75gal. Tank Owners

[geodehunter]

I know this has been probably been asked a quadzillion times. For the people here that are running 75gal. tanks what do you run for filtration on yours? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[RyanH]

Hi There,

I'm currently running 3 75 g's. I tend to over filter my tanks but I run an AquaClear 110 and 3 Hydro V's on all three of them.

This allows me to overstock a bit if needed and I also have extra seeded sponges going all the time in case I need them.

[Mack]

Two sponges, one air stone, a marine land 350, and sometimes an aerated power head.

[White Worm]

2 sponges....about to add one more in case I need it for QT. hang on back...not sure what brand but i have it filled with floss and it creates a good agitation of the waters surface. 1 airstone inside each sponge.

[bottombare]

2 sponge filters 1 a/c 500. 30 medium sized discus.

[Doug A]

Aquaclear 110 and 2 hydro V's. Currently I have another Hydro filter in there to be put into a breeding tank.

Doug

[dmacch]

1 ac 110 and two hydro V's

[Audrey]

On my 75-gal tank I have two Emperor hang on back filters, and 3 sponge filters inside.

[lkleung007]

I currently run eight 75 gallon tanks and they all have the following;

1 AC 500/110 and 4 hydrosponge IV's (I stack two sponges together)

You can never have too much biological filtration.

HTH, Lester

[alpine]

Aquaclear 100 and two Hydro IV sponge filters.

roberto.

[Timbo]

(90gal)

AC110 and a pair of hydro IV's (popular combo on simply it seems)

[geodehunter]

Thanks everybody for the reply's. It is greatly appreciated. My filtration will be 2 hydro IV's (plus a spare) and a AC110. These replys could not have come at a better time. I went and bought me a new 75gal. today. Thanks, Robbie

[wvgdiscus]

This is how I over filter a 75 G 2 hydro III, 1 enheim 2217 & a wet/dry sump.
The tank is planted with 16 discus ranging from 3" to 6".

[elblin]

I have an Eheim 2028 with two Hydro IV sponges and an 18 watt UV.

[nacra99]

1 x Eheim 2028
1 x Rio 50 powerhead for CO2
(Heavily Planted)

[sidra]

Eheim 2217 canister. Eight discus, two Rams and lightly planted.

[ValorG]

eheim 2028

[PhoenixNR]

Filstar XP3, sintered glass for media. 6 discus, two rams, 20 cardinals, 1 royal pleco and 1 gold nugget pleco....

[Bainbridge Mike]

I use an Eheim 2028 with a large prefilter sponge. I clean the prefilter every other day. Every month I take apart the canister and clean or replace the fine filter pad. Every other month I rinse the biomedia.
I like to keep two hydro V's in the tank for backup and/or or use in other tanks. I have 10 medium to large discus and 3 ancistrus to keep down the algae. The tank is bare bottow with 1 large piece of driftwood and several plastic plants.

Mike

[discusfire4]

AC 110 and AC 70 and hydro sponge V on both of mine.

[Lafayette Jeff]

Predrilled MarineLand Jet Stream hooked to Tide Pool 2 wet/dry. Do I need to add sponges? They seem popular.

[Bainbridge Mike]

Predrilled MarineLand Jet Stream hooked to Tide Pool 2 wet/dry. Do I need to add sponges? They seem popular.


The sponges are great--very portable. I'm in the woods and the power goes out once or twice each winter. I keep a bunch of battery-powered airpumps to run my sponges during outages.

Mike

[GottaBeKiN]

I am using a Eheim 2217 and a Eheim 2228.

[NormMich]

Two Magnum 350's