Morpheous Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Just got given a 430 L tank, Aqua One CF 2200 canister filter, air pump, and a couple of fluro lights from a workmate who has had enough of fish keeping. I haven't had a decent size tank set up for a few years now and was wondering what is the general rule of thumb for canister filtration ? I have the Aqua one CF 2200 ( 2200 litres per hour ) and also a Aqua One CF 1200 (1200 litres per hour ) from my old tank, will this be enough filtration for my 450 L tank ? 0r will the CF 2200 be sufficient on its own ? Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Depending on your stocking the 2200 should be fine. I had a 2400 running on a 450L 1200 long tank stocked with lots of Africans without any issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Just got given a 430 L tank, Aqua One CF 2200 canister filter, air pump, and a couple of fluro lights from a workmate who has had enough of fish keeping. I haven't had a decent size tank set up for a few years now and was wondering what is the general rule of thumb for canister filtration ? I have the Aqua one CF 2200 ( 2200 litres per hour ) and also a Aqua One CF 1200 (1200 litres per hour ) from my old tank, will this be enough filtration for my 450 L tank ? 0r will the CF 2200 be sufficient on its own ? Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks Glen Rule of thumb is to aim for about 5x turnover per hour. So the 2200 on its own will be fine, but having the 1200 also will be better. Always best to have some filter redundancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 To a certain extent it depends on how you set your tank up. I have a 450 litre tank, heavily planted with large driftwood and run an FX5, sun sun rated 1400lph and a power head which are all required to keep water movement going around the tank. Those 2200 are good filters, I rate mine as good as or maybe slightly better than the FX5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 id only ever go an FX5 on something that size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted February 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Thanks everyone, now that I've got my filter sorted its time to build a cabinet for my new tank. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 excellent - please post some pictures of your cabinet building progress and of your tank as you go along. We love photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 excellent - please post some pictures of your cabinet building progress and of your tank as you go along. We love photos Will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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