Filter Reccomendation

[The_Priest]

Just to give you a bit of my background before i ask this question, my name is adam and i live in england and ive kept malawis as my first ever fish for a couple of years, I successfully bred them too, up untill 12 months ago I absolutely fell in love with Frontosas, i was totally hooked on them, (excuse the pun), so i went and adjusted my set to suit frontosas, however I am now in the process of upgrading my tank to a much bigger one to accomodate these not so juvinille fish now, my current filtration system im using is a RENA FILSTAR XP 1 with 2 coarse mechanical foam and biochem stars with a biozord carbon then a fine cotton water polish pad,, its a good external filter perfect for my usage at the moment, however with my new tank which will be approx 150X45X60 high, all in cm's, can anyone advise please an excellent quality external power filter, also what do i need to look for when purchasing, and how to get that crystal clear appearence and how to eliminate sediment, or will my current filter be ok? I do have a slight build up of sediment too i dont know whats caused this, what kind of water turnaround should i be looking for in a filter and what add ons can i get such as nitrate removers and so on?
I may be wrong but i feel that im kinda moving on up in the fishkeeping world and i would like to get it right, I do appreciate that even this tank may need upgrading in a couple of years but all in good time hey.
I am from england and i know my LFS sells all fluval's ranges and rena's too, but if anyone can reccomend anything to me i would be especially grateful.

Thankyou,
Adam

 

[freddyk]

An XP1 would barely cover it, but there's nothing wrong with those filters - it's just that you'll want to upgrade it to the XP3 and probably get a couple of them. This tank is 110 gallon, 5 foot long (for those metrically challenged).

You shouldn't need anything more then a sponge media and bio-media (sponges, filter floss, your biochem). Carbon is completely optional and nitrates and other elements will be removed with water changes, something that needs to be done regardless of how much filtration your have and how much money you spend on filter media's with fancy names. Keep it simple.

 

[The_Priest]

top advice freddy as always, your a top man.
By the way canadians rock

 

[Matty]

yes, yes we do

a follow up question: woula an eheim 2217 be enough for a 90g mbuna tank? If not, what else should i add?