly) 45 gallon tank- AC110 (works amazingly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Two AC 110's will provide enough mechanical & bio filtration for even the most extreme stocking levels in a 90 gallon tank. The 325 gallon display tank at Gold's is filtered by three AC 110's, no bio-max rings, lava rock, bio balls, pot scrubbers etc, just sponges, and floss. Here's how my AC 110's are set up. I use one large sponge, three thin blue/white filter pads (sandwiched together), topped off with an AC media bag full of Bio-Max rings. I get superb mechanical filtration out of the large sponge, the blue/white filter media helps catch the finer material, and the Bio-Max rings give me top notch biological filtration. The finer blue/white media wears thin over time, but I haven't bought a new sponge or bio rings in the past 10 yrs. The 40 or so Bio Max rings alone have approx 288 square meters of surface area for bio filtration. In most situations, 2 AC sponges will be more than adequate, I simply like to take things up a notch when it comes to filtration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirridge Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Just want to thank all for your input...i think I will go with two Aqua Clear 110's and see how it works for me. Again thanks for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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