black hills tj
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Howdy,
Okay so now that I setup my new 20g(which looks...AMAZING), my dad's 29g tank only has the UGF. Here's my thought: if I pick up a 10g tank to use as a qt, then I can get a small power filter for it and just leave it on my 29g tank to help clean things up when the qt is not in use. Then my UGF will handle things while the power filter is on the qt. What do you think of this idea? Should I go this seemingly cheaper route, or should I just pick up a decent power filter for the 29g and get a smaller one for a qt tank and let it run on the 29g as well while not in use? I'm trying not to break the bank here. I'm somewhat kicking myself in the butt for not picking up 2 AC 50's when they were 18 bucks at bigals, but alas, I have to pay full price for one if I want it now. Needless to say, I won't be getting an AC50. How do the pennplax cascade power filters perform? I can get the cascade 150(11 dollars...18 dollars including shipping) which is rated(haha) for 40 gallons and pumps 150(rated) gph. Would this be over kill if I needed to switch it over to a 10g qt? If I go down the other road(a pwr filter for the 29g and one for the qt), I could pick up the pennplax cascade 80(rated @ 20 gallons. 80 G.P.H) for 10 bucks, and a cascade 200(rated @ 60 gallons 185gph) for 14 bucks(plus shipping). The cascade 80 and the cascade 200 option would run 31 dollars shipped. Also, if the pennplax cascade products are really pieces of garbage, please suggest something else. Remember though, I'm not trying to break the bank here.
Thanks again folks,
Mike
Okay so now that I setup my new 20g(which looks...AMAZING), my dad's 29g tank only has the UGF. Here's my thought: if I pick up a 10g tank to use as a qt, then I can get a small power filter for it and just leave it on my 29g tank to help clean things up when the qt is not in use. Then my UGF will handle things while the power filter is on the qt. What do you think of this idea? Should I go this seemingly cheaper route, or should I just pick up a decent power filter for the 29g and get a smaller one for a qt tank and let it run on the 29g as well while not in use? I'm trying not to break the bank here. I'm somewhat kicking myself in the butt for not picking up 2 AC 50's when they were 18 bucks at bigals, but alas, I have to pay full price for one if I want it now. Needless to say, I won't be getting an AC50. How do the pennplax cascade power filters perform? I can get the cascade 150(11 dollars...18 dollars including shipping) which is rated(haha) for 40 gallons and pumps 150(rated) gph. Would this be over kill if I needed to switch it over to a 10g qt? If I go down the other road(a pwr filter for the 29g and one for the qt), I could pick up the pennplax cascade 80(rated @ 20 gallons. 80 G.P.H) for 10 bucks, and a cascade 200(rated @ 60 gallons 185gph) for 14 bucks(plus shipping). The cascade 80 and the cascade 200 option would run 31 dollars shipped. Also, if the pennplax cascade products are really pieces of garbage, please suggest something else. Remember though, I'm not trying to break the bank here.
Thanks again folks,
Mike