Cannister filter?

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20G growout..Cannister filter for chem/mechanical with [acronym:c4b28abee9="Live rock"]lr[/acronym:c4b28abee9] for bio or ?? Marineland has a nice little H.O.T cannister I was looking at. Was kinda hoping to keep the [acronym:c4b28abee9="Live rock"]lr[/acronym:c4b28abee9] down to 10 lbs or so since there is to be so little in the tank. Just looking for anyones success stories..

Thanks again,

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[No_Floaters]

If it's just a coral growout tank, I would just go with some kind of a power filter and check the filter a couple of times a week.

[loganj]

You really won't need much in the way of biofiltration in a 20g coral prop tank. 10-15lbs of [acronym:1a3f4966e1="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:1a3f4966e1] should do it. I'm guessing you'll have a sandbed as well? That will help too. A small [acronym:1a3f4966e1="Hang On Back"]HOB[/acronym:1a3f4966e1] filter would do the job for the occasional dose of carbon and cost you a lot less than a canister. A good fish for a coral growout tank is a yellow tail damsel. They won't bother anything, they're hardy, and corals seem to do better with a fish in the tank. I'd only put one in though. It has worked for me anyway.

[PC]

Cool beans, I like the Aquaclears at Petco. Cheap and flexible as you can place different types of media in them. Just wanted to do a gut check as I am due to get lights fri and will have it up and cycled by monday.

Thanks!
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