i bought a 5 gallon tank at a local fish store and i was wondering what is the best filter product out there to buy that includes a bio wheel?
2006-08-17 09:36:59 · 7 answers · asked by bagiadep50 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
You can use a Marineland Penguin Mini with Bio-Wheel. It's recommended for 5 - 15 Gallon tanks. It's a hang on the tank power filter and it's available at virtually all outlets that carry aquarium filtration products.
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2006-08-18 15:15:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not aware of many hanging tank filters with a dry/wet wheel that are intended for a 5 gallon tank. The are some good in hood ones, but they come with the tank. 5 gallon tanks are hard to filter well, and generally you'll need do weekly water changes. I'd get a sponge, box or corner filter. Make sure it has a separate sponge filter, and carbon filter. Otherwise your biological filter restarts from zero when you change the carbon filter.
2006-08-17 15:05:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the fish you plan to keep. Its a small tank and you don't want turbulence to cause stress for your fish. Being a small tank you are probably planning on keeping small fish that may be sucked up by an external mechanical filter so I recommend you use a sponge filter driven by a moderate flowing airpump and replace 20% of the water with aged water three times a week.
2006-08-17 09:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anthony Thadeus G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get a whisper filter, but get one for a 10 gallon tank.
2006-08-17 09:42:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any undergravel filter should work for a 5 gal tank.
2006-08-17 10:09:35 · answer #5 · answered by Michelle C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would use a Hagen AquaClear filter. I also have a tank with a Whisper and that seems to work well too.
2006-08-17 12:20:08 · answer #6 · answered by REbecca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whiper filter go to petsmart they have ones for 5 gallon tanks
2006-08-17 10:46:22 · answer #7 · answered by Hottie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋