It is provided you have the room for the drums. Generally, I've seen them have 2-3 drums for each circuit. Sometimes that gets very crowded as there might be 3-4 circuits for the pond. The difference is a lot of the ponds are 3,000g+. W/ the exception of John's tank, not many of our aquariums are that large. Nonetheless, when I build my 1,200g I'm going to use 4-6 55g drums because I can keep them behind a wall.juststeve79;1510382; said:
pool filter for large tank??
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im just stating a smaller tank for a RBP so far i havent got much i have a aqua clear 70 for filtration and a aqua clear40 for more flow i only have one little RBP but wish to give him/her optamal growing condistions in a smaller tank can any one help
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check out the ultima II filters. I have it in my pond which is over stocked and never had a problem with it.
Id go for a sand filter and have a box after wards with bio balls etc. Back flush with the sand filter and its clean! Catridges get dirty WAY to fast in a fish tank, and if you feel like lugging it out and cleaning it then putting it back in then go for it!
i use 3 of these for my 285gal.IKeepPacu;1506854; said:tax time is coming, and im building a pacu tank with my check. had 2nd 3rd and 4th thoughts about using a kiddie pool for pacu
im HOPING on 10x5x5 plywood, but the best laid plans turn to....well, we all knowheating it with a pool heater since it will be all very tough fish in there, and theres some room for error if the heater dies.
Will a standard pool filter work as the main filtration for the tank?? i know theres 3 different types....cartridge, sand, and DE.
the sand seems like it may work like a giant FB filter. but i would then need to have massive aeration in the tank to support the bacteria in the filter and not deplete O2 in the tank, would i not?? cleaning would also be easy every few days with just a backwash i would imagine. if this does work, i was considering cutting a skimmer into the tank as is used on a pool, and covering the basket with some type of material as to catch many of the solids.
the cartridge seemed like a good idea, but i have doubts on the bacteria it could possibly support, altho does seem good as a mechanical filter. easy to clean, just hose it off in the driveway.
the DE....well, i have no idea. never used DE filters, so wouldent know what to expect.
or am i completely barking down the wrong tree here???
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my self i think a pool pump should work great for it i am going to try and hook up a 1600 gph poolpump/filter to my 50 gal to create o high flow river like efect .do you think this will work
hi i just recently added a 3500 gph pool pumpto my 50 long tank its working great and is not all that nosiy i do sudgest streaching the sucktion with a pipe with holes in it as well as the return there are some pics of my set up on my user page thanks
