30 Gal Filter Type?

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partmemjustin

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I'm going to be starting a new 30gal tank. But I need to purchase a new filter for it. I usually go with the Tetra Whisper filters, I used them all my life and love them, but someone introduced me to the new AquaClear filters and says that up until here started using the 'amazing' AquaClear filters her swore by Tetra's as well. I just wanted to get someone else opinion on the two.
And how well they both fare when faced with a tank with sand substrate.
 
the both should be fine, provided that the intakes are not to close to the sand bed and the sand is not to fine so that it would remain suspended long enough to be drawn into the filter.

the new line of filters from tetra looks promising. you could try one of those out.

many here like the versatility of AC filters.

im more of a penguin person myself :D
 
I have only had one filter my whole fish hobby... career? haha, OBSESSION, there we go. My whole fish hobby obsession. Thats the AquaClear, it's lasted me 3 years, no problems yet

(unless you count having to clean around the turbine from algae buildup once a few weeks ago, but thats routine haha)
 
I have both Whispers & ACs, the ACs are better filters wih more room for media. The Whispers are very fast to clean & good at gross mechanical filtration. Whisper media needs to be replaced WAY more often than AC (almost never). Go AC but get & use 2 sponges & the biomax plus a thin layer of floss as needed. Nothing better in a HOB.
 
The AC filter I got in my pond works great, with lots of media space too. For tanks, I go eith the marineland HOBs. It's basically because of the bio-wheel.
 
Basically i've used the whisper work but nothing out standing about it used cartridges which needed to be replaced. the AC on the other hand i loved vary vursital with media, after i bought it i did not need to replace any thing (though i did use two sponges). no more cartridges witch is nice and much more time in between cleanings. right now i have the AC 20 running on my 3.5 gallon at the lowest flow and works fine and i had it running on my 30 for the longest time with a penguin 150 too. till i replace both with a canister filter on that tank.

in short go AC thay are more vursital when it comes to media and performance. i would consider them one of the best if not the best of all HOBs
 
I agree with Ozy. I have AC, penguin and whisper HOBs running and ACs are by far the best. The whispers will get the job done though I have had zero problems with the Aqua Clear. The others tend to get gunked up more often and are pretty limited when it comes to media as Ozy stated.
 
DAVIDFBT said:
The AC filter I got in my pond works great, with lots of media space too.
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That's interesting ... I've never heard of using an Aquaclear on a pond before. How did you hook that up?
 
^ I got a storage container, wieghed it down with rocks so it would sink, and I hung the AC filter off of it so the intake would go in the water while the back stayed dry.


The pond is small anyway, but the filter is very strong. I have to clean out the media every day, but I have crystal clear water.
 
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