90 Gallon Canister Filter Ideas

[t57spikes]

I plan to get a 90 Gallon tank for Christmas and its looking like my stock will be 1 Tiger Oscar, 1 Trinidad Pleco, and 1 Red Spotted Severum. Would 2 Fluval 406 Canister filters (one on each side of the tank with the returns pointed towards the center of the tank from each back corner) be a good choice for this fish tank?

 

[Fishanatic]

If i were you id get an fx5 or fx6 and a fluval 406 if budget allows.

55 Gallon- Empty
125 Gallon- CKF and Tiger Oscar
220 Gallon- To come...

 

[t57spikes]

I was looking at the fx6 is it worth the $400 compared to 2 406's costing $400?

 

[Fishanatic]

You can get fx6 for cheaper on craigs list or wait for a rebate.

55 Gallon- Empty
125 Gallon- CKF and Tiger Oscar
220 Gallon- To come...

 

[aqua_holic]

If you don't to spend $400 you can get a couple of sunsun 304s for half that.

 

[JRT83]

For the money, nothing beats the aquaclear 110's..... all canister filters are overpriced compared to them.

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[aqua_holic]

For the money, nothing beats the aquaclear 110's..... all canister filters are overpriced compared to them.

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The sunsun 304 I mentioned is about the same price as the ac110 and holds 2-3 times the media. I had 2 ac110s and they're great filters, but they've been retired in favor of canisters.

Canisters tend to cost more because they are of a higher quality.

 

[t57spikes]

I want to run canisters to put the tank closer to the wall. I have an aquaclear 70 now on a 35 and love it! Are the sun sun canisters reliable and quiet and a good product?

 

[CoronaBlue]

A lot of people like the Suns, decent cheap canister. I think 2 of them would work well for your tank.

 

[t57spikes]

I know you get what you pay for especially in this hobby, fluval 496 vs. sun sun, what's better?

 

[aqua_holic]

If money were no issue, I would still get the sunsuns. I gave away the fluval 305 and 405 I had. Good filters, but the design didn't allow me to do what I wanted to do with them.