tazcrash69
Aquarium Advice Regular
OK, While I'm setting up I want to pose this question to some of the guys who have "been there". I'm planning on having a decent fish load.
I'm currently debating between using my fluval 304 with a new surface skimmer, or an Amiracle HOT wet-dry that can be seen here:
http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/bc/39dde8ad/bc/filter/hot+wet-dry.gif?bf9dcRDByvuf1t2Q for my 55 gallon tank.
The wet-dry is brand new, uses a Rio 800 to get water out of the tank.
I can seal the top fairly reasonably so outgassing of Co2 in the filter is not that large an issue. My bigger concern is the surface skimming (I would build an overflow), and the fact that the water pours in like any other HOT filter, and generates lots of ripples. I don't get a lot of sump space in that thing, but it does give me a place to put the heater. If I do use the wet-dry I would probably have some small power heads to increase circulation or my HOT magnum (no wheel).
The fluval is probably about 6 years old, and I'd put some bio-media in the carbon chamber. along with the current sponges, and ceramic rings.
So which would you do?, and more importantly why?
TIA
I'm currently debating between using my fluval 304 with a new surface skimmer, or an Amiracle HOT wet-dry that can be seen here:
http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/bc/39dde8ad/bc/filter/hot+wet-dry.gif?bf9dcRDByvuf1t2Q for my 55 gallon tank.
The wet-dry is brand new, uses a Rio 800 to get water out of the tank.
I can seal the top fairly reasonably so outgassing of Co2 in the filter is not that large an issue. My bigger concern is the surface skimming (I would build an overflow), and the fact that the water pours in like any other HOT filter, and generates lots of ripples. I don't get a lot of sump space in that thing, but it does give me a place to put the heater. If I do use the wet-dry I would probably have some small power heads to increase circulation or my HOT magnum (no wheel).
The fluval is probably about 6 years old, and I'd put some bio-media in the carbon chamber. along with the current sponges, and ceramic rings.
So which would you do?, and more importantly why?
TIA