Tyler, not all HOB filters are for mechanical filtration only. One's with bio wheels are both mechanical and biological filters.
Enough Filtration?
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The question posed by Richer, still unanswered, is the best contribution thus far: what sort of fish and how many will be in the tank. You cannot evaluate filtration without considering the bioload. In a lightly to moderately stocked tetra tank, two 170s should be fine. In a heavily stocked african cichlid tank of the same size, those filters wouldn't begin to be enough.
We need all the data to make good recommendations...
Jim
P.S. Absent any other info, get a Eheim 2028. More than enough filter for a tank that size. It also costs as much as 10 Penguin 170's, but it's only money!
We need all the data to make good recommendations...
Jim
P.S. Absent any other info, get a Eheim 2028. More than enough filter for a tank that size. It also costs as much as 10 Penguin 170's, but it's only money!
Right now the tank is empty because I don't have it yet 
I ordered the tank a couple weeks ago and should be getting it soon. I am still working on a stocking plan, but tentatively I am looking at a few gouramis, a couple cichlids, a couple schools of tetras or barbs, and some corys and algae eaters. It will be a community tank and will probably be medium stocked, nothing too heavy. But I am still trying to decide.
I ordered the tank a couple weeks ago and should be getting it soon. I am still working on a stocking plan, but tentatively I am looking at a few gouramis, a couple cichlids, a couple schools of tetras or barbs, and some corys and algae eaters. It will be a community tank and will probably be medium stocked, nothing too heavy. But I am still trying to decide.
