New 120 gal: Filter and light help!

[hamstamasta]

A couple days ago my neighbor moved away and gave us his former-saltwater 120 tank (for FREE!). As you can see, it eats my 20 gal long exactly 6 times over. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/hamstamasta/newtank.jpg

Anyways... to the question. The filter he was using is a ProClear wet/dry filter. I'm not sure, but aren't these more suitable for saltwater tanks? Can they be used in freshwater efficiently? Are they better than canister filters in terms of filtration, and are they harder to maintain? Here's the pic and the link:


http://www.proclearaquatics.com/images/wetdrypro/pro150wd.jpg

http://www.proclearaquatics.com/pro_wetdry.htm

What do you guys think? As you can see, I'm stumped when it comes to advanced filters. :duh:

[Mgamer20o0]

the wet dry would be fine.... just clean everything very well when switching from sw to fw.

[Rbishop]

The filter will handle FW easily! More FW folks should be using them.

[Rallysman]

More FW folks should be using them.

No joke!

They are actually much easier to maintain than canisters* and you can hide heaters and other stuffs in it. I love my wet/dry filters. They are definitely the way to go.

One thing you might look into is the pump. There is a possibility that it will flow more than what you actually need since it was a saltwater setup. It wont hurt anything but if you're concerned with power consumption you could switch to a smaller pump (if it is more than normal)

*Flame me canister fan boys, but they are so much easier to maintain. period.

[ergo sum]

What is the noise level?

[Mgamer20o0]

*Flame me canister fan boys, but they are so much easier to maintain. period.

wet dry kills my co2 levels.....

[ErrorS]

I promise you nothing is easier to maintain than my 2126.. it takes about 3 minutes to completely clean the filter.. being able to pick it up and move it into the other room so I can get every little bit of settled waste out is a big plus as well.. Not to mention, it has an integrated heater :D so mine *is* hiding a heater as well.

dump it, change the filters and hook it back up.. if you haven't used one then don't say a wet dry is easier to maintain .. because uh, OK. I've never used a Wet/Dry so it's not fair for me to say this, I just can't imagine simpler filtration.

I'd still rather have a wet dry, far superior options for bio filtration.. but it's hard enough managing CO2 in a tank without having to worry about losing most of it with your filtration..

[Rallysman]

I promise you nothing is easier to maintain than my 2126.. it takes about 3 minutes to completely clean the filter.. being able to pick it up and move it into the other room so I can get every little bit of settled waste out is a big plus as well.. Not to mention, it has an integrated heater :D so mine *is* hiding a heater as well.

dump it, change the filters and hook it back up.. if you haven't used one then don't say a wet dry is easier to maintain .. because uh, OK. I've never used a Wet/Dry so it's not fair for me to say this, I just can't imagine simpler filtration.

I'd still rather have a wet dry, far superior options for bio filtration.. but it's hard enough managing CO2 in a tank without having to worry about losing most of it with your filtration..

All you have to do on the wet/dry is remove the prefilter and put a new one on........with it running. 1 minute maximum from start to finish.

Also, I never do planted tanks so I always forget that canisters are better for that application.

[H3D]

I promise you nothing is easier to maintain than my 2126.. it takes about 3 minutes to completely clean the filter.. being able to pick it up and move it into the other room so I can get every little bit of settled waste out is a big plus as well.. Not to mention, it has an integrated heater :D so mine *is* hiding a heater as well.

dump it, change the filters and hook it back up.. if you haven't used one then don't say a wet dry is easier to maintain .. because uh, OK. I've never used a Wet/Dry so it's not fair for me to say this, I just can't imagine simpler filtration.

I'd still rather have a wet dry, far superior options for bio filtration.. but it's hard enough managing CO2 in a tank without having to worry about losing most of it with your filtration.. I use both and the wet/dry wins hands down in maintenance time since there is almost no maintenance involved. I have a Eheim 2126 canister and there is no way you could possibly do maintenance on it in three minutes. You have to shut it down, disconnect the hoses, move it to where you clean it, pull out the media, clean and or replace the media, reconnect the hoses, and restart it. You claim to do all that in three minutes? True the canister is much better for a planted tank, but do not make up stories to win an argument. A wet/dry is definitely the easiest filter to maintain!

[ErrorS]

edit: Nevermind, it's a dumb thing to argue about.. lets drop it

[tks4d2]

hmm nice house where in miami do u live