Ghost
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I totally belive in the biowheel. I have had a 160 biowheel for the past 5 years and love it.
So i'm in the process of planning a 130 gallon setup with a sump. I was planning on using an existing 20 gallon for the sump and two fluval 404's. One 404 will draw from the tank and into the sump this will be one big mechanical filter to get the big stuff out of the way. I was thinking of having four biowheels in a row and letting the water fall down the sides of them. This is going to work the nitrifying bacteria to the max. Then having the water pass through bags of carbon, and ammonia or whatever I need. Then the last fluval will have bio max pellets and return the water to the tank.
Is this overkill? Should I use a trickle filter instead and use the bioballs as my biological filtration? Are two fluval 404's enough. Both of those will turn over 450 gallons an hour and that means the whole tank will be filtered 3.5 times an hour. Maybe thats not enough for a planted tank.
I think the two 404's are good because it what one 404 takes out the other puts back and that means no overflow.
Is there any other options or ideas?
Thanks
So i'm in the process of planning a 130 gallon setup with a sump. I was planning on using an existing 20 gallon for the sump and two fluval 404's. One 404 will draw from the tank and into the sump this will be one big mechanical filter to get the big stuff out of the way. I was thinking of having four biowheels in a row and letting the water fall down the sides of them. This is going to work the nitrifying bacteria to the max. Then having the water pass through bags of carbon, and ammonia or whatever I need. Then the last fluval will have bio max pellets and return the water to the tank.
Is this overkill? Should I use a trickle filter instead and use the bioballs as my biological filtration? Are two fluval 404's enough. Both of those will turn over 450 gallons an hour and that means the whole tank will be filtered 3.5 times an hour. Maybe thats not enough for a planted tank.
I think the two 404's are good because it what one 404 takes out the other puts back and that means no overflow.
Is there any other options or ideas?
Thanks