filter for my 55 gal?

Question

is a whisper 30-60 power filter good enough for my 55 gal tank? or should i get something else to help it out?

Answer 1

It depends on the fish in the tank...in one 55 gal I have all scavangers...large, dirty, bottom feeders...I use an under-gravel system as well as a whisper 30-60 in this tank...In my other 55 gal, I have small tropicals...mollys, angels, guppies...I use only the whisper 30-60 in this one with no problems to be had.

Answer 2

The whisper is bad. For a 55 gal, there are 2 filter choice to look into. If you are on a budget, and will be stocking lightly, the aquaclear 110 will work great. This filter is more powerful (500gph), has a better cannister design, and needs no cartridges. It is cheap. $40 here http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl3684/cp19169/si1378661/cl0/aquaclear110powerfilter
The thing is great. The foam block never needs to be changed, just squeesed to preserve the bacteria. Add half of another foam block, and maybe a little filter floss, and it will do great. As you already have the whisper, i would say a aquaclear 70, though youll have no problem adding the 110.
SEcondly there is a cannister. For a 55 gallon, the eheim2215 or 2217 would be good. They both carry the reliability of the eheim, known for their decades of trouble free operation, silence, and 6 month cleaning intervals. Again bigals is the cheapest place, though they run for about $100

2 things, 1 i am unable to beleive how 2 spinning peices of paper (bio wheels) does a better job that the huge chuck of foam, plus another half, and the bio max of the aquaclear. The bio- wheel is controversial. The people who say that it works say so because they have good tanks with it, and read advertisements. The people who say that they dont work say so because they have had great tanks without it. So the aqualcear is good
2, the fluval is a bad choice. If you are able to afford a 405, then get the eheim 2026. Eheim carries the same features of the classic. Fluval however, can be described in a few words, floods, failure, no priming, cheap, and you get what you pay for. They are ok filters, but the eheim is better, and the eheim reliability is much much much better

Answer 3

Like a Did u just say that your Gal is a tank and is 55
well look here. I am glad you are able to whisper in her ear
and like I was not aware of any whisper being filtered
at a 30 to 60 what ever.

Answer 4

I'll second the call for an AquaClear 110 (previously known as the AC500). It is inexpensive, AWESOME capacity for media, and the thing flows like nobody's business.

Otherwise I'd say go with a canister. Anything bigger than a certain brand's smallest model should work fine (eg: Rena XP2, Fluval 304 or 305, etc) depending on what you have in the tank. If it's lightly stocked, those would be fine... if it's medium stock or more, or larger, messy eating fish (piranhas, oscars, puffers, etc) then you'll want to overfilter by at least 2x for a canister, and 3x for a hang on back. So this means two AC70's or one Fluval 405, etc.

Answer 5

the whisper should work but they're not great filters by any means. try a penguin 350 or fluval canister filters are great. under gravel filters are next to pointless, all the previously mentioned filters will help with biological filtration and do a good job with the chemical and mechanical where the u/g usually don't

Answer 6

Whispers are decent mechanical, and chemical filters, but don't do much in the way of biological filtration. I'd look at either using a hanging filter with a dry wet wheel (biowheel), or adding an additional smaller filter for biological filtration. (IE box, sponge, under gravel)

Answer 7

I got an aqua clear 110 for my 55 gal.
I always buy my filters twice the size of the tank, that's just me.

Wow, I just looked at the penguin one, I liked it.

Answer 8

Its extra then merely the gallonage in line with hour. A saltwater tank desires an surprising organic and organic device, which the millennium will do to some quantity. the subject with "cling on Tank" bio filters is that each and each time you alter, wash, or circulate the organic and organic sponges or media, it destroys an excellent ingredient of your bio mattress, inflicting your tank to circulate right into a cycle era. interior the two many years I even have worked with fish, I even have yet to take heed to of a effective saltwater tank with basically a cling on tank clear out retaining it alive. no less than, upload a protein skimmer while the tank finishes its cycle, and verify to the touch the bio media as low as a possibility. Or extra proper yet, use the millenium as a water shifting clear out, and get a moist/dry, canister, or different extra superior unit.

Answer 9

It is but I would recommend and under gravel filter and a better power filter such as a penguin 350B or an emperor 400 power filters (they are both made by the same brand and have bio-wheels).

Answer 10

I would go with an under gravel filter if you want a cheap one or a large power filter with a bio wheel, you really need some type of biological filtering.