Just purchased a 2nd hand 175 liter Aqua One UFO corner tank which hasn't come with a filter. These tanks are the sort where the system is built into the hood so needs a specific filter to the range, now I have three options.
1) Use the filter i have for my current tank which is a slightly smaller, 90 liter Aqua One UFO corner tank, model of the one i just purchased which filters 750 lph.
2) Buy a new filter specific to the exact model of tank, cheapest price I've found is £30 and filters 1000 lph.
3) Buy an external filter.
Now option 1 and 3 are my preferred option, I'm going to sell the smaller tank as a complete so I'd end up buying the smaller model of filter for about £20 and stick that in my new tank if has enough filtration, i see people say it should filter around 4x the total volume, so this is pretty much dead on 4x. However, I did think about possibly spending a little more on a much bette external filter, thinking around the £60 mark. So my question is is there a site with cheap filters and is their a specific external filter that's relatively cheap that someone would recommend?
Thanks in advance
1) Use the filter i have for my current tank which is a slightly smaller, 90 liter Aqua One UFO corner tank, model of the one i just purchased which filters 750 lph.
2) Buy a new filter specific to the exact model of tank, cheapest price I've found is £30 and filters 1000 lph.
3) Buy an external filter.
Now option 1 and 3 are my preferred option, I'm going to sell the smaller tank as a complete so I'd end up buying the smaller model of filter for about £20 and stick that in my new tank if has enough filtration, i see people say it should filter around 4x the total volume, so this is pretty much dead on 4x. However, I did think about possibly spending a little more on a much bette external filter, thinking around the £60 mark. So my question is is there a site with cheap filters and is their a specific external filter that's relatively cheap that someone would recommend?
Thanks in advance
/www.amazon.co.uk/Fluval-External-Aquarium-Fish-Filter/dp/B005QRDDM4/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1348183398&sr=8-8 ......the Fluval range. It may be possible to find one alot cheaper second hand, my 205 was a great find!
